At least eight people have died after Russian shelling hit a shopping center in Kyiv's Podil district late Sunday, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukraine angrily rejected the offer, which came hours after officials said Russian forces hadWhile the fight for control of the strategically important city remained intense, Western governments and analysts see the broader conflict shifting to a war of attrition.
Previous bids to allow residents to evacuate Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities have failed or have been only partially successful, with bombardments continuing as civilians sought to flee. The fall of Mariupol would allow Russian forces in southern and eastern Ukraine to link up. But Western military analysts say that even if the surrounded city is taken, the troops battling a block at a time for control there may be too depleted to help secure Russian breakthroughs on other fronts.
The strike on the art school was the second time in less than a week that officials reported an attack on a public building where Mariupol residents had taken shelter. On Wednesday, a bombThere was no immediate word on casualties in the school attack, which The Associated Press could not independently verify. Ukrainian officials have not given an update on the search of the theater since Friday, when they said at least 130 people had been rescued and another 1,300 were trapped by rubble.
"Battles took place over every street. Every house became a target," said Olga Nikitina, who was embraced by her brother as she got off the train."Gunfire blew out the windows. The apartment was below freezing."Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Ukrainian resistance means Putin's"forces on the ground are essentially stalled."Face the NationAustin commended the Ukrainian people for their defense of the country against Russia, saying they have shown"significant resolve" and been effective at using the weapons and equipment provided by the U.S.
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