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Russian ultimatum to Ukraine forces in Mariupol expires, evacuations stall
An explosion was heard and smoke rose over the southeastern Darnytskyi district. The mayor said at least one person was killed and medics were fighting to save others.
As Russia and Ukraine enter day 53 of the war, Russia renewed air strikes on Kyiv on Saturday. While over hundreds of people have died in the war, several have been forced to flee the country. Smoke rose from the Darnyrsky district in the southeast of the capital after what Moscow said were "high-precision long-range" strikes on an armaments plant, killing one person and wounding several others....Read More
Meanwhile, in Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, in the northeast of the country, a Russian missile strike on a residential district killed at least two people on Saturday and wounded 18 others, the public prosecutor's office said.
In the south, the devastated city of Mariupol has become a symbol of Ukraine's unexpectedly fierce resistance since Russian troops invaded the former Soviet satellite state on February 24.
Later on Saturday, Zelensky accused Russia of "deliberately trying to destroy everyone" in Mariupol and said his government was in touch with the defenders.
Kyiv and its Western allies say those are bogus justifications for an unprovoked war of aggression that has driven a quarter of Ukraine's 44 million people from their homes and led to the deaths of thousands.
Ukrainian forces continue to resist Russia after ultimatum in Mariupol
Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverised port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the nearly two-month war.
Mariupol may be ’red line', says Ukraine foreign minister as talks with Russia hit dead end
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said there had not been any recent diplomatic communications between Russia and Ukraine at the level of their foreign ministries and that the situation in the port of Mariupol, which he described as "dire", may be a "red line" in the path of negotiations.
"Mariupol may be a red line", he told CBS News in an interview on Sunday, as quoted by Reuters.
"We didn't really have any contacts with Russian diplomats in recent weeks at the level of foreign ministries," Kuleba said.
"The only level of contact is the negotiating team that consists of the representatives of various institutions and members of parliament. They continue their consultations at the expert level but no high level talks are taking place," he added.
Estonia bans Russian ships from entering country's ports
Estonia is banning Russian ships from entering its ports starting Sunday as part of the EU sanctions against Moscow over its special military operation in Ukraine, the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure said.
Russian ultimatum to Ukraine forces in Mariupol expires, evacuations stall
A Russian ultimatum for the last remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender expires on Sunday, with Moscow poised for a major strategic victory in the southeastern port city. Read full story
Parents of Ukraine-return MBBS students seek help from Centre to accommodate students in Indian colleges
Parents of MBBS students who returned from Ukraine gathered at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Sunday seeking the government's intervention to accommodate their children in medical colleges.
Dr Rajesh Kumar Chandel from Himachal Pradesh, father of Vivek Chandel, a fifth-year MBBS student of a Kharkiv University in Ukraine said, "We are not protesting, we are requesting the government to accommodate our children in colleges. All the parents have come to Delhi to request the government to accommodate their children in Indian medical colleges. We have met our Chief Minister, Union Minister Anurag Thakur and others. Apart from them, we have also met BJP National President JP Nadda at his residence. He assured us that this problem will be solved shortly."
Ukraine halts evacuations from east as Russian assault continues
Ukraine has announced a temporary pause to centralized evacuations from eastern areas as it failed to get Russian forces to agree to halting fire along the planned routes.
Kyiv continues to demand that Russia allows open humanitarian corridors, including from the besieged city of Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram. She added that Ukraine wants a special corridor to evacuate wounded soldiers from Mariupol.
Nine corridors were in operation a day earlier with about 1,500 people evacuated, but Russian troops shelled Lysychansk in the Luhansk region while people were gathered to leave, Vereshchuk said in a Saturday briefing.
Many war refugees have no homes to return to: UN
Many of the nearly five million people who have fled Ukraine will not have homes to return to, the United Nations warns. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, says 4,836,445 million Ukrainians have left the country since the Russian invasion on February 24.
Repositioning of Russian troops continues
Troops continue to move from positions within Russia and from Belarus toward eastern Ukraine ahead of what’s likely to be a protracted conflict, Bloomberg reported. Ukraine warned of a possible Russian naval landing operation at Mariupol. Air raid sirens were head in Kyiv early Sunday.
Zelensky says talks with Russia are at dead end
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said talks with Russia are at a “dead end because we will not trade our territory and our people.”
If Russian forces follow through on a threat to destroy the remaining Ukrainian troops fighting in Mariupol, that would “put an end” to talks, he said in an interview with Ukrainian online media.
Russia-Ukraine war | Latest developments
Moscow claims to have taken over the control of Mariupol. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the continuing siege of Mariupol will ruin attempts to negotiate an end to the war. Here are the top developments in the Russia-Ukraine war.
'Inhuman' situation in Ukraine's Mariupol as Russia claims control
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation in Mariupol is "inhuman" and called on the West to immediately provide heavy weapons. "The situation in Mariupol remains as severe as possible. Just inhuman," President Zelensky said in a video address as per news agency AFP. "Russia is deliberately trying to destroy everyone who is there."
“Either battle or diplomacy,” says Zelensky on Mariupol’s fate
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke Saturday with the leaders of Britain and Sweden about how best to help those defending Mariupol and the tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside the besieged city.
Mariupol’s fate can be decided either through battle or diplomacy, he said as per news agency AP.
“Either our partners give Ukraine all of the necessary heavy weapons, the planes, and without exaggeration immediately, so we can reduce the pressure of the occupiers on Mariupol and break the blockade,” he said in his nightly video address to the nation. “Or we do so through negotiations, in which the role of our partners should be decisive.”
Many war refugees have no homes to return to: UN
Many of the nearly five million people who have fled Ukraine will not have homes to return to, the United Nations warns. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, says 4,836,445 million Ukrainians have left the country since the Russian invasion on February 24.
Russia sets deadline for Ukraine troops in Mariupol to surrender
Russia's defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m. Moscow time (8:30 am IST) on Sunday to save their lives, Reuters reported.
Zelensky says siege of Mariupol ‘can end any form of negotiation’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Ukrainian media that the continuing siege of Mariupol could ruin attempts to negotiate an end to the war.
“The destruction of all our guys in Mariupol — what they are doing now — can put an end to any format of negotiations,” he was quoted as saying on Saturday by news agency AP. Zelensky further said that Ukraine needs more support from the West to have a chance at saving Mariupol
Russia says its forces clear most of Mariupol, strike Kyiv suburb
Moscow claims to have taken over the control of Mariupol, news agency Reuters reported. Russia said its troops had cleared the urban area of Mariupol and only a small contingent of Ukrainian fighters remained inside a steelworks in the besieged southern port on Saturday, as missile strikes hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities.
