Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that worsening attacks could be linked to Victory Day, which marks Russia's greatest triumph, over Nazi Germany in 1945
The shattered survivors spoke of constant shelling, dwindling food, ubiquitous mold and using hand sanitiser for cooking fuel
Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, are holed up in the vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks, and they have repeatedly refused to surrender
In his meetings with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Guterres said he also focused on the need for quick action to ensure a steady flow of food and energy in open markets
Asked in an interview about Russian claims that it invaded Ukraine to denazify the country, Lavrov said that Ukraine could still have Nazi elements even though its president Zelenskyy is a Jewish
Russian forces have been attacking the firing positions of the Ukrainian armed forces at the Azovstal steel plant in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, said Russian Defence Ministry
Over the past week, Ukraine received $500 million in grant funds from the World Bank, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
"We are ready to consider this neutral status for Ukraine," Zelensky was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency
The former President also expressed confidence that the Ukrainian leader will continue to imitate concern for the Ukrainians, "periodically exposing them as a human shield"
Ukrainian National Guard brigade commander Denys Shlega estimated that several hundred civilians still are trapped at the site alongside nearly 500 wounded soldiers and numerous dead bodies
In a televised address on Sunday evening, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his meeting with Pelosi included discussions of defense supplies to Ukraine, financial support and sanctions against Russia
EAccording to the ministry, the civilians who wished to leave were delivered to representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross
The Ukrainian authorities are working with the United Nations to evacuate other civilians from the plant, Zelensky said
Asked whether Russia wants Zelenskyy to surrender, Lavrov said that Moscow is "not demanding that he surrender" but demands "that he give the order to release all civilians and stop resistance."
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met on Sunday with the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who arrived in Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he had discussed defensive support for Ukraine with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Lavrov said that negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine almost every day and blamed the inflammatory actions of Western supporters of the Kyiv regime for disrupting the talks
he mayor of Mariupol said the situation inside the steel plant that has become the southern port city's last stronghold is dire, and citizens are begging to get saved
The missiles hit undisclosed infrastructure sites near the city of Fastiv in Kyiv Oblast, according to Oleksandr Pavlyuk, head of the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, said the media outlet