Kyiv—Almost 100,000 people are trapped among the ruins of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, facing starvation, thirst, and relentless Russian bombardment, President Volodymyr Zelensky said as the UN sharpened demands for Moscow to end its--- Read more here:
bombardment, President Volodymyr Zelensky said as the UN sharpened demands for Moscow to end its “absurd” and “unwinnable” war.
Local Ukrainian forces also report “heavy” ground fighting with Russian “infantry storming the city” after they rejected a Monday ultimatum to surrender. “This war is unwinnable. Sooner or later, it will have to move from the battlefield to the peace table. That is inevitable.” Biden is due to travel to Brussels on Thursday for a series of summits gathering NATO, EU, and G7 leaders, before heading to Poland, which has received the bulk of more than 3.5 million Ukrainians fleeing war in their country.
“We have not seen… the provision of military equipment by China to Russia. But of course, this is something we are monitoring closely,” he said. Ukraine’s army command said it believes Russian troops now had enough ammunition, food, and fuel to last just three days and there are reports of hundreds of Russian soldiers defecting.
“We supported his commitment to defending our homeland,” Sergei told AFP. “This is our land. We live here. Where would we run to? We grew up here.”