Invasion of Ukraine: This morning (Sunday) the ultimatum issued by Russia to the Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol expired, in which it called on the fortifications to surrender. As mentioned, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced last night that it allows forces to surrender by 5:00 a.m., otherwise it will escalate its attacks. As of this moment, no notice of surrender has been issued by the Ukrainian side.
Alongside this, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Dennis Shmihal He said that the Ukrainian forces remaining in the southern port of the city still continue to oppose the Russian demand to surrender. “The city has not yet fallen,” he told the program in an interview with the ABC network, adding that Ukrainian soldiers continue to control certain parts of the city.
At the same time, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kolba He said that there had been no recent diplomatic communication between Russia and Ukraine at the level of their foreign ministries and that the situation in Mariupol, which he described as “difficult”, could be a “red line” in the way of negotiations.
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The southern port city has been under siege for more than a month, and has suffered major losses in human life and damage to the city. The military governor in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, said last week that an estimated 22,000 civilians were killed in the city.
Mariupol, Ukraine (Photo: REUTERS / Alexander Ermochenko)
Mariupol, Ukraine (Photo: Reuters)On the eve of the war, more than 400,000 people lived in Mariupol, and although many have fled, there are currently about 100,000 civilians in the city who are left with almost no water, food or electricity. At the same time, a number of Ukrainian soldiers who are in the besieged city are holding out against the Russian attack despite the balance of power, but their number is unclear.
Meanwhile, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zlansky He told CNN in an interview that Ukraine is not ready to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war with Russia, and the Ukrainian army is ready to fight the Moscow army in the Donbas region in a battle he says could affect the entire war.
Volodymyr Zlansky (Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / Handout via REUTERS)Zlansk added that his country has no guarantee that Russia will not try to occupy Kyiv again if it succeeds in capturing Donbas. “This is why it is very important for us not to allow them, to stand on our own, because this battle can affect the course of the entire war,” Zlansky said.