Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vareshchuk has denied that Russia has been told not to lay down its arms.
Russia-Ukraine War News: Kyiv: Ukraine rejects Russian insistence on surrender at 5 a.m. Moscow time in the eastern port city of Mariopol. On Sunday, the director of the Russian National Defense Management Center, Colonel General Mikhail Misintsev, ordered the city of Mariopol to surrender at gunpoint. But the question of surrender does not arise. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vareshchuk has denied any wrongdoing, saying Russia has been told not to lay down its arms.
Meanwhile, the White House announced that US President Joe Biden would travel to Poland this week to discuss international efforts to support Ukraine and to retaliate against the Russian occupation. The talks will take place after Biden’s meetings with NATO allies, G7 leaders and EU leaders in Brussels, Belgium.
Shell shelling in Kiev, one killed
Shell attack on a shopping center in Kiev. The State Emergency Service in Ukraine said it received a call at 10.48pm that the attack had set fire to a shopping mall and nearby homes. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko also said he had heard of “several explosions” in the northwestern Podilsky district. Meanwhile, the mayor of Sumi said there was a leak at the chemical plant. Ammonia leaks are reported to have affected areas of 2.5 km2.
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