The Ukrainian government fears that Russian troops will crack down on Donbass and Mariupol. Their plan is to wipe out the entire region. Russia had previously given the fighters in Mariupol an ultimatum to give up.
The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of the eastern parts of the country “erase” to want. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message on Sunday evening that the Russian soldiers “literally finish off and destroy Donbass” wanted to. Meanwhile, his Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told US broadcaster CBS that the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in the besieged port city of Mariupol are not giving up. They had previously allowed a Russian ultimatum to expire.
Kuleba said: “The remnants of the Ukrainian army and a large group of civilians are surrounded by Russian forces. They continue their fight.” However, he warned “that the Russian army, the way it behaves in Mariupol, has decided to wipe out the city at all costs.” Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal had previously assured that the strategically important port city was still there “dislike”.
Ultimatum to surrender given by Russia has expired
Russia had given the Ukrainian fighters who remained in Mariupol until Sunday noon to lay down their arms. Otherwise, Moscow threatened them with death. After the ultimatum expired, however, Ukrainian soldiers were apparently still in the Mariupol steelworks.
The devastating situation in Mariupol is further dwindling hopes of a diplomatic solution to the war. Zelenskyy warned on Saturday that the killing of the last defenders of Mariupol would mean the end of the Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire negotiations. Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin had previously stated that the talks were in one “dead end”.
Schmyhal stressed on the US broadcaster ABC that his government wanted a diplomatic solution if possible. However, he ruled out a capitulation of his country. “If the Russians don’t want negotiations, we will fight to the end.”
Mariupol has been under siege since the beginning of the war
Mariupol has been under siege since the first days of the Russian war of aggression. The city on the Azov Sea, which once had over 400,000 inhabitants, has now been largely destroyed. According to the World Food Program, more than 100,000 civilians in the city are at risk of starvation.
In a CNN interview, Selenskyj renewed his accusation against Russia “genocide” to commit in Ukraine. He called on French President Emmanuel Macron to get an idea of the situation on site. Unlike US President Joe Biden, Macron has so far refused to consider the war atrocities allegedly committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine “genocide” to call.
Since the withdrawal of the Russian armed forces from the greater Kyiv area, the fighting in the Ukraine war has increasingly shifted to eastern Ukraine. In view of the feared large-scale offensive in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, the Ukrainian authorities have been calling on the residents there for days to flee to the west. Planned escape routes remained closed on Sunday. It had not succeeded with the Russian “occupiers” to come to an agreement on a ceasefire, said Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
According to rescue workers, at least five people were killed and 13 others injured in a series of attacks in the city of Kharkov near the Russian border on Sunday. AFP journalists reported several fires spreading through residential neighborhoods in central Kharkiv, causing roofs to collapse as a result of the attacks.
On Sunday night, the Russian army said it destroyed an ammunition factory in Brovary, near Kyiv. It was the third attack on arms factories in the Ukrainian capital region since Friday.
Source: Stern
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