Zelensky said today that negotiations with Russia would come to a halt if the Ukrainians defending the port city of Mariupol are killed. “We aren’t bartering using our territories and people.”
Mariupol under the control of Russian military and pro-Russian separatists on April 13. Photo: Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that negotiations with Russia would come to a halt if the Ukrainians defending the port city of Mariupol are killed, theThe destruction of all our boys in Mariupol" could "[put an end] to any format of negotiations," Zelensky said in an interview with Ukrainian media, per the Post.and Borodyanka, an area northwest of Kyiv, earlier this month.
"This is a dead end because … we aren’t bartering using our territories and people. And we understand that the talks are needed to defend our country and end the war."Zelensky's remarks come as Russia's defense ministry said Saturday that it had cleared the entire urban area of Mariupol of Ukrainian forces, with a few fighters remaining in the Azovstal metallurgical plant,
"The entire urban area of Mariupol has been completely cleared ... remnants of the Ukrainian group are currently completely blockaded on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant," the ministry said.Go deeper ...
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