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Ukraine war: Russia's deadline passes with Ukraine refusing to lay down arms and surrender Mariupol

Ukrainian citizens will "have to speak up and respond to this or that form of compromise", President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

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Ukrainian citizens will "have to speak up and respond to this or that form of compromise", President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

Highlights

  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says security ‘compromises’ to end Russian invasion will need referendum.
  • Issues of concern include security guarantees offered in lieu of NATO membership.
  • Another curfew lasting 40 hours from Monday night has been announced in the capital Kyiv.
  • Russia has continued to bombard the devastated Mariupol and intensified its attacks on Kyiv, while also targeting another port city - Odesa - for the first time.
  • Russia claims it targeted a shopping centre in Kyiv because it was being used to store rockets.
  • Defence minister Oleksii Reznikov has accused Moscow of “committing genocide” and said Russian forces had killed more than 150 children.