Ukraine-Russia:Putin Announces Ceasefire In Two Cities To Let Residents Evacuate

Russia on Saturday declared a partial ceasefire from 7 am GMT to open humanitarian corridors to let residents evacuate from the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Volodymyr Zelensky said Nato would be responsible for the deaths of Ukrainians due to its refusal to help Kyiv protect its skies from Russian warplanes.

“All the people who die from this day forward will also die because of you, because of your weakness, because of your lack of unity,” he said in a nighttime address.

Nato turned down Mr Zelensky’s request for a no-fly zone to avoid being drawn into conflict with Russia but the Ukrainian president said the alliance “has given the green light” to an escalated Russian aerial campaign.

Vladimir Putin suffered a setback in his war on Ukraine when three Russian commanders were killed after moving towards the front line in what was thought to have been an attempt to restore momentum to the flagging invasion, Western sources say.

Russia continued to intensively bombard cities including Kharkiv, Odesa and Mariupol. Thousands have been killed or wounded and over a million refugees have fled Ukraine so far.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-news-putin-war-b2028568.html