Top developments in Ukraine conflict: Fight intensifies at Mariupol; US President Biden to go to Poland

Fighting on the besieged port metropolis of Mariupol intensified on Monday, with Ukraine refusing to put down arms and give up. The Russians had requested the Ukrainian forces to exit the town by way of humanitarian corridors arrange for civilians. However, the proposal was rapidly rejected by Kyiv even earlier than the morning deadline instated by Moscow.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden will journey to Poland this week to debate worldwide efforts to help Ukraine and “impose severe and unprecedented costs on Russia” for its invasion, the White House has mentioned. The discussions will observe Biden’s conferences in Brussels, Belgium with Nato allies, G7 leaders, and European Union leaders.

Of the hundreds of thousands of refugees which have fled to Poland to flee the conflict, most cross over to different international locations via the Warsaw Railway Station, the place aside from getting sizzling meals and emotional help, the arrivals are welcomed to shoot darts at Putin’s head, freed from cost, The Indian Express’ Krishn Kaushik reported from Warsaw, the Polish capital.

Ukrainians escaping from the besieged metropolis of Mariupol together with different passengers from Zaporizhzhia arrive at Lviv, western Ukraine, on Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP)
Here are the highest developments within the Russia-Ukraine conflict:

🔴 Russian Col Gen Mikhail Mizintsev on Sunday requested Ukrainian troopers to put down arms and said they “will be guaranteed a safe exit from Mariupol.” Mizintsev added that Russia will wait till 5 am Monday for a written Kyiv’s response to the Russian proposal.

🔴 Ukraine, nevertheless, rapidly rejected the proposal, with Deputy Prime Minister saying, “there can be no talk about surrender and laying down weapons.” Mariupol Mayor Piotr Andryushchenko additionally rejected the supply shortly after it was made, saying he didn’t want to attend till the morning deadline to reply and cursing on the Russians.

A Ukrainian serviceman guards his place in Mariupol, Ukraine. (AP)

🔴 In the most recent replace on the conflict, the UK Ministry of Defence mentioned, “Russian forces advancing on the (Kyiv) city from the north-east have stalled. Forces advancing from the direction of Hostomel to the north-west have been repulsed by fierce Ukrainian resistance. The bulk of Russian forces remains more than 25 kilometres from the centre of the city.”

🔴Shelling by Russians has additionally hit residential homes and a procuring district in Kyiv’s Podil district. According to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, not less than eight individuals have been killed within the incident.

Firefighters extinguish a fireplace at a shopping mall following a bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP)

🔴 In a video handle early Monday morning, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the bombing of an artwork college in Mariupol by Russians. He added that as many as 400 civilians have been taking shelter on the college when it was attacked. “They are under the rubble, and we don’t know how many of them have survived,” Zelenskyy was quoted as saying by AP.

🔴 The White House on Sunday mentioned US President Joe Biden will probably be visiting Poland. The go to will probably be a cease in his journey this week to Europe for pressing talks with NATO and European allies concerning the Ukraine disaster.

A lady strolling in a avenue is seen via a roof of a constructing hit by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP)

🔴 Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday said that his nation is managing its involvement with Ukraine and Russia “in a sensitive, generous and responsible way while balancing various and complex considerations.” This got here only a day after Zelenskyy had urged Israel to ship Ukraine weapons and impose sanctions on Russia.

🔴 Ukraine has mentioned that amid talks with Russia, as many as eight humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon for individuals to go away cities, not together with Mariupol, on Monday. A day earlier than, Zelenskyy mentioned 7,295 Ukrainians have been evacuated from zones of fight, together with almost 4,000 from Mariupol.