Russia-Ukraine live news: Ukraine urges China to condemn Russia

jibran122 (26)in #ukrain • 3 years ago

Ukraine calls on China to condemn “Russian barbarism”, support “civilised countries’ coalition”.
Poland PM calls for total trade ban between the EU and Russia.
Russia says it used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine.
Biden did not offer incentives to Xi in video call between two leaders, White House says.
Ukraine says over 9,100 people evacuated from Ukraine through humanitarian corridors on Friday.
More than half left the besieged city of Mariupol.
UN says 6.5 million people internally displaced due to the war.

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Kyiv says 228 killed in capital since start of war, including four children
Kyiv city authorities say 228 people have been killed in the capital since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, including four children.

A further 912 people have been wounded, the Kyiv city administration said in a statement.

The casualty figures cannot be independently confirmed.

Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help
Russian forces have pushed deeper into Ukraine’s besieged and battered port city of Mariupol where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more help.

The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war’s worst suffering, would mark a crucial battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside key cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since World War II.