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Zelensky claims humanitarian convoy captured by Russian troops
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Talks with Moscow to bring an end to the war in Ukraine are continuing daily, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, albeit "in a difficult and sometimes scandalous way."
However, they were moving forward "step by step," he insisted.
Zelenskyy said around 100,000 people were living in the besieged city of Mariupol in "inhumane conditions" without food and medicine and under constant shelling.
He added that nearly all attempts to establish humanitarian corridors had failed due to "shelling or deliberate terror by Russian occupiers."
The city council said Tuesday that more than 1,100 people who had escaped the siege were in a convoy of buses heading to a city northwest of Mariupol.
But the Red Cross said a humanitarian aid convoy trying to reach the city with desperately needed supplies still had not been able to enter.
Zelenskyy said over 7,000 residents had been evacuated from the city in total.
Perched on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol is a crucial port for Ukraine and lies along a stretch of territory between Russia and Crimea.
The siege has cut the city off from the sea and allowed Russia to establish a land corridor to Crimea.
But it's not clear how much of the city Russia holds, with fleeing residents saying fighting continues street by street.
The Ukrainian leader also reported that Russian forces had been "crushed" in Chornobaivka, Kherson Region, and that a Russian bomber had been downed in Mariupol.
"Everyone who kills our peaceful people at our peaceful land will have the same fate," he warned.
However, they were moving forward "step by step," he insisted.
Zelenskyy said around 100,000 people were living in the besieged city of Mariupol in "inhumane conditions" without food and medicine and under constant shelling.
He added that nearly all attempts to establish humanitarian corridors had failed due to "shelling or deliberate terror by Russian occupiers."
The city council said Tuesday that more than 1,100 people who had escaped the siege were in a convoy of buses heading to a city northwest of Mariupol.
But the Red Cross said a humanitarian aid convoy trying to reach the city with desperately needed supplies still had not been able to enter.
Zelenskyy said over 7,000 residents had been evacuated from the city in total.
Perched on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol is a crucial port for Ukraine and lies along a stretch of territory between Russia and Crimea.
The siege has cut the city off from the sea and allowed Russia to establish a land corridor to Crimea.
But it's not clear how much of the city Russia holds, with fleeing residents saying fighting continues street by street.
The Ukrainian leader also reported that Russian forces had been "crushed" in Chornobaivka, Kherson Region, and that a Russian bomber had been downed in Mariupol.
"Everyone who kills our peaceful people at our peaceful land will have the same fate," he warned.
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