Russian forces squeeze Kyiv, surround Mariupol

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KYIV: Russian forces inched towards Kyiv on Saturday (Mar 12) and pounded civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities as concerns grew over the besieged southern port of Mariupol, where officials said more th

Air raid sirens sounded on Saturday in several cities, including the capital Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipro and Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian media.

"Hundreds of thousands of people ... are for all intents and purposes besieged," Stephen Cornish, one of those heading the medical charity's Ukraine operation, told AFP in an interview.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said they were trying to arrange evacuations from besieged cities but Russian forces were disrupting efforts.

Instead, Washington added more layers of sanctions to those already crippling Russia's economy, this time ending normal trade relations and announcing a ban on signature Russian goods vodka, seafood and diamonds.. "I want to say this once again to Russian mothers, especially mothers of conscripts. Do not send your children to war in a foreign country," he said.

Images of its charred or destroyed buildings - including a kindergarten with windows blown out - now join those from Kharkiv and Mariupol as testimony to the brutal conflict.

 

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