Russia Calls on Ukraine’s Surrounded Mariupol Forces to Surrender
Russia called on the last Ukrainian troops fighting in Mariupol to lay down arms on Sunday and observe an hourslong cease-fire that it said would allow them to leave the battlefield unscathed, as it closed in on capturing the strategic port city after weeks of heavy bombardment.
Russia’s armed forces gave Ukrainian troops until noon local time to observe the terms. Russia also carried out fresh strikes, saying that it destroyed 68 military assets in Ukraine, including a munitions factory close to the capital, Kyiv.
