Ukraine rejects Russian demand to surrender Mariupol and lay down arms

The Metro says Ukraine has defied a Russian ultimatum for its forces to lay down their weapons and surrender the besieged city of Mariupol.

Russia has been bombarding the southern port city since the start of the invasion, upping its assault in the past 48-hours by hitting an art school sheltering some 400 people.

Despite the near-constant barrage, Ukrainian officials flat out rejected Moscow’s demand for Mariupol’s defenders to ‘laydown arms’ even before Russia’s 5am deadline.

‘There can be no talk of any surrender, laying down of arms,’ Ukrainian deputy prime minister Irina Vereshchuk told the news outlet Ukrainian Pravda.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/21/ukraine-rejects-russias-ultimatum-to-surrender-mariupol-16311563/

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