Zelenskyy also said he spoke with the leaders of Britain and Sweden about how best to help those defending Mariupol and the tens of thousands of civilians trapped there.
"The destruction of all our guys in Mariupol – what they are doing now – can put an end to any format of negotiations," Zelenskyy said in an interview.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainian media that the continuing siege of Mariupol could scuttle any attempts to find a negotiated end to the war. Russia's defense ministry said that the Moskva's sailors will continue their service with the navy. The Russian defense ministry told Russia's state-controlled media that the Moskva went down as it was being towed back to port "in a storm." Low-flying cruise missiles can be more difficult to spot on radar during stormy seas. A senior Defense official told NBC News that it's unclear why the Moskva's air defense systems didn't work against Ukraine's missiles. The Moskva was the Russians' command vessel in the region and the primary ship for anti-air defense. Ukraine said earlier this week that it hit the Moskva with missiles Russia then said that the ship was the victim of an ammunition explosion. Russia's Black Sea flagship Moskva sank after it was struck by two Ukrainian Neptune missiles, the Pentagon now believes. Russia claimed this week that the entire crew of the Moskva, which had a crew of about 500, survived the ship's destruction. The head of the Russian navy met with crew members from the sunken Moskva missile cruiser on Saturday, Reuters reported, citing Russia's defense ministry.Īdmiral Nikolai Yevmeno was shown in a short ministry video reviewing about 100 sailors, Reuters said. Defense official told NBC News that the Pentagon now believes Ukraine's claims that it sank the Moskva. Separately, Reuters reported that the head of Russia's navy met with sailors from Moskva, the Russian Black Sea flagship that sank on Thursday.Ī senior U.S. Russia said that it had destroyed production buildings of an armored vehicle plant in Kyiv and a military repair facility in the city of Mykolaiv, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia's defence ministry as saying on Saturday. 24 invasion.Įxplosions were also reported in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv on Saturday morning, prompting concerns that Russia stepped up attacks on Ukraine in retaliation for the sinking of its flagship missile cruiser Moskva by Ukrainian forces.
It would be the first major city to have fallen to Russian forces since the Feb. Russia's claim to have all but taken control of Mariupol, scene of the war's heaviest fighting and worst humanitarian catastrophe, could not be independently verified. Russian missile strikes reportedly hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities on Saturday, as Moscow said its troops had seized the urban area of Mariupol and only a small contingent of Ukrainian fighters remained inside a steelworks in the besieged southern port, according to reports by Reuters.
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