The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is not yet completely lost, but the situation there is “serious and difficult”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this, contradicting Moscow’s announcements that the port city of eastern Ukraine today would fall into the hands of the Russian army. News also confirmed by the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, with a message on Telegram. “The situation is difficult, the situation is serious,” Zelensky told reporters in Kiev, noting, however, that there are still several ways to liberate the city. “There is a military way and we are preparing,” Zelensky said, arguing that Western help is needed to do so. Another solution would be diplomatic and humanitarian, Zelensky said, listing several proposals that Kiev has already proposed in Moscow, including an exchange of “wounded”. “Decisive days await us, the decisive battle for our state, for our country, for the Ukrainian Donbass”, underlined Zelensky.