DIRECT. War in Ukraine: the ultimatum issued by Moscow to the last Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol has expired – franceinfo

Find here all of our live #UKRAINE14h00: The ultimatum has expired in Mariupol. Russia had given the last Ukrainian defenders of the city until 1 p.m. to lay down their arms and evacuate the Azovstal metallurgical complex where they are entrenched. In the early morning, the Ukrainian general staff had already mentioned “assault operations near the port”, without further details. 1:48 p.m.: “We saw too much blood, too much violence (…) That we stop flexing your muscles while people are hurting.”
Pope Francis this morning called on leaders to “hear people’s cry for peace” in these “Easter of war”, again evoking “martyred” Ukraine. (TIZIANA FABI / AFP)
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