New Delhi: After reporting billions of dollars lost in the country and the displacement of millions of Ukrainian, the Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky said that its time to talk. In a video address released early Saturday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called for meaningful peace and security talks with Moscow.
According to the United Nations (UN), More than 6.5 million have been displaced in the war. Devastating images, however, have emerged from the port city of Mariupol where an iconic theatre came under attack on Thursday – over a thousand people had taken shelter there amid Russian shelling.
A crucial round of talks was also held between US president Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping on Friday where China was told to act against Moscow.
In talks with Macron, Putin also alleged that Kyiv was bombing the rebel-held regions, and “in particular massive rocket and artillery attacks on the cities of Donbas,” the Kremlin said.
On the casualties in Mariupol, Zelensky said there is no official figure. While local officials had earlier said thousands have been killed.
(Vinayak)
