Glory to Ukrainians

Day 11 as suffer more loss

It’s just after midnight in Ukraine — as the country moves into the early hours of Monday morning, here are Sunday’s key developments:

• At least three people — a mother and two children — died as mortar fire hit an evacuation route from the town of Irpin near Kyiv, which has been under heavy bombardment. Civilians have been fleeing across a destroyed bridge that was blown up by Ukrainian forces to prevent a Russian advance on the capital
• Another attempt at a ceasefire in the southern city of Mariupol for people to evacuate failed — with both sides again blaming the other. The Red Cross said the sides had not agreed any details for the evacuation. The city has been without electricity and water for days
• The global nuclear watchdog says it is very concerned by reports that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under the orders of the Russian commander whose forces seized it. The International Agency for Atomic Energy’s head Rafael Grossi says it is vital to safety that staff can work “free of undue pressure”
• More than a million people have crossed into Poland — about two-thirds of the roughly 1.5 million people to flee the country so far
• On the diplomatic front, Russia’s Vladimir Putin told France’s Emmanuel Macron that Russia would achieve its aims through “negotiation or war”, according to a French readout of their nearly-two-hour call. Earlier on Sunday he told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan much the same thing
• In Russia, over 4,600 people were reportedly detained at anti-war demonstrations — more than 13,000 people have been detained since the war began

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