Ukrainian officials called for a 'special round of negotiations' in Mariupol without conditions in order to help evacuate civilians, as Russia's military bombarded the besieged southeastern port city today
Russian President Vladimir Putin joins his hands as he holds a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday. Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko/Sputnik /AFP via Getty Images
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his defense minister in a televised meeting to cancel plans to storm Ukraine's final stronghold in Mariupol and instead block the Azovstal steel plant."I consider the proposed storming of the industrial zone unnecessary.
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