The strikes in Mariupol and other cities served as a vivid reminder of international concerns about whether Russia would hold to any negotiated truce.
that President Biden signed this week to provide $13.6 billion in new aid to Ukraine. Biden also called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the first time publicly.The Kremlin reacted swiftly to Biden’s words. “We consider unacceptable and unforgivable such rhetoric from the head of the country, whose bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people,” said Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov.is scheduled to travel to Europe next week to join a NATO summit on the Russian invasion.
attended the meeting, underscoring how worried those in proximity to Russia are by the Kremlin’s aggression.The ministers emphasized arming and funding Ukraine, which would maintain pressure on Russia to make concessions at the negotiating table, In the past two days, Ukrainian officials have announced a series of devastating attacks, including a rocket barrage near a botanical garden in southeastern Ukraine and a suspected missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building that led to a frenzied effort to rescue people on the top floors. No deaths were reported in the rocket attack; local officials say at least four peopleIn Kharkiv, home to 1.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter that Russia must have known that civilians were using the theater as a shelter, calling the incident “another horrific war crime.”Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk regional administration, where Mariupol is located, said in a Facebook post that the fate of the “several hundred” residents is “unknown,” as the entrance to the building is blocked by rubble. Kyrylenko posted images onThe Russian Defense Ministry denied any involvement.
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