Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverized port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the nearly two-month war.
Service members of pro-Russian troops ride an armored personnel carrier during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine on Friday, April 15, 2022. Fighting continued to rage around Mariupol's massive steel works and port. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenkoto lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverized port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the nearly two-month war.
Capturing Mariupol, the main port in the Donbas region, would be a strategic prize for Russia, connecting territory held by pro-Russian separatists in the east with the Crimea region that Moscow annexed in 2014. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter he had discussed ensuring Ukraine's financial stability and preparations for post-war reconstruction with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
"All who lay down their arms are guaranteed that their lives will be spared," Russia's Defense Ministry said. A representative in Mariupol of the Azov forces — a one-time far-right militia now part of Ukraine's National Guard whose destruction is among Moscow's war objectives — said international intervention was needed to help civilians, including children, sheltering at the Azovstal plant.
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