UKRAINE-RUSSIA LATEST: • Zelenskyy says Russian forces have captured humanitarian workers near Mariupol • Biden travels to Europe to meet with allies • Western leaders expected to unveil new sanctions 📷 Ukrainian State Emergency Service/AFP
in besieged cities and towns will open on Wednesday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said., where a devastating humanitarian crisis is unfolding, was included in the list of areas slated for evacuations. Buses left earlier in the day from the nearby city of Berdyansk and headed to Mariupol to pick up evacuees. Several times in past weeks evacuation efforts have been marred by shelling, though thousands have made it out in recent days.
His comments came after Poland said last week that an international peacekeeping mission should be sent to Ukraine and be given the means to defend itself. Lyudmila Vorobieva, Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia, which holds the rotating G-20 chair, said Putin intended to travel to the Indonesian resort island of Bali for the summit in November. Asked about suggestions Russia could be excluded from the G-20, she said it was a forum to discuss economic issues and not a crisis like Ukraine.
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