Updates on Russia-Ukraine; Ukraine’s foreign minister says Mariupol is a red line for peace talks

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Sunday that the “circumstance” in Mariupol “might be a red line” in exchanges with Russia.

“The circumstance in Mariupol is both critical – – militarily – – and terrible,” Kuleba said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“The city doesn’t exist any longer. The excess of the Ukrainian armed force and an enormous gathering of regular people are essentially encompassed by the Russian powers. They proceed with their battle, however it appears from the manner in which the Russian armed force acts in Mariupol, they chose to bulldoze the city to the ground at any expense,” he added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said any further Russian atrocities would make dealings with Russia unimaginable.

The unfamiliar priest said he is expecting the strengthening of weighty battling in eastern Ukraine before long.

He likewise said he anticipates “frantic endeavors of the Russia powers to wrap up with Mariupol at any expense,” adding that he expects rocket assaults on Kyiv and different urban communities across Ukraine to proceed.

Answering an inquiry concerning that it is so critical to him for a significant level US official to visit Ukraine, Kuleba said he would be glad to see US President Joe Biden travel to the country.

“It would be a significant message of help to us and obviously, an individual gathering between two presidents could likewise prepare for new supplies of weapons, of American weapons to Ukraine, and furthermore for conversations on the conceivable political settlement of this contention,” he said.

Kuleba repeated a line Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told in a meeting that circulated before Sunday