US boosts military aid as Zelensky pleads for weapons
US boosts military aid as Zelensky pleads for weapons
Zelensky to Russia: Seek peace or leave international community
In his nightly address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky argues that if Russia fails to pursue a peace agreement they must leave the international community forever.
"Either the Russian leadership will really seek peace or as a result of this war Russia will leave the international arena forever," he says.
Speaking about Russia's increasing strikes in the east and south, he said: "All this feverish activity of the occupiers testifies first of all to their insecurity.
"To the fact that even with significant stocks of Soviet military equipment and a significant number of soldiers... the Russian troops doubt their ability to break us, to break Ukraine.
"Well, we do everything to justify their doubts."
He also reiterated his call for a total embargo of Russian oil, saying: "The European Union must stop sponsoring Russia's military machine."
Zelensky expressed gratitude to President Biden after he pledged another massive weapons shipment to Ukraine.
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US military aid
The US has pledged another weapons shipment to Ukraine which President Biden said would give Ukrainian forces "new capabilities" in the fight against Russian invaders
The shipment includes helicopters, backpack-worn Switchblade drones - also known as "kamikaze drones" - and howitzer cannons, armoured vehicles and other supplies
It come after Biden accused Russia of "genocide" - a term that other countries such as France have been reluctant to use
'Crime scene' call
In Bucha war crimes prosecutors visiting the site of civilian killings have called Ukraine a crime scene. "We have reasonable grounds to believe that crimes within the jurisdiction of the court are being committed," the International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said
The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia visited President Zelensky in Ukraine, and also toured the formerly-occupied town of Borodyanka
A major European security organisation says there are clear patterns of Russian troops violating international humanitarian law. A panel of OSCE experts said it had found credible evidence of torture and other punishments
Mariupol latest
Earlier, Russia said more than a thousand Ukrainian marines had surrendered in the besieged port of Mariupol. But a Ukrainian presidential adviser insisted the city had not fallen
Fighting in Mariupol, which has been left in ruins after a six-week assault, appears to be continuing around the Azovstal industrial district. If Russia takes the area it would reportedly have full control of the city
This is Nathan Williams and Gareth Evans in London handing over to our colleagues Jude Sheerin in Washington DC and Max Matza in Seattle.
