Zelensky on the siege of Mariupol | Definitive end to negotiations with the Russians if the Ukrainian soldiers are “eliminated”

(Kyiv) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Saturday that the “elimination” of the last Ukrainian soldiers present in the port city of Mariupol besieged by Russian forces “would put an end to all peace negotiations” with Moscow.

“The elimination of our soldiers, of our men (in Mariupol) will put an end to any negotiation” of peace between Russia and Ukraine, declared Mr. Zelensky in an interview with the news website Ukraïnska Pravda, warning that the two parties would then find themselves in “an impasse”.