Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he's looking for the Americans to produce results, both in terms of arms and security guarantees.
Ukrainian officials have estimated that about 2,000 of their troops are inside the plant in Mariupol, along with about 1,000 sheltering in the facility’s underground tunnels. Credit: Azov Battalion via StoryfulUkraine's leader petitioned for more powerful Western weapons as he prepared to meet with top U.S.
"The great holiday today gives us great hope and unwavering faith that light will overcome darkness, good will overcome evil, life will overcome death, and therefore Ukraine will surely win!" he said. Zelenskyy said that equipment from Western supporters had been a big help so far, but he also has stressed that Ukraine needs more heavy weapons, including long-range air defense systems, as well as warplanes to fend off the Russian attacks.The Russian military reported that it hit 423 Ukrainian targets overnight, including fortified positions and troops concentrations, while Russian warplanes destroyed 26 Ukrainian military sites, including an explosives factory and several artillery depots.
Podolyak tweeted that the Russian military was attacking the plant with heavy bombs and artillery while accumulating forces and equipment for a direct assault. Zelenskyy accused the Russians of committing war crimes by killing civilians, as well as of setting up "filtration camps" near Mariupol for people caught trying to leave the city. From there, he said, Ukrainians are sent to areas under Russian occupation or to Russia itself, often as far as Siberia or the Far East. Many of them, he said, are children.In attacks on the eve of Orthodox Easter, Russian forces pounded cities and towns in southern and eastern Ukraine.
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