"Russia kills civilians indiscriminately", denounced Sunday March 6 Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, interviewed by France 24, returning to the situation in the ports of Mariupol and Odessa, eleven days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Russians have been besieging the city of Mariupol for several days.
A second attempt to evacuate some 200,000 civilians was "interrupted" on Sunday, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Both sides blame each other for these failures.
"The Russians have not kept their promise of a ceasefire," insisted the minister.
“We must keep the diplomatic channel open with Moscow,” he also said.
"And this even if the Russian military does not reduce the intensity of its fighting during the talks in Belarus."
"If Ukraine fails, then Putin will feel emboldened enough to continue his war against Europe. It is cheaper to help Ukraine now than to stop Putin later," he also insisted. calling on the West to further tighten its sanctions against Moscow.
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