Ukraine has crossed the negotiating point with Russia as the “63rd day of the three-day invasion” approaches, according to the country’s ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Elsewhere, civilians continue to be evacuated from Mariupol, while Priti Patel, the interior minister, is facing a lawsuit over a delay in the visa system for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.
Boris Johnson will address the Ukrainian parliament today via live video link, the first world leader to address the Verkhovna Rada since the start of the war.
Read the latest developments below and you can keep up with the news on our live blog here:
1. Ukraine “passed the negotiating point”
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadim Pristayko, told ITV’s “Good Morning Britain”: “When we had the opportunity to negotiate with them and reach some form of neutrality, neutrality itself was considered a political surrogate.
“Now these negotiations have stopped for obvious reasons after the atrocities in Bucha. Many Ukrainians can not even imagine how we can sit at the negotiating table with these people now.
“Reasonable politicians will remind us that we actually have to sit at the table, because all the worst wars ended in negotiations. But, frankly, many Ukrainians believe that now we must defeat them physically.
“Maybe that’s better for the Russians. Maybe they will be able to see that this regime brings them down together with the whole of Russia. “
2. Thousands transported from Ukraine to Russia
More than 11,500 people, including 1,847 children, were transported from Ukraine to Russia on Monday without the involvement of Kyiv authorities, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The number includes evacuations from Russian-backed breakaway regions of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
Russia claims the people were evacuated at their own request, while Ukraine has accused Moscow of forcibly deporting thousands of people to Russia since the start of the war.
The Mariupol mayor’s office told the US ambassador that Russia had about four so-called “filtration camps” in and around Mariupol, which were allegedly used to treat Ukrainian civilians before being taken to Russia.
3. Continuation of the evacuation of civilians in Mariupol
The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol will continue on Tuesday, the Mariupol Municipal Council announced.
100,000 civilians are still trapped in the city, including more than 200 still hiding with fighters at the Azovstal steel plant, said Mayor Vadim Boychenko.
The ceasefire was agreed with the help of the United Nations and the Red Cross.
This comes after Russian forces resumed the break-up of the Azovstal steel plant on Monday after a brief ceasefire over the weekend.
The convoy was to leave a roundabout near Berdyansk, a Russian-occupied city west of Mariupol, at 7 a.m. local time.
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