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Besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol ignores Putin's surrender deadline

Ukrainian firefighters combat a blaze at a warehouse after bombing in Kyiv. AP - Vadim Ghirda

Ukraine rejected a Russian ultimatum to surrender the besieged southern city of Mariupol early on Monday, as overnight shelling killed six in the capital Kyiv. US President Joe Biden has meanwhile announced a trip to Poland for crisis talks over the Russian invasion.

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk dismissed the early morning deadline, saying Moscow should instead allow hundreds of thousands of trapped Mariupol residents to leave the city.

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