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Ali Harb, Kate Mayberry, Virginia Pietromarchi, Usaid Siddiqui

Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy says Russia laying land mines

A Ukranian serviceman stands on top of a Russian tank captured after fighting with Russian troops in the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv [File: Marko Djurica/Reuters]
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says retreating Russian troops are leaving behind land mines creating a “catastrophic” situation.
  • Zelenskyy has said there are “noticeable” signs of a Russian withdrawal from the north of Ukraine, but says more battles are ahead in the east.
  • The Red Cross is to make a new attempt to evacuate Ukrainian civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol, after a convoy was forced to turn back on Friday.
  • The United Nations’ humanitarian chief will travel to Moscow on Sunday and then to Kyiv to discuss ceasefire efforts, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said.
  • The United States says it is providing Ukraine with additional security assistance, as well as supplies to respond to a potential Russian chemical attack.
  • Dozens of Ukrainian cultural sites have been damaged in the war, UNESCO says.

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