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Ukraine rejects Russian demands to lay down arms in port city of Mariupol

Ukrainian officials have refused the Russian military's demands to lay down their arms in Mariupol in exchange for the safe passage of civilians out of the southeastern port city on Monday morning.

Driving the news: Russian Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev set the 5am Moscow time deadline that came and went in a statement saying that his forces would open two corridors out of Mariupol to the east and the west on Monday, as Russia's military continued its bombardment of the besieged city.


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