Ukraine has rejected a call to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol after Moscow gave Kyiv until the early hours of March 21 to lay down their arms, according to a Russian state news agency.
Russian Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev told Ukraine officials that they had until 5am Moscow time (2am GMT) to respond to his ultimatum, RIA claimed..
According to the state controlled media outlet, "the Ministry of Defence wanted to receive a written response from Kyiv" to demands to surrender by that time.
