LIVE WAR UKRAINE. Zelensky calls on Russia to take nuclear threat seriously – Moscow claims to have conquered Mariupol

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol is completely in the hands of the Russian military and “emptyed of Ukrainian troops”. That reports the Russian state news agency Tass, based on the Russian Ministry of Defense. The remaining Ukrainian troops would be surrounded on the site of the Azovstal steel plant in the city. Ukrainian President Zelensky warns that if the Russians kill the last soldiers in Mariupol, it will mean the end of peace negotiations with Moscow. He also calls on the world to take Moscow’s nuclear threat seriously. Follow all developments around the conflict in Ukraine in our live blog.

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