Russia-Ukraine: Key Things To Know About The War (March 19)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin of deliberately creating “a humanitarian catastrophe."
Fighting is raging on multiple fronts in Ukraine, with intense combat underway in the besieged port city of Mariupol — the site of some of the war's greatest suffering. Ukrainian officials say their forces there are battling the Russians over the Azovstal steel plant, one of the biggest in Europe.
Overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin of deliberately creating "a humanitarian catastrophe," but also appealed for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him for direct talks.
The U.N. migration agency says nearly 6.5 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine, along with the 3.3 million refugees who have already fled the country. Ukraine says thousands have been killed.
