Ukrainian leaders fear repeat of Mariupol horrors in Donbas region
Separatists backed by Russia have pounded the eastern area.
Separatists backed by Russia have pounded the eastern area.
Leonid Vasyukevich made the comments at a meeting of the Primorsk regional Legislative Assembly.
Russia has claimed full control of the Azovstal steel plant in the city.
The 23-year-old is now contracted until the end of the 2025 season.
The Azovstal steel plant became a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity and its fall delivers Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory.
President Vladimir Putin was told by ministers that the Azovstal steelworks have been ‘completely liberated’.
It comes as the battle for the steel plant in Mariupol is winding down.
It comes as a US Senate delegation led by Republican leader Mitch McConnell met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine’s capital.
Sgt Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
Sweden is expected to follow suit within days amid fears triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Finland’s president and prime minister said on Thursday that the Nordic country should apply ‘without delay’ for membership in the Western alliance.
He lost the 1994 presidential election to former prime minister Leonid Kuchma.
England could regularly have five clubs in the Champions League after a format change was agreed.
Discussions on the new format for the competition have raged for years.
Europe’s governing body has also reduced the number of matches from 10 to eight for the new-look league.