Ukraine has warned that peace talks with Moscow are in danger of collapse.
Russian forces have turned their focus toward Ukraine’s east and south after failing to capture the capital in a nine-week assault.
Moscow captured the city of Kherson in Ukraine’s south and its forces have mostly occupied the eastern port city of Mariupol, where United Nations efforts are underway to evacuate civilians.
Ukraine and Russia have not held face-to-face peace talks since 29 March and the atmosphere has soured over Ukrainian allegations that Russian troops carried out atrocities.
Moscow has denied the claims.
In comments to journalists in Poland, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed pessimism over the prospect of continued negotiations with Russia.
“The risks that the talks will end are high because of what they (the Russians) have left behind them, the impression that they have a playbook on murdering people,” Interfax quoted him as saying.
