Ukraine rules out concessions as Russia steps up attacksUkrainian children Andrii, 12 and Valentyn, 6, patrol with their toy guns as cars pass near their homes, amid Russia's invasion, in the village of Stoianka, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, on May 22. (continues below)Newly dug graves at a cemetery in the settlement of Staryi Krym, outside Mariupol, Ukraine on May 22, victims of the Russia-Ukraine war. Full control of Mariupol gives Russia command of a land route linking the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow seized in 2014, with mainland Russia and parts of eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russia separatists. (continues below)Russian troops search for buried landmines at the captured Azovstal steel plant in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine on May 22. Ukraine and its allies have dismissed that as a baseless pretext for the war, which has killed thousands of people in Ukraine and displaced millions.

Source: Bangkok Post May 23, 2022 08:26 UTC