According to a report, Russia announced the existence of a humanitarian corridor for evacuating civilians from the Azovstal steel plant where an estimated 1,000 citizens are hiding with 2,000 ukrainian fighters. Reportedly, Ukraine refused to agree, saying the u.n. should be the initiator and guarantor of any such deal. According to the report, Russia who have been attacking the largest steel plant in europe from the air and with artillery and tanks. have destroyed an oil refinery and fuel depots in central Ukraine along with 56 overnight targets .
Reportedly, the u.s. secretary of state and defence secretary visited Kyiv on Sunday, saying the fact they were able to come to Ukraine’s capital was proof of its tenacity in forcing Moscow to abandon an assault on Kyiv last month. According to the report, the two pledged further assistance worth €713 million to Ukraine and other countries in the region.