Ukraine refuses to surrender Mariupol, Russia warns of 'humanitarian catastrophe'
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Ukraine on Monday rejected Russia's ultimatum to surrender the port city of Mariupol which has been besieged by Russian troops. Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, the director of the Russian National Defence Management Center, had asked Kyiv to lay down arms by 5 am Moscow time on Monday. To this, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said that there can be "no question" of surrender.