Russia had escalated the conflict by giving Ukraine a deadline of Monday morning to surrender the port city.

• Ukraine rejects Russian demand to surrender the besieged southern port city of Mariupol by 5am Moscow time (02:00 GMT).
• Moscow had claimed it would allow civilians and soldiers to evacuate the city as long as its defenders put down their arms.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy compares Russia’s invasion with atrocities committed by Nazi Germany during World War II during address to Israeli lawmakers.
• The Kremlin warns the European Union against imposing an embargo on Russian oil as the bloc weighs further sanctions on Moscow

These are residential buildings where peaceful people live,” Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov was quoted as saying.