determined to get it this time. where does ukraine stand on that? he is determined to get it and at enormous cost it will finally succeed in overcoming the resistance in mariupol. to me it seems impossible for president zelensky to concede russia now occupies the entire eastern side of the country and somehow ukraine no longer has any rights over that and becomes either dependent or in some way part of russia. i think the kind of conditions that vladimir putin might settle for are those which president zelensky or any possible ukrainian government could not possibly accept. i think we are headed for an angry stalemate rather than a negotiated solution.
kyiv, to the east of the capital. the mayor said that some infrastructure objects were hit in the early hours of sunday morning. for the latest on the situation in kyiv and in the besieged city of mariupol, here s our correspondent dan johnson. there are reports this morning of more attacks on the edge of kyiv in a district to the east of the capital city, where the local mayor says an attack has hit some of the local infrastructure there. we re not quite sure exactly what the target was or what the level of damage is, but that s a pattern that s been repeated for a few nights now after russia threatened to step up its attacks once again and there were air raids right across the country.
so the fact that zelensky now says that there will be no negotiations if soldiers are mariupol will get killed, probably for putin is not is not a surprise. it is possible that mariupol will fall and it is possible by may, by may 9th. i m sure you know there is a victory date world war ii victory day on may 9th. so there is rumours back and forth that putin would like to stop the war or at least declare some sort of victory by then. so it is possible that with the taking of mariupol, that could be one of those prizes and sort of a declaration for at least the completion of this stage of the war. but once again, i think putin knows only what putin knows. we don t know. even those who are expected horrible things from putin like me and a lot of others, i am still completelyjust stunned
the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior cleric in the anglican church, condemns plans by the uk government to send asylum seekers to rwanda. the comments come on easter sunday. this is the scene live in st peter s square in vatican city where pope francis has been celebrating easter sunday mass. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has urged the last ukrainian forces defending the besieged port of mariupol to surrender in order to save their lives with the deadline just one hour away. the city has been under siege for weeks. moscow says its troops have cleared resistance from the entire city, apart from a sprawling steelworks.
where air defences reportedly destroyed four russian cruise missiles. earlier this week, russia s prize warship sunk in the black sea ukraine says it struck the vessel, the kremlin denied that, saying an explosion onboard caused it to sink. now the russian defence ministry has published images showing what it says is the ship s crew, the undated video showing sailors on parade being inspected by the commander in chief of the russian navy. the focus today will be on what happens next in mariupol. will the remaining ukrainian soldiers there ignore russia s deadline offer to lay down their arms and continue to defend the city to the end? helena wilkinson, bbc news. and there have been reports of more attacks on the ukrainian capital, kyiv. russia s defence ministry said it struck a military plant outside