zelensky has spoken to the head of the international monetary fund it s expected the country will ask the imf and g7 countries for $50 billion to help it rebuild. but the reality is no reconstruction work is possible until the conflict ends. sean dilley, bbc news. danjohnson is in lviv this morning. dan, it seems ukrainian voices remain defiant in mariupol. the sins are remain defiant in mariupol. the signs are they remain defiant in mariupol. tue: signs are they ignored remain defiant in mariupol. tte: signs are they ignored that surrender deadline that was laid down by russia yesterday. president zelensky said his forces would fight on, that they were still equipped and still defending the steel plant which has become the scene of some of the most intense battles of the last few days with russian forces repeatedly trying to overrun that factory so they can complete their takeover of mariupol and that seems to be white now the mayor of the city, where one of his aides, has said ru
here in kyiv, the city is back on high alert. danger from a distance still lethally close. well, mark has more now on the ukrainian government s response to russia s claims of the takeover of mariupol. they haven t confirmed it or denied it either way. it s the russian defence ministry that says it has cleared the entire urban area of ukrainian forces, and they say there are just a handful of ukrainian troops who are holding out in this crucial steel plant in the city. but ukraine s president has warned moscow that there will be an end to peace talks if the last ukrainian defenders in mariupol are killed. that is clearly an attempt by president zelensky to try to exert pressure on russia not to completely take the city and not to completely kill everybody there but is it going to full on deaf ears? well, quite possibly. it would be a huge prize for russia to get mariupol,
still lethally close. well, mark has more now on the ukrainian government s response to russia s claims of the takeover of mariupol. they haven t confirmed it or denied it either way. it s the russian defence ministry that says it has cleared the entire urban area of ukrainian forces, and they say there are just a handful of ukrainian troops who are holding out in this crucial steel plant in the city. but ukraine s president has warned moscow that there will be an end to peace talks if the last ukrainian defenders in mariupol are killed. that is clearly an attempt by president zelensky to try to exert pressure on russia not to completely take the city and not to completely kill everybody there but is it going to full on deaf ears? well, quite possibly. it would be a huge prize for russia to get mariupol, to establish a land corridor from russia through eastern ukraine to occupied crimea. in terms of the toll that has been exacted on mariupol, it is absolutely devastating.