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Zelensky: Destruction of Mariupol defenders will put an end to negotiations with Russia.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 16 that Russia wanted them to surrender and that Ukraine didn't trust Russia in the light of the Ilovaisk battle in 2014 when Russia's proxies massacred disarmed Ukrainian soldiers. Mariupol defenders are fighting at one against six, according to Zelensky, and they need heavy weapons as soon as possible, he said.

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Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russia launched 97 drones overnight, including Shahed-type attack drones. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 90 of them. Five drones struck five locations, while debris from downed drones fell in two locations.

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