Ukraine ready for Mariupol talks without conditions - negotiator

Ukraine ready for Mariupol talks without conditions

Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak says he's happy to hold a "special round of negotiations" with Russia in the besieged city of Mariupol without any conditions, Qazet.az reports.

Podolyak tweeted that he was making the offer "to save our guys, Azov battalion, military, civilians, children, the living and the wounded."

Mariupol remains under siege from Russian troops. Some civilians who've been trapped for weeks were able to leave on Wednesday - but officials say there were far fewer than hoped.