UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT URGES RUSSIAN SOLDIERS TO SURRENDER

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Russian soldiers to surrender.

In his televised address, Zelensky said Russian forces had suffered worse losses during their invasion of his country than in the Chechnya conflict, adding that they had already begun to understand that they would not achieve anything by war.

Zelensky also paid tribute to Marina Ovsyannikova, the woman who interrupted Russian state TV news by holding up an anti-war sign, saying he was “grateful to those Russians who do not stop trying to convey the truth” and who fought disinformation.

Meanwhile, negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are expected to continue later, with Zelensky saying “pretty good” progress had been made so far.

In another diplomatic move, the Polish, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers will visit Kyiv to meet Zelensky.