Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that the country's forces did not have enough "serious and heavy" weapons to defeat the Russian army in the port city of Mariupol.

He described two possible ways to end the stalemate in the city.

"First, it involves serious and heavy weapons […] at the moment we do not have enough of these weapons to liberate Mariupol.

The second way is diplomatic.

"So far Russia has not agreed to this," he said,

cnn

reports .

"We do not know when we can unlock Mariupol.

And I say this openly, that all the boys in Mariupol want our victory, they want a free city, none of them will surrender to the enemy.

This is their inner feeling, this is what they are ", added the head of the Ukrainian state, speaking together with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel in Kiev.

"Thousands of civilians have successfully left Mariupol through corridors agreed with Russia, but" unfortunately several thousand civilians went to the Russian-occupied territories and we do not know the fate of these thousands of people, "he added.

Otherwise, Russia has continued today with bombings causing casualties and material damage.

/ Telegraphy /