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Joe Biden tweets "Putin is accountable for the brutal invasion"
US President Joe Biden on Sunday tweeted from his personal Twitter handle that Russian President Vladimir Putin could choose to end the war just as he chose to launch this brutal invasion. "Russia is the aggressor, and the world must and will hold Russia accountable," Biden tweeted.
The message of strengthening the fight against Putin and Russia comes as US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv and urged him to not back down in the face of Russia's aggression. "We are here for the fight and you cannot fold to a bully," Peloci told Zelensky.
A latest, The United Nations is conducting a "safe passage operation" for civilians from the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The evacuation began on 29 April and is being coordinated with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Russia and Ukraine.
The latest was confirmed by Saviano Abreu, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Red Cross.
According to Russia-backed forces that have taken control of the southern Ukrainian city, the Russian rouble will be used in Kherson from Sunday, .
However, Kherson's Ukrainian mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, who has now been overthrown by Russian authorities, has said that he doesn't believe this will be possible while the only working banking system in the region is Ukrainian, not Russian.