Russia-Ukraine: Ukraine Rules Out Cease-Fire

Ukraine has ruled out the possibility of a cease-fire or any concessions that involved giving away any territory to Russia as Russia pressed its offensive in the eastern Donbass region, reports said late Sunday.

Polish President Andrzej Duda told lawmakers in Kyiv that the international community had to demand Russia's complete withdrawal from Ukrainian territory and that sacrificing even an inch of it would be a huge blow to the entire West.

Duda said; "Worrying voices have appeared, saying that Ukraine should give in to President Vladimir Putin's demands.

"Only Ukraine has the right to decide about its future."

The Daily Sabah reports that shortly after Duda finished speaking, an air raid siren was heard in central Kyiv, a reminder that the nation remained at war.

According to Reuters, Ukraine's lead negotiator ruled out a cease-fire that would involve Russian forces remaining in occupied areas or any deal with Russia that involved ceding territory.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said; "The war will not stop.

"It will just be put on pause for some time. They'll (Russia) start a new offensive, even more bloody and large-scale."

The Russian defense ministry said on Sunday its forces pounded Ukrainian command centers, troops and ammunition depots in Donbass and the Mykolayiv region in the south with airstrikes and artillery.