Ukrainian steel plant bombed; Zelenskyy to meet US officials

Mariupol has been blockaded for most of the war. Ukrainian officials have said they expect to find thousands of dead civilians and evidence of war crimes there when the fighting ends.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks ahead of a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Russian forces called in airstrikes on a besieged steel factory in the southern city of Mariupol to try to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops holding out in the strategic port, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would meet in Kyiv with two top American officials.

Zelenskyy gave few details about the logistics of his talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on what was the 60th day since Russia invaded Ukraine.