Ukrainian Prime Minister: We don't give up.

Ukrainian forces in the port city of Marioupolis are still fighting and have not surrendered”. That's what Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal said on Sunday.

It's not down yet. There are still our military forces, so they will fight to the end and at the moment they are still in Mariupol”, Shmyhal said at “Thisas Week” of ABC News. His statement comes after a deadline set by Russia for Ukrainian forces in the city to hand him over Sunday.

No major city in Ukraine has fallen. Only Kherson is under the control of Russian military forces, but all other cities are under Ukraine's control,” he continued, adding that some of the towns in the surrounding areas were surrounded, but still under Ukrainian control”.
He said that more than 900 Ukrainian towns, towns, and villages had been liberated from Russian invasion since Moscow took over after the invasion in late February.

“We are still fighting and we have battle in the Donbas region now, but we are not planning to surrender”, Shmyhal said.

In response to a question on the current state of diplomacy, he said “Ukraine will prepare to stop this fight” if a “diplomatic path is possible”.

However, if Russia were unwilling to hold negotiations, he said: “We will not give up, we will not leave our country, our families, our land, we will fight absolutely to the end, until the victory of this”.

Shmyhal also thanked the United States and other partners for their support in providing ammunition, humanitarian and financial aid.

We have a budget deficit of about $5 billion every month of the war. So we appreciate and are very grateful for any financial support from the United States and all our international partners, he said.

Ukraine will seek financial support from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (FMN) and the US Treasury at this week's meetings in Washington, according to the prime minister. g.v/abcnews. al