Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the outcome of the battle for Donbas will determine the course of the war; Russia says its forces are ready to open up a humanitarian corridor out of the embattled city

Russia has told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the embattled eastern city of Sievierodonetsk to lay down their arms by early Wednesday.

Ukraine says more than 500 civilians are trapped alongside soldiers inside Azot, a chemical factory where its forces have resisted weeks of Russian bombardment and assaults that have reduced much of Sievierodonetsk to ruins.

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