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4. Headline = Ukrainian Troops ambush Russian military convoy in Mariupol, throw grenades and open fire on vehicles

Lead : Ihor Zhovka, chief diplomatic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said no one was safe in Ukraine after the Russian missile strike in Lviv on Monday.

Byline : CNN has geolocated and verified the authenticity of the video, but it is not yet known when the ambush occurred.

Quotation : The battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Denys Prokopenko, also said Russian troops fired "voluntarily" at the plant.

Body = A ceasefire in Ukraine may be in place in a few weeks depending on how the war and ongoing negotiations continue, Martin Griffiths, UN under secretary general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said on Monday.

Facts = White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated on Monday that there were no plans for US President Joe Biden to travel to Ukraine, following a request from Zelensky prompting him to do so.

Conclusion = Russian troops have started an offensive in the eastern Donbas region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech on Monday.

He said Ukrainian troops would continue to fight, saying he thanked all the fighters, soldiers, heroic cities and towns in the region who fought back and stood firm.

The city was previously seen as a safe haven due to its proximity to Ukraine’s western border with Poland. Women and children take shelter in the basement of the Azovstal steel mill in besieged Mariupol.

The battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Denys Prokopenko, also said Russian troops fired “voluntarily” at the plant. The factory was one of the last areas under Ukrainian control in the city.