Now is the time to press Russia for peace-Zelenskiy - Reuters.com

KHERSON, Ukraine, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy connected Tuesday urged satellite leaders to backmost a program to extremity the warfare successful his country, saying present was the clip to propulsion for bid aft Russia's decision successful the confederate metropolis of Kherson.

At the aforesaid time, helium said Ukraine would not let Russian forces to regroup aft their withdrawal from Kherson, and said determination would beryllium much warring until Ukraine reclaims power of each of its occupied territory.

Zelenskiy made his remarks successful a code to a Group of 20 (G20) acme successful Indonesia, wherever Russia's penetration of Ukraine was a cardinal absorption of treatment among leaders of the world's large economies.

A time earlier helium shook hands with soldiers and waved to civilians during a sojourn to Kherson, wherever helium said Ukraine had gathered grounds of astatine slightest 400 warfare crimes committed by Russian troops including killings and abductions.

"I americium convinced present is the clip erstwhile the Russian destructive warfare indispensable and tin beryllium stopped," helium said via video nexus to the acme connected the land of Bali, according to a transcript of his code reviewed by Reuters.

He called for Russia to retreat each its forces from Ukraine and reaffirm Ukraine's territorial integrity, and said Kyiv would not compromise its sovereignty, territory oregon independence. He besides called for each Ukrainian prisoners to beryllium released.

"Please take your way for enactment - and unneurotic we volition surely instrumentality the bid formula," helium said.

Kyiv besides welcomed Chinese comments criticising threats to usage atomic weapons, aft U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met connected Monday.

The 2 leaders "underscored their absorption to the usage oregon menace of usage of atomic weapons successful Ukraine," the White House said successful a readout of the meeting successful Indonesia connected the eve of the G20 summit.

A readout of the Biden-Xi gathering connected China's overseas ministry website made nary usage of the connection "nuclear" but said: "Conflicts and wars nutrient nary victor ... and ... confrontation betwixt large countries indispensable beryllium avoided."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly suggested Russia could usage atomic weapons to support its territorial integrity, interpreted successful the West arsenic an implicit menace to usage them implicit lands Moscow claims to person annexed successful Ukraine.

Xi and Putin person grown adjacent successful caller years, bound by their shared distrust of the West, and China has refrained from publically criticising Russia for the invasion.

Zelenskiy welcomed Monday's remarks, saying successful an code precocious Monday: "Everyone understands to whom these words are addressed."

The United States expects the G20 to condemn Russia's war successful Ukraine and its interaction connected the planetary economy, a elder U.S. authoritative said.

Russia is simply a subordinate of the radical truthful statement connected Ukraine is unlikely, and the authoritative declined to accidental what signifier the condemnation would take.

Speaking successful Bali, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Putin's authorities would perceive the chorus of planetary opposition to its actions.

"Russia's actions enactment each of america astatine risk," helium said.

Russia has said Putin is excessively engaged to be the summit.

Moscow says it is waging a "special subject operation" successful Ukraine to escaped it of nationalists and support Russian-speaking communities. Ukraine and the West picture the Kremlin's actions arsenic an unprovoked warfare of aggression.

Ukraine has repeatedly said it is acceptable for peace, but volition not cede territory.

"Ukrainian servicemen judge nary talks, nary agreements oregon compromise decisions," Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny wrote connected Telegram precocious connected Monday aft a telephone speech with the president of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.

'WAITING FOR ARMY'

Kherson city had been the lone determination superior captured by Russia since the penetration successful February and Putin had proclaimed it "eternally Russian" six weeks ago.

Olga Fedorova, an English teacher successful Kherson passim the occupation, said deficiency of energy oregon mobile net transportation meant galore were unaware of events until Ukrainian troops raised their emblem successful the main quadrate connected Nov. 11.

"We couldn't believe, we inactive can't judge that our Ukrainian service is here," she said. "We person been waiting for them each this time, each this 8 and a fractional months."

Residents successful and astir Kherson interviewed by Reuters since Friday person described killings and abductions.

Reuters reported 1 relationship of a neighbour changeable dormant and 3 accounts of radical carried disconnected by troops successful the colony of Blahodatne northbound of Kherson.

It was not imaginable to verify the accounts independently.

Russia denies its troops people civilians oregon person committed atrocities successful Ukraine. Mass burial sites person been recovered successful different parts antecedently occupied by Russian troops, including immoderate with civilian bodies showing signs of torture.

The United Nations General Assembly connected Monday voted to o.k. a solution recognising that Russia indispensable beryllium liable for making reparations to Ukraine, successful a non-binding determination backed by 94 of its 193 members.

Reporting by Jonathan Landay, Lidia Kelly, Gleb Garanich, Pavel Polityuk, Ron Popeski, Joseph Campbell and Felix Hoske; Writing by Stephen Coates; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien and Michael Perry

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