Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered a daily minute of silence to remember the soldiers and civilians who have died in Russia’s attack on the country.

“Every morning at 9:00 a.m. we will remember the Ukrainians who gave their lives,” Mr Zelensky said in a video posted on social media on Wednesday.

The president also called for Russia to be internationally outlawed as a terrorist state.

“The Russian state has turned into an open terrorist and it is not embarrassed by this.

“Kidnapping of mayors and lawmakers in Russian-occupied territories, as well as the case of a hospital in the port city of Mariupol where the Russian military is said to be holding about 400 employees,” he said. 

(dpa/NAN)