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    Zelenskyy urges direct talks with Putin as war in Ukraine continues to rage

    by Patrick J. McDonnell and Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times Mar 19, 2022 6 minutes
    Police cordon off a perimeter around blast radius of a residential area damaged by what authorities say is a Russian bombardment, in Podilskyi district in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, March 18, 2022.

    LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday as Russian forces pushed deeper into the beleaguered southern port city of Mariupol, with heavy street battles shutting down a major steel plant and hampering rescue efforts.

    Military skirmishes erupted across the heart of Mariupol’s city center, obstructing local efforts to rescue hundreds of people believed to be trapped in the basement of a theater struck by a bomb or missile Wednesday. Russia denied bombing the theater, which was being used to protect children.

    “The city is leveled to the ground,” a member of the Azov regiment that is defending Mariupol said Saturday on Telegram as tanks moved in and Russian forces continued to strike from the air.

    Meanwhile on Saturday, the Russian military said it had deployed its Kinzhal, or Dagger, aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles — high-speed weapons that can fly at 10

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