Ukrainian service members are still in the part of Mariupol, and the situation in the city has remained practically unchanged since Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a joint press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday.

"One solution to solve the situation in Mariupol is to use military forces, but it needs cooperation with partners and cannot be realized only by Ukraine. The other way is to seek diplomatic and humanitarian settlement, which can be achieved in a short time," Zelenskyy added.

As the president stressed, Ukraine constantly works on opening humanitarian corridors to evacuate Mariupol residents, but the Russians have been blocking this process lately.

There has been no response from Russia yet.