Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian officials Saturday accused Russia of thwarting a fresh attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and killing six people in a strike on Odessa, all but burying hopes of a truce for Orthodox Easter. With the war poised to enter its third month on Sunday, Ukrainian authorities said “fierce battles” were raging in the east and the United Nations said nearly 5.2 million people had fled the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “to end the war”, which began with a full-scale Russian inva…