Russia orders cadets into Ukraine, sends more mercenaries after Zelenskyy: LIVE UPDATES

For weeks, Mayrna Sokolovska has watched from afar as Russian artillery, gunfire, and airstrikes devastate her home country of Ukraine.

"I still cannot believe it," Sokolovska told Fox News from her home of Beverly Hills, Calif.  "Everything, where I grew up -- all my homeland -- is just burnt out [and] destroyed."

Many of the images Sokolovska sees of Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine, now in its fourth week, come from her 24-year-old brother Roman, a soldier with the Ukrainian military.  She says he texts her videos from the front lines showing hollowed-out buildings, destroyed tanks and the bodies of dead soldiers lining the streets.

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Sunday that 10 million people have either been displaced from their home in Ukraine, or have left the country.

Over 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an invasion into the country, beginning a war that has already cost the lives of at least 902 people, but that figure is likely much higher because of unconfirmed deaths, according to the United Nations.

Officials in Europe have voiced concern that capacity is being reached in housing Ukrainian refugees.

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Ukraine has informed the IAEA that many of the staff that were forced to stay at the Chernobyl nuclear power plan amid Russia's takeover of the facility have been allowed to return home.

A group of 46 employees rotated into the facility and started a shift Sunday, according to reporting from Fox New's NaNa Sajaia. It is unclear how long the new employees will stay to operate the plant.

Spoke to the family, whose father was at the plant since February 24. He is now home and resting.  According to him, the group of 46 employees started their shift today, however it is unclear how long the current group will operate the plant.  

“It is a positive – albeit long overdue – development that some staff at the Chornobyl NPP have now rotated and returned to their families. They deserve our full respect and admiration for having worked in these extremely difficult circumstances,” IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said of the news.

Russian forces took control of the facility on February 24, with the staff there having to stick behind and continue to operate the plant without the ability to go home to their families.

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Ukraine’s president on Sunday called on Israel to take a stronger stand against Russia, delivering an emotional appeal that compared Russia’s invasion of his country to the actions of Nazi Germany.

In a speech to Israeli lawmakers over Zoom, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was time for Israel, which has emerged as a key mediator between Ukraine and Russia, to finally take sides. He said Israel should follow its Western allies by imposing sanctions and providing arms to Ukraine. 

"One can ask for a long time why we can’t accept weapons from you or why Israel didn’t impose sanctions against Russia, why you are not putting pressure on Russian business," he said. "It is your choice, dear brothers and sisters."

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The Russian Defense Ministry has called for the surrender of Mariupol by 5am March 21, according to Russian state media, warning those authorities that remain will be  "with the bandits."

The report also says that Russia will allow for a humanitarian corridor for civilians who wish to leave the city on Sunday, where food and medical attention will be provided to those looking to leave the city.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a third world war if peace talks with Russia fail during a television interview that aired Sunday.

Zelenskyy said that "any format" should be used in order to have a possibility of negotiating with Russia, in particular Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I think that we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of negotiating, possibility of talking to Putin. But if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third World War," Zelenskyy said.

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