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However, in Kyiv Ukrainian officials said Russian forces shelled several suburbs, on the 19th day of the invasion. Sky's special correspondent Alex Crawford has ...

"If they will penetrate the city, we will make hell here for them," Mr Goncharenko said. "And only 20 kilometres away are NATO borders. We were right." It is not known if anyone there was killed or injured in the incident. That's the truth." "Everyone is waiting for news. "Nothing was happening there that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation," said President Zelenskyy about the base attack. President Zelenskyy has said "it's only a matter of time" before Russia missiles hit the homes of people in NATO countries if a no-fly zone is not set up. The city of Mariupol has been unblocked and a mass evacuation of people has started, according to Russia's defence ministry and local officials. And the mayor of Kharkiv has said the city had been under constant attack by Russian forces. And while lines of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow remain open, Russia is continuing a punishing bombardment of cities which the Red Cross said has created "nothing short of a nightmare" for civilians. "That's the war that Russia started - the city of Kyiv. And many cities in Ukraine were destroyed - lives were taken.

Civilian deaths are hard to track, but combatant fatalities are even harder.

“The high numbers are probably meant as a morale booster at the moment,” Davies said. “Our colleagues are continuing to monitor, corroborate, and report on civilian casualties as best they are able,” the spokesperson said. “But combatant deaths are particularly vulnerable to misinformation.” “We have been monitoring civilian casualties since 2014 through our Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU),” a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. However, the agency warned, “the actual figures are considerably higher.” (The Ukrainian side currently puts the figure at over 12,000, while Russia has yet to provide a more recent update on its own death toll.)

Unnamed US officials told multiple news outlets that China had signalled willingness to provide military assistance to Russia. The Chinese foreign ministry ...

You can also get in touch in the following ways: But Beijing at the same time has expressed "unwavering support" for Ukraine's sovereignty. The White House has decided to make public its claim just as President Biden's top security adviser is due to meet China's most senior diplomat. "Mr Sullivan raised a range of issues in US-China relations, with substantial discussion of Russia's war against Ukraine," a readout of the meeting said. "Russia possesses its own independent potential to continue the operation. Asked if he could clarify whether China had received a request for military help from Russia, Mr Zhao said this was "fake news" but did not deny it directly.

Russian shelling hits flats and aircraft plant in Kyiv; Ukraine denies firing missile that Moscow says killed at least 20 people in Donetsk.

A convoy of more than 160 cars departed from Mariupol today, local officials said, in what appeared to be the first successful attempt to evacuate civilians from the encircled Ukrainian city. Ninety children have been killed and more than 100 wounded in Ukraine since Russia invaded on 24 February, the Ukrainian general prosecutor’s office said. Ukrainian authorities have denied accusations by the Russians after a Ukrainian missile allegedly exploded in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk killing at least 20 civilians.

Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are on hold until Tuesday, after the talks resumed following attacks on a military facility 15 miles from the border ...

“We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our teams on the ground are working to gather additional information as the situation quickly unfolds,” Scott said. Thousands of U.S. troops have been sent to Poland and other countries along the alliance’s eastern edge, and President Biden and other Western leaders have maintained that a Russian attack on one would invite a ferocious response. We must stop the aggression, to prevent nuclear disaster, to stop all of Europe from catching fire.” “We have to join our efforts not only to defend Ukraine but to defend all of Europe today. “The people of Ukraine, who are fighting against the Russian regime to defend their Homeland and democracy in the world, are mourning with you,” he wrote. She ended with a call to action, alluding to the high price of dissent in Russia: “It is only in our power to stop this madness. I am ashamed that I’ve allowed the lies to be said on the TV screens. Officials say that charities and community organizations are helping to connect volunteers with families. The British government is offering roughly $450 per month to those who sponsor a Ukrainian family. “I’m asking people across our country who can provide a home for Ukrainians to consider being sponsors.” For several days, attempts by a convoy of trucks carrying food and medical supplies to reach the besieged southern port city have been delayed by fierce fighting. Two distinct blasts and sparks erupt from the site of impact at approximately 9:50 p.m., according to the clip’s timestamp.

Rivil Kofman and her son hid in their freezing basement, even surviving a 'visit' by Russian troops to their home.

“Here they were in our village, liberators of the Russian-speakers,” Kofman said, adding that, like many others angered by the war, she has decided to switch to Ukrainian in her daily communications. One of the soldiers was in his mid-30s, with “half a jaw filled with golden tooth-caps,” and looked like a “kadyrovets,” an elite officer loyal to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. “A friend told me she was slowly dying in her house [because of a lack of essential items and services],” she said, adding that another friend spent days in the frigid darkness of her basement with a newborn baby. When Russian tanks and APCs entered the village, “we were in the cross-hairs”, Kofman said. A cancer and multiple sclerosis survivor, she has for years used what she called “fairy tale therapy” to help hundreds of children with the disease by immersing them in positive impressions and thoughts. For days, Rivil Kofman and her son David were in the cross-hairs of blood-curdling duels between Russian tanks and Ukrainian artillery in their village of Myrotske, 40km (25 miles) the capital Kyiv.

Russia-Ukraine War highlights: Ukraine said it had begun "hard" talks on a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees with Russia on ...

Ukraine also reported renewed airstrikes on an airport in the west of the country. The minister reiterated that the debts of countries that were "unfriendly" to Russia would be paid in rubles He cited the Red Cross' neutrality in conflict and the need to be able to access war-torn areas. This is a tragedy of armed conflict happening in densely populated areas and where the use of explosive weapons with high with large radius are used, Mardini said. In the time since, Russian forces have attacked cities, military bases and even the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe while apparently trying to dislodge Kyiv's democratic government, which has seen an outpouring of military aid and support though not direct military intervention from the West. Half of the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of Russia have been frozen due to sanctions, Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Sunday. "We left because of the attack yesterday," she said, adding that she had hoped western Ukraine would be safe. That contrasts with action by the United States last week to ban oil imports from Russia, which led to a jump in oil prices. The purchasing power of the Russian population has significantly diminished," Georgieva said, according to the transcript of the interview provided by CBS News. "In terms of servicing debt obligations, I can say that no longer we think of Russian default as an improbable event. Russia may face a "deep recession," IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has said, as she warned that the impact of the "unprecedented" Western sanctions on Moscow for its military aggression against Ukraine will be "quite severe" for the Russian economy. Moscow calls its actions in Ukraine a special military operation designed to de-militarise and "denazify" the former Soviet republic. US has warned Moscow if it hits at NATO, while Washington is also planning to meet the Chinese side and stress the economic penalties Beijing will face if it helps Russia in its war in Ukraine, US officials say.

Igor Ivanov joins appeal for return to diplomacy to reduce 'elevated risk' of nuclear conflict.

The statement urged all sides to back a ceasefire and end the “unjustifiable” loss of civilian lives. We also welcome the efforts of world leaders aimed at finding a political settlement.” “The leaders of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States together affirmed in January that ‘a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought’.

Russian troops fired artillery rounds into residential buildings in Kyiv as they keep up their campaign to capture Ukraine's capital.

By Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — Russia’s military forces are keeping up their campaign to capture Ukraine’s capital as residents of other besieged cities hold out hope that renewed diplomatic talks might open the way for more civilians to evacuate or emergency supplies to reach them. RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-MATERNITY HOSPITAL — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth. ————————————— RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-ASYLUM SEEKERS — More than 8,600 Russians have sought refuge in the U.S. on the Mexican border in recent months. Here’s a look at the coverage from our journalists in Ukraine, Washington and beyond.

160 cars reportedly leave Mariupol after civilians were trapped for weeks; former minister stresses need for diplomacy to reduce risk of nuclear war.

“They’ve already decided that they’re going to provide economic and financial support, and they underscored that today. “The key here is first to getChinato recalculate and re-evaluate their position. “China is committed to promoting peace talks, and the international community should jointly support the Russia-Ukraine peace talks, achieve substantive results as soon as possible, and promote the cooling of the situation as soon as possible,” it said.

A global food crisis looms unless the war in Ukraine is stopped because fertiliser prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can no longer afford soil ...

EuroChem has production assets in Russia, Lithuania, Belgium, Brazil and Kazakhstan. EuroChem, which produces nitrogen, phosphates and potash, says it is one of the world's top five fertiliser companies. The European Union on Wednesday sanctioned Melnichenko for Russia's invasion. "The events in Ukraine are truly tragic. Melnichenko "has no relation to the tragic events in Ukraine. He has no political affiliations," his spokesman said. Melnichenko is the founder of EuroChem, one of Russia's biggest fertiliser producers, which moved to Zug, Switzerland, in 2015, and SUEK, Russia's top coal producer.