Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he believes Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will eventually enter negotiations after seeing Russia's forces encounter fierce resistance.
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine are set for face-to-face talks in Turkey today, in the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow invaded Ukraine ⤵️ aje.io/dtfd5z
More than 1.4 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since Russia's invasion, says the Polish Border Guard.
Ukraine is opening seven humanitarian corridors through which civilians can evacuate cities besieged by Russian forces, says Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
Ukraine’s FM Dmytro Kuleba has said he raised the prospect of a 24-hour ceasefire during his talks with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, but the pair did not make progress on the issue.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renews call for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as a Russian airstrike destroys a children’s and maternity hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol ⤵️
A first round of talks between the FM of Russia and Ukraine has failed to yield progress on a ceasefire, Ukraine says ⤵️
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tough sanctions on Moscow caused oil prices to reach unprecedented highs not seen since the 2008 financial crisis.
Biden’s ban on Russian energy imports means the effects will be felt worldwide.
The countries that rely most on Russian oil include: Belarus, Cuba, Curacao, Kazakhstan and Latvia – each importing more than 99% of their crude oil from Russia.
Ukraine tells UN nuclear watchdog IAEA it has lost all contact with facilities at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, which is now held by Russian forces.
Russia’s UN envoy announces a new ceasefire as the UN says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
Russia warns it might stop the flow of gas through pipelines from Russia to Germany in response to Berlin’s decision to halt the Nord Stream 2 pipeline opening.
Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy, says news agency citing Russia’s defence ministry.