Ukraine's deputy PM urges residents of the eastern regions of Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk to evacuate as fears grow that Russia will intensify attacks there: "It has to be done now (cont.)
because later the people will be under fire and face the threat of death," says Iryna Vereshchuk
The US imposes sanctions on Vladimir Putin's adult daughters and targets Russian banks following allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
(Cont.)
US President Joe Biden says the measures will raise the economic pressure on Mr Putin
The UK freezes the assets of Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, and bans all British investment in Russia. The EU is also preparing further sanctions
(Cont.)
Twenty-five women and girls have said they were raped by Russian forces in Bucha, a senior Ukrainian official tells the BBC
Nato foreign ministers are meeting for two days of talks on how best to support Ukraine as the war continues
'The days ran together in the dark of the basement and the long hours spent peering out from behind the curtain of their apartment during the Russian occupation, the trauma of their youngest son’s murder muddling the chronology'
'Watching from their window, Aleksandr says they witnessed four murders.'
'As the Russian soldiers installed themselves in the apartments above, families retreated to the basements, facing the agonising choice of whether to risk being shot fleeing, or to stay put'
Ukraine headlines from BBC online:
The battle for the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine will remind the world of World War Two and involve thousands of tanks, Ukraine's foreign minister says. Dmytro Kuleba asks Nato allies to provide "everything we need, (cont.)
and we will fight not only for our security, but for your security". NATO' Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is ready to strengthen support but does not provide details of weapons
Western officials and military analysts say they (cont.)
expect an intense Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine in the next few weeks
Residents in Yahidne, near Chernihiv, tell the BBC Russian troops held 130 people in a basement for four weeks - and 12 people died
"Самая острая проблема — лекарства. В аптеках нет сердечных, гипотензивных лекарств. Исчез L-тироксин, который пожизненно необходим людям, у которых не функционирует щитовидная железа, — его сейчас невозможно купить на территории всей Украины."
"The biggest problem is meds. There are no cardiac, antihypertensive drugs in pharmacies. L-thyroxine, which is vital for people who do not have a functioning thyroid gland, has disappeared - it is now impossible to buy it on the territory of the whole of Ukraine."
"At first, we were told to go to a bombed-out school they were occupying, and then took us on foot to the road out of town. After leaving the bombed-out school, they transported us around by bus several times. This was a forced evacuation: none of us wanted to leave Ukraine."
Нас отвели в эту разбомбленную школу, в которой они сейчас сидят... И возили несколько раз. Это была принудительная эвакуация, никто из нас не хотел выезжать из Украины.
"Most of these people are united by one factor: they can do almost nothing on their own. It is hard to find and finish a story if you don’t know the language and can’t even ask questions..." opendemocracy.net/en/odr/interna…
"The resourceful and well-informed locals who assist foreign journalists are often called ‘fixers’, which I think is a demeaning and stupid term."
“You are lucky that we had a spare bulletproof vest, it’s your problem that you don’t have one. We’re going to Kharkiv.”