Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Fighting stopped residents from evacuating the besieged city of Mariupol for the second day in a row on Sunday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to press ahead with his invasion and the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine passed 1.5 million.
Fleeing conflict, caught in shelling
Ukrainians fleeing the town of Irpin just outside Kyiv were caught in shelling by Russian forces and forced to...
Russia announced new "humanitarian corridors" to transport Ukrainians trapped under its bombardment - to Russia itself and its ally Belarus, a move immediately dismissed by Kyiv as an immoral stunt.
Russian promise on corridors
The Russian military will cease fire and open six humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv from 10am Moscow time (0700 GMT), Russia's defence ministry said.
More talks
A Russian delegation has departed for Belarus where it will meet Ukrainian negotiators for the third round of talks about ending hostilities, the Sputnik Belarus news outlet reported.
Australia presses China
China must act on its declarations of promoting world peace and join the effort to stop Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Australia's prime minister said, warning that the world was in danger of being reshaped by an "arc of autocracy".
China is a ‘rock solid’ friend
China's Red Cross will provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine "as soon as possible", Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, as he hailed China's friendship with Russia as "rock solid".
Japan in talks on oil
Japan, which counts Russia as its fifth-biggest supplier of crude oil, is in discussion with the United States and European countries about possibly banning Russian oil imports, Kyodo News reported.
Fleeing conflict
As many as five million Ukrainians are expected to flee from their country if Russia's bombing of Ukraine continues, the EU's top diplomat said.
'No war' protests in Russia
Police detained more than 4,600 people at Russia-wide protests against President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent protest monitoring group.
Rouble trouble
Russia's rouble tumbled to a fresh record low in thin offshore trade with local markets closed for trading until at least Wednesday.
Sporting rebuke
Putin and a Russian businessperson Arkady Rotenberg have been removed from all positions in the International Judo Federation, the sport's governing body said, in the latest sporting rebuke following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Quotes
"In Ukraine, rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This is not only a military operation but a war which is leading to death, destruction and misery," said Pope Francis, rejecting the term "military operation" that Russia has used to describe its actions.
"My heart is being torn apart," said Olha Kucher, director of the Zaporizhzhia Central Christian Orphanage after evacuating more than 200 children from the southwestern city. "I simply lack words. And I feel so sorry for these children. They're so young."
- Reuters
