Russia encircling Kyiv
The capital Kyiv may soon be encircled, with Russian forces moving in on areas north and west of the capital, the Ukrainian military says, with four other major cities effectively besieged.
Aid convoy attacked
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says trucks carrying food and medicine to the besieged city of Mariupol — without water and power for 11 days — were attacked by Russia tanks.
The city’s mayor says it is being shelled “every 30 minutes”.
Hospital bombing ‘staged’: Moscow
The Russian army claims the deadly bomb attack on Mariupol’s children hospital was “staged” by Ukraine.
Kindergarten hit
A kindergarten and an apartment block are hit in the first air strikes on the central city of Dnipro, with at least one person dead.
– 71 children killed –
Ukraine says at least 71 children have been killed and more than 100 wounded since the Russian invasion began.
100,000 evacuated in two days
Zelensky says about 100,000 people have evacuated from areas surrounding Kyiv, Sumy and Izyum in two days.
Fighting rages for other cities
The Ukrainian military says fighting is raging for control of the northern city of Chernihiv and Kharkiv and Severodonetsk in the east.
Moscow pledges daily corridors
Moscow promises to open humanitarian corridors every day to allow Ukrainians to flee, but Kyiv has rejected routes leading into Russia or its ally Belarus.
UN meets on Russia bio-weapon claim
The UN Security Council will meet Friday after Russia says biological weapons are being developed in Ukraine, claims both Washington and Kyiv deny.
The US says the allegations are a sign Moscow could soon use the weapons itself.
US warns more sanctions possible
The US and its European allies could impose additional penalties on Moscow because “the atrocities that they’re committing against civilians seem to be intensifying”, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says.
US says Russia seizing assets will backfire
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says any decision by Moscow to seize assets of US or international companies “will ultimately result in more economic pain for Moscow”.
EU douses Ukraine’s hopes
European Union leaders tell Ukraine there is no fast way to join the bloc, with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte saying membership is “for the long term, if at all.”
2.3 million flee
The UN says more than 2.3 million people have fled Ukraine — more than half to Poland.
Stocks tumble
Asian stock tumble with Tokyo falling more than two percent and the yen hitting a five-year low on fears of a long war in Ukraine.
Goldman first bank out
US investment bank Goldman Sachs pulls out of Russia, the first Wall Street institution to do so since the invasion.
