U.S. President Joe Biden and world leaders opened a trio of emergency summits on Thursday with a sober warning from NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that the alliance must boost its defenses to counter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and “respond to a new security reality in Europe.”
Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged strategic port city.
Kyiv shopping centre hit by Russian missile.
Leaders spoke for nearly two hours but Biden did not make any direct requests to Xi to persuade Putin to end the attack
Russia and Ukraine ‘close to agreeing’ on neutral status, says Lavrov.
A deal with Kyiv on “neutral status” for Ukraine as part of a peace agreement could be close, Russia’s foreign minister has said.
Fifteen-point draft deal would involve Kyiv renouncing Nato ambitions in return for security guarantees.
Russian forces bearing down on Kyiv are regrouping northwest of the Ukrainian capital, satellite pictures showed, in what Britain said could be preparation for an assault on the city within days.
Russia strike hits maternity and children's wards in Mariupol.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says children are buried under rubble after a Russian airstrike hit a maternity hospital in Mariupol.
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said a "rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences for the global market", causing prices to more than double to $300 a barrel.
The World Health Organization today warned that attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances and other health care facilities have increased “rapidly” in recent days and vital medical supplies are running low.
