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Abigail Nicholson

Liverpool's Jewish community pay tribute - and everything we know from day 12 of fighting in Ukraine

Day 12 of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine saw Russia continue to prevent the evacuation of civilians and a third round of peace talks.

Russian shelling is still preventing evacuations of civilians in war torn cities.

The president of Ukraine, Volodymr Zelenskiy, has vowed to punish "every b*****d" who committed atrocities during the invasion of Ukraine.

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In a video address, he said: "How many such families have died in Ukraine? We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war."

Day 12 also saw a third round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, but "little progress" was made.

Closer to home dozens came together in Childwall Synagogue in a special service to pray for Ukraine.

Here's everything you need to know from Day 12 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russia continue "preventing evacuations" of civilians - Ukraine

Residents of Irpin flee heavy fighting via a destroyed bridge as Russian forces entered the city (Getty Images)

Russian shelling is still preventing the evacuation of people from besieged cities, Ukraine says.

Attacks are said to continue despite a proposal from Russia to create safe escape routes out of Kyiv, Mariupol, Sumy and Kharkiv

Ukraine branded the proposal "immoral" after it emerged many of the routes would only take civilians to Russia or its ally Belarus.

Third round of peace talks have "little progress"

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi, left, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, second left, the Head of the Ukrainian Servant of the People faction Davyd Arakhamia, third left, Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak, fourth left, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov, fifth right, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the Russian State Duma's International Affairs Committee, fourth right, Russian Presidential Aide and the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, third right, Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin, second right, and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, attend the Russian-Ukrainian talks in the Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park (AP)

The third round of talks between Ukraine and Russia have come to an end.

A Ukrainian adviser to the president's office said there was some "small positive" progress on the logistics of humanitarian corridors. And Reuters news agency quoted a Ukrainian negotiator as saying no agreement had been reached that significantly improved the broader situation.

A Kremlin aide said the talks in Belarus had "failed to live up to our expectations", in remarks broadcast on Russian TV.

Both sides say talks will continue.

UK announces further £175m of support for Ukraine

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire)

Boris Johnson spoke at a press conference alongside his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and Dutch premier Mark Rutte.

He says the United Kingdom will give £175m of aid to Ukraine, saying it takes the UK's total commitment to nearly £400 million.

Dozens come together to support Ukraine at Childwall Synagogue

Liverpool Jewish community come together at Childwall Synagogue in support of Ukraine with a link with Rabbi Rafael Kruskal in Odessa, Ukraine. (Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)

Liverpool's Jewish community came together to support Ukraine at Childwall Synagogue on Monday, March 7.

The Synagogue held the special service, which saw Rabbi Rafael Kruskal of the "Tikvah" community in Odessa, join the dozens of people who attended via Zoom.

Dad's emotional update as family flea Ukraine war zone

Ian Umney who has travelled to Ukraine to be with his wife and son has said he wants to "make sure they're safe" (PA)

A dad who travelled to Ukraine to reunite with his wife and child has given an emotional update to his TikTok followers.

Ian Umney, 28, from St Helens, quit his job as an English teacher and a courier to travel to Nikopol in south-eastern Ukraine to "save" Ukrainian wife Nelia and two-year-old son Jonathan.

He left the UK on Monday, February 28 and arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday, March 1, before spending time with his wife, son and parents-in-law.

On March 2, Ian and his family decided to make arrangements to flea Ukraine and left their home on Saturday, March 5.

Today [Monday, March 7] Ian updated his 217k TikTok followers to say his family were "safe" and had crossed the border into Moldova.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

Transalpino owner heads to Ukraine with help from ex-LFC players

Left to right: Brendan Wyatt, Robin Grime, Rado Chmiel - who are driving to Ukraine with supplies (Brendan Wyatt)

Brendan Wyatt, owner of Transalpino on Bold Street, is driving with friends to the Poland- Ukraine border to provide supplies during the current crisis.

Brendan decided to make the trip after becoming frustrated at the response of the UK government.

He said: "Like everyone else we are frustrated, you feel at a loss of what to do."

He told the ECHO : "Robin, one of the lads with us, called me the other day and asked 'you fancy getting over to Ukraine?' and I thought 'well yeah okay'.

"One of the other lads with us, Rado, he is a Polish translator in Liverpool, he’s been in the city for 16 years, but his hometown is quite near to the border of Ukraine, so he wanted to come along too as he is worried about what is happening in his region."

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

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