- Russian and Ukrainian officials have suggested talks might yield positive results within days, despite battles raging on.
- The city council of besieged Mariupol has said 2,187 residents have been killed since the start of Russia’s invasion.
- Authorities in Lviv say the Russian military launched a deadly air strike targeting a Ukrainian base in Yavoriv near the Polish border, killing at least 35 people.
- People in Kyiv are scrambling to escape, with the bulk of Russian ground forces about 25km (16 miles) from the centre of the Ukrainian capital.
- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia might use chemical weapons in Ukraine and that such a move would be a war crime.
- The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine is nearing 2.7 million, according to the United Nations.
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