- The mayor of Mariupol says conditions at the Avozstal steel plant are dire and people trapped there are running out of food and water.
- An operation is planned to evacuate civilians trapped in Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant on Friday, the Ukrainian president’s office has said, without providing further details.
- A Radio Liberty journalist, Vira Hyrych, was killed when two explosions hit the capital, Kyiv, during a visit by UN chief Antonio Guterres, leaving him “shocked“.
- Moscow regards winning the “Battle for Donbas” as crucial if it is to achieve its stated objective of securing control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east, Britain’s defence ministry has said.
- A local police official says the bodies of 1,187 dead civilians have been found so far in Kyiv region.
- US President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $33bn to support Ukraine.
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