
- Explosions reported in Kyiv and Lviv with air sirens going off across most of Ukraine.
- The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the Kyiv region, police official says.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals to US President Joe Biden to designate Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism”, Washington Post reports.
- Ukraine’s defence ministry accuses Russia of using long-range bombers in Mariupol, where fighting is raging around a steel plant and the port.
- Russian shelling kills seven people in the eastern city of Kharkiv, governor says.
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