Loud blasts thundered through Kyiv just before dawn Tuesday as Russian forces escalated their bombardment on the Ukrainian capital, deepening the humanitarian crisis in the war's third week. Officials from both countries agreed to more talks, despite the failures of diplomacy so far.
The numbers tell the story of a devastating human toll. More than 2.8 million people have been forced to flee their homes. Thousands of soldiers and civilians are dead. Food and water are running out in besieged Mariupol. On Tuesday a projectile slammed into a 15-story apartment building, and at least one person there died.
