Thursday marks one month since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, called for people around the world to unite in rallies to protest against the war. “Come to your squares, your streets. Make yourselves visible and heard. Say that people matter. Freedom matters. Peace matters. Ukraine matters,” he said.
Western nations will warn Vladimir Putin on Thursday that his country will pay “ruinous” costs for invading Ukraine, during an unprecedented one-day trio of Nato, G7 and EU summits that will be attended by the US president, Joe Biden, in Brussels.
Zelenskiy said he hoped for “meaningful steps” at the round of summits, noting they would reveal “who is a friend, who is a partner, and who betrayed us for money”.
Zelenskiy has addressed the Swedish parliament and told it that Ukraine deserves to be a full member of the European Union.
Seven humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from Ukrainian towns and cities have been agreed for Thursday, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, has said.
Ukraine forces appear to have struck a large Russian landing ship, Orsk, that was unloading supplies at the port of Berdyansk, about 45 miles (75km) from Mariupol. Video footage appears to show a large fire in the port.
