
- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says member states are “almost there” in agreeing new sanctions against Russia, including an oil embargo.
- A UN convoy is on its way to Mariupol to evacuate civilians from the port city. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the Israeli prime minister that Russia is ready to provide safe passage from the Azovstal steel plant.
- An international donors’ conference in Warsaw for Ukraine has raised $6.5bn to help the war-torn country, according to Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
- Ukrainian army says “bloody battles” are continuing as Russia tries to destroy the last defence at Azovstal steel plant after breaking into the giant factory.
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden have agreed not to recognise any Russian territorial gains in Ukraine.
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