Latest Ukraine updates: Moscow threatens Western arms shipments

The debris of damaged houses lies on the ground destroyed during a Russian aerial bombing in the village of Byshiv outside Kyiv, Ukraine [Thomas Peter/Reuters]

• Fighting is raging northwest of Kyiv, with the bulk of Russian ground forces 25km (16 miles) from the centre of the Ukrainian capital.
• Russia said its troops could target supplies of Western weapons in Ukraine.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin did not show a willingness to end the war during a call with the French and German leaders, a French presidency official said.
• The humanitarian situation in the besieged port city of Mariupol continues to deteriorate with the UN citing reports of “looting and violent confrontations” among civilians over the few resources available.
• Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said about 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s invasion started.

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