- A huge Russian military convoy is edging closer to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, where an alleged Russian attack has struck a television tower.
- Russian forces have entered the southern city of Kherson, Ukrainian interior ministry says.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine and appealed for the European Union to admit his country as a member.
- At least 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed on Monday in a Russian artillery attack on a military base in Okhtyrka, a local official says.
- Mayor of Mariupol says the key southeastern port city is being “pounded” by Russian shelling.
- Russian missiles have struck residential areas in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to a regional official.
- Negotiations between delegations from Kyiv and Moscow held at the Ukraine-Belarus border on Monday ended with no agreements except to keep talking.
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