A Ukrainian delegation is heading to the place defined for a new round of negotiations with the Russians in Belarus.
According to the Tass agency, the Russian army has opened a security corridor for this delegation, which is expected on Thursday.
Russia has unveiled its very first assessment: according to Moscow, 498 of its soldiers have died and 1,597 others have been injured since the start of the offensive in Ukraine.
In addition, the Russians estimate the toll on the side of the "Ukrainian soldiers and nationalists" at "2,870 killed and around 3,700 wounded".
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution that "demands that Russia immediately cease the use of force against Ukraine", in a vote overwhelmingly endorsed by 141 countries, five opposing it, and 35 abstaining (including China), out of the 193 members of the organization.
In a televised address, French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to "stay in touch" with Vladimir Putin as much as possible, in order to "convince him to give up arms".
"We are not at war with Russia," said the head of state.
The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine for neighboring countries jumped again to nearly 836,000 people as of March 1, according to a census by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released on Wednesday.
The Russian army claimed to have conquered the port city of Kherson in southern Ukraine.
"Russian airborne troops have landed in Kharkiv", Ukraine's second largest city, the Ukrainian military said in a statement on Telegram overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
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