US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken arrived in Brussels for talks on Friday with NATO and EU officials, after which he is due to travel to Poland, the three Baltic countries and Moldova.
Before his Security Council, Vladimir Putin welcomed the military operation in Ukraine.
He hammered to fight in Ukraine "neo-Nazis" to save Russians and Ukrainians, who according to him form "only one people".
A new round of negotiations took place in Belarus on Thursday afternoon between a Ukrainian delegation and the Russians.
According to the Ukrainians, the two parties have agreed on "humanitarian corridors" for the evacuation of civilians from combat zones.
In the morning, the Russian president had told his French counterpart his intention to continue "without compromise" his offensive against the "nationalists" in Ukraine.
In the morning, a Russian bombardment hit schools and homes in the city of Cherniguiv, located in northern Ukraine, killing at least thirty people.
Ukrainian officials have confirmed the capture by the Russian army of Kherson, a major city in southern Ukraine.
A million refugees have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi.
France recommends to its nationals whose presence is not essential in Russia to leave the country as long as air links exist.
Russian and Belarusian athletes finally excluded from the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games.
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