• A session of negotiations by videoconference between Russia and Ukraine will be held on Monday March 14, confirmed an adviser to the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky.

    A Russian negotiator spoke on Sunday of "significant progress", Kiev indicating for its part that Moscow had stopped issuing "ultimatums" and was beginning to "listen carefully to our proposals".

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has once again urged NATO to establish a no-fly zone over his country, warning that otherwise the organization risked seeing "Russian rockets" falling on its states members.

  • The human toll is growing: 35 civilians were killed during strikes against the Yavoriv military base (near the border with Poland);

    more than 2,100 residents of Mariupol have died since the start of the offensive, according to the town hall;

    and an American journalist was shot dead in Irpin, northwest of Kiev.

  • Russian troops are increasingly surrounding Kiev: present in the suburbs, they are seeking to eliminate the defenses to the west and north of the capital, after having destroyed the nearby airport of Vassylkiv on Saturday, according to the Ukrainians.

  • Ukraine's human rights commissioner accuses Russia of using banned phosphorus weapons in an attack last night on the town of Popasna in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk region – an unverifiable claim immediately.

    Asked about these allegations, the American national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, repeated that in the event of use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, the Russians “will pay a high price”.

  • Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday that 12,729 civilians had been evacuated on Saturday through humanitarian corridors.

    Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said only nine evacuation corridors have worked.

    In total, according to the Ukrainian president, "125,000 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridors".

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