According to testimonies, bodies fill the streets of the besieged coastal city of Mariupol, which is being bombed and besieged by Russian forces, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his willingness to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
And the Ukrainian authorities said - earlier - that Russia bombed a school in Mariupol that houses 400 people, including children, women and the elderly.
"We know that the building has been destroyed, peaceful civilians are still under the rubble and the death toll is being prepared," the Mariupol municipal council wrote on Telegram.
In conjunction with the continuation of the battles on several fronts, the Russian forces continued to bombard the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and there were reports of casualties.
Here are the latest developments on the 26th day of this war:
39 minutes ago
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that Ukraine's abandonment of the city of Mariupol and laying down its arms is out of the question.
"Any surrender or laying down of a weapon is out of the question," Vereshchuk was quoted by the news portal "Ukranska Pravda" as saying.
"We have already informed the Russian side of this," she added.
On Sunday, Russia called on Ukrainian forces to lay down their weapons in the besieged eastern coastal city.
38 minutes ago
The Ukrainian President expressed his readiness to negotiate with the Russian President to stop the war.
In an interview broadcast by CNN, Zelensky said, "I am ready for negotiations with (Vladimir Putin). I have been ready for the past two years, and I believe that without negotiations the war will not stop."
35 minutes ago
A shell exploded in front of an apartment building in the capital, Kyiv, wounding at least 5 people, two of whom were taken to hospital, the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko announced.