07:21 -
Explosions were heard this morning in the Ukrainian capital Kiev: the BBC reports.
06:58 -
The mayor of Trostianets, a city in Ukraine's northern Sumy region, said authorities found the remains of chemical weapons in the Russian-occupied village of Bilka.
The Guardian reports it.
05:41 -
The anti-aircraft warning sirens are sounding this morning in almost all regions of Ukraine, according to reports from the Kyiv Independent.
03:23 -
The mayor of Irpin, Oleksandr Markushin, said that more than 1,000 buildings (71% of the total) in the city suffered damage, including 115 completely destroyed, from Russian bombing.
Most of the buildings affected were residential or other civilian use, Markushin said, quoted by the Kyiv Independent.
02:31 - The
next sixth round of EU sanctions against Russia will target oil and banks, especially Sberbank.
International media reported it.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag that the planned sanctions should include Russia's largest bank, which has already been targeted by the US and UK.
01:23 -
Billionaire Roman Abramovich traveled to Kiev in an attempt to resume peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which stalled after evidence of Russian atrocities against Ukrainian civilians emerged.
Informed sources report this to the Bloomberg agency.
A spokesman for the Russian billionaire has denied that he is in Ukraine.
01:05 -
In his latest video speech to the Ukrainian people - taken up by the international media -, President Volodymyr Zelensky called the situation in the port city of Mariupol, besieged by the Russians, "inhuman".
"The situation in Mariupol remains as serious as possible. Simply inhumane
01:04 -
The first weapons of the latest $ 800 million package of US military aid to Kiev "have started to arrive".
This was reported by a White House official to CNN.
00:21 -
The Russian armed forces offered Mariupol's defenders to cease hostilities and lay down their arms by 6 this morning (Sunday) Moscow time (5 in Italy), guaranteeing them, in exchange, their lives.
This was stated in a statement by General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Management Center of Russia, which commands the siege of Mariupol.