Russian-Ukraine: At least six people died in last night's bomb attack in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv
Shootings in the Kyiv neighborhood destroyed a shopping center early Monday, leaving flat rubble still smoldering between the tall towers. At least six people died in shootings near the city center late Sunday. The force of the explosion shattered all the windows in the adjacent high-rise building and bent the metal frame.
Ukraine has rejected Russian calls to hand over the port city of Mariupol, where residents are under siege for food, water, and electricity amid a humanitarian crisis, increasing pressure on European leaders to tighten sanctions on Moscow.
City officials said that the Russian gunfire hit houses and a shopping area in Kyiv's Podil district, killing at least four people.
- Ukraine and its Western backers say Russian ground forces have made little progress over the past week, focusing on artillery and missile strikes - often in urban centers.
- Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said more than 7,000 people were evacuated from towns along the humanitarian corridor on Sunday, more than half from Mariupol. He said the government planned to send nearly 50 buses there on Monday for further evacuations.
- As of midnight March 19, at least 902 civilians were killed and 1,459 injured in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Office said.
- The UN refugee agency said that ten million people had been displaced, including nearly 3.4 million who fled the country as refugees.
- Speaking to the Israeli parliament via video link, Ukrainian PresidentÂ
- Turkey's foreign minister said Russia and Ukraine were close to reaching an agreement on "critical" issues and hoped for a ceasefire if the two sides did not back down.
- This week, European Union leaders are meeting to consider tougher sanctions against Russia, including an oil embargo.
- EU foreign ministers met on Monday ahead of US President Joe Biden's arrival in Brussels on Thursday for a summit with 30 NATO allies and the European Union and in the Group of Seven (G7) format, including Japan.