Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on Russian forces to heed residents in the occupied city of Melitopol who protest to demand their mayor be freed.
Ukraine's foreign minister says talks between the top diplomats of Moscow and Kyiv produced no breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine following Russia's invasion.
The besieged Azov Sea port city of Mariupol in Ukraine has seen some of the most desperate scenes of the war, with civilians struggling without water, heat, basic sanitation or phones for several days.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. and its allies are having a "very active discussion" about banning the import of Russian oil and natural gas.