Russia has asked China for military help and aid in evading sanctions, US officials tell news outlets China's embassy in Washington says it is not aware of the request, as the US warns of consequences
Russian naval forces have cut Ukraine off from maritime trade by controlling its Black Sea coast, says UK
President Volodomyr Zelensky renews plea to Nato to impose a no-fly zone, one day after devastating missile attack kills dozens Ukraine says 140,000 civilians have been evacuated from some front line locations, but not the surrounded city of Mariupol
US journalist Brent Renaud is shot dead in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, the first foreign reporter to die in this conflict