Seven killed, including one child, in Russian 'war crime' near capital, Ukraine says; humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Mariupol as residents struggle to bury dead in mass graves

US-based think tank claims Russia launched false flag attack in Belarus to draw Moscow ally into war on its side; UK warns Russian forces are now 25 km from Kyiv

With around half of capital's residents said to have fled, housebound Ludmila, 85, lauds continuing devotion of carer Anna, who says; 'We hug when we're very scared'

17 injured in bombing of medical center in Mariupol according to city council; Kremlin says it'll look into airstrike but Russian foreign minister insists site was used by fighters

As Ukrainian and Russian Israelis organize art fundraiser to help refugees, they also contemplate life far from their now-beleaguered homelands

Washington officials say Moscow's firepower should not be 'underestimated' as suffering in Ukraine 'likely to get worse before it gets better'

Kyiv denounces Moscow shelling of evacuation routes in Sumy and Mariupol as 'genocide,' as number of refugees fleeing Ukraine tops two million

Paths for fleeing civilians to be opened in Kyiv, northeast and key southern city of Mariupol, where two rounds of evacuations have failed due to Russian bombing campaign

Capture of coastal city would be blow to Ukraine maritime access, connect Russian troops coming from Crimea, Donbas; Zelensky to make appeal to US Senate; media exodus from Russia

Following Russian strike that damaged the Babi Yar site, Ukraine fears Putin won't hesitate to strike the country's most sacred Orthodox shrines