Russia announces takeover of city of Kherson, population 280,000; heavy fighting on outskirts of strategic port city of Mariupol; Russia's 40-mile -long convoy stalled outside Kyiv

Little optimism in scheduled Moscow-Kyiv peace talks in Belarus; Zelensky vows that Russian soldiers will have 'not one quiet moment' as explosions rock capital

Dmitry Martynenko, 25, and his mother die when bomb hits their home in Kyiv; father survives, sister, 7, reportedly hospitalized in serious condition

Moscow says some 500 of its troops killed and nearly 1,600 wounded, in first official casualty figures since the beginning of the war

Embassy staff, currently in Poland, organize transportation for dozens of citizens and relatives to flee Ukraine as Russian forces encircle major cities

Senbior official says forces loyal to warlord Kadyrov killed outside Kyiv after plot foiled by intel from FSB agents opposed to war

Photographer Svetlana Soroka, eligible to move to Israel, holes up in Kyiv rather than leave behind her 90-year-old grandmother and the men in her family who are expected to fight

Despite overwhelming numerical superiority, Russia has so far failed to secure Ukraine's skies; experts call it 'one of the surprising elements' of the conflict

Rabbi Jonathan Markovich says some people unable to leave the beleaguered Ukrainian capital are still sheltering in synagogue, while others being brought food by volunteers

Foreign minister vows to help repair damage to the site; Yad Vashem Holocaust museum lambastes 'outrageous' Russian attacks against civilians