Source: BBC
- Negotiators for Kyiv and Moscow are holding talks in Belarus but expectations are not high
- Before the meeting, President Zelensky urged Russian troops to lay down their weapons and called for immediate EU membership
- On the fifth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people in Kyiv are emerging from their homes after a weekend-long curfew
- Russia doubles its interest rate to 20% as its currency plunges and experts warn of a possible run on banks
- The UK’s defence secretary says Russia could indiscriminately bomb cities as frustration with the campaign grows
- The north-eastern city of Chernihiv faced heavy shelling overnight, but remains in Ukrainian hands
- Reports suggest Belarus – a close Russian ally to Ukraine’s north – is going to deploy its own soldiers to fight