US President Joe Biden closes American airspace to Russian aircraft, says Russia’s Vladimir Putin will pay a “high price over the long run”.
Miles-long Russian military convoy appears stalled near Kyiv, a senior US defence official says.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges EU to approve Kyiv membership and “prove you are with us”.
The United Nations General Assembly is set to reprimand Russia on over its invasion of Ukraine and demand that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, a move that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body. While General Assembly resolutions are non-binding, they carry political weight.
The draft text “demands that the Russian Federation immediately, completely, and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognize borders”.
Russian airborne troops land in Kharkiv, says Ukraine army Russian airborne troops have landed in the eastern city of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army said in a statement, adding that there were immediate clashes. “Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv… and attacked a local hospital,” the army said on messaging app Telegram. “There is an ongoing fight between the invaders and the Ukrainians.”