What you’ll want to know proper now By Reuters

(Reuters) – Russian missiles struck an airport close to the western metropolis of Lviv, the place lots of of 1000’s discovered refuge from Ukrainian battlefields as Moscow tries to regain initiative in its stalled marketing campaign.

U.S. President Joe Biden is because of communicate with Chinese language President Xi Jinping at 1300 GMT, searching for to isolate Moscow from the one large energy that has but to sentence its invasion of Ukraine.

CIVILIAN TOLL

* Greater than 350,000 individuals are sheltering within the besieged southern port of Mariupol, officers stated, whereas Russian defence ministry stated separatists helped by Russian troops have been “tightening the noose” across the metropolis.

* A U.S. citizen who waited in a bread line was amongst civilians killed within the metropolis of Chernihiv, his household stated. Russia denies focusing on civilians.

* The U.N. stated it had recorded 780 confirmed civilian deaths because the invasion started whereas 3.2 million have fled.

* Meals provide chains in Ukraine have been collapsing and the battle was making a wave of “collateral starvation” internationally, U.N. help company World Meals Programme stated.

‘MINIMAL PROGRESS’

* “Russian forces have made minimal progress this week,” Britain stated in a day by day intelligence replace.

Ukrainian forces round Kyiv and Mykolaiv proceed to push again Russian makes an attempt to encircle Kyiv and Mykolaiv, it stated, whereas heavy shelling of encircled cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol continued.

DIPLOMACY

* Chancellor Olaf Scholz referred to as for a ceasefire in Ukraine and intensified diplomatic efforts throughout a telephone name with President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

* The Kremlin stated Putin advised Scholz Ukraine was attempting to stall the negotiations with “unrealistic proposals.”

* Ukraine’s international minister stated he had mentioned a brand new spherical of sanctions in opposition to Russia with EU’s international coverage chief.

* Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated Poland will formally ask for an U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ukraine on the subsequent NATO summit.

ECONOMY AND MARKETS

* The Worldwide Power Company urged customers to journey much less, share transport and drive extra slowly, a part of a 10-point plan to chop oil use as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine deepens considerations about provide.

* Some collectors have obtained fee of Russian bond coupons due this week, that means Russia could for now have averted a debt default.

QUOTES

* “The tragedy of the warfare happening within the coronary heart of Europe has left us surprised,” Pope Francis stated in a message to a Catholic Church convention in Slovakia.

“As soon as extra humanity is threatened by a perverse abuse of energy and partisan pursuits which condemns defenceless individuals to undergo each type of brutal violence.”