Ukraine Crisis: Russian forces have closed in on Ukraine capital Kyiv.
The Russian army has been ordered to broaden its Ukraine advance "from all directions" after Ukraine said it had repulsed an attack on Kyiv but "sabotage groups" were in the city.
Here are the 10 latest developments:
Ukraine on Saturday rejected Russian suggestions that it was refusing to negotiate a ceasefire but said it was not ready to accept unacceptable conditions after the Kremlin accused the country of prolonging the military conflict.
Russian forces pounded Ukrainian cities with artillery and cruise missiles on Saturday for the third day running but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the capital Kyiv remained in Ukrainian hands.
Occasional blasts of what soldiers said were artillery and Grad missiles being fired in an area northwest of the city centre were heard in Kyiv early on Saturday, news agency AFP reported.
Ukraine President Zelensky spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking "political support" at the United Nations after India abstained from a vote to condemn Russia's invasion that was vetoed by Moscow.
Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said 198 civilians, including three children, had been killed in the conflict and 1,115 wounded.
Around 3,500 Russian soldiers had been killed or injured so far in Moscow's assault on Ukraine, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. "We are striking the enemy around Kyiv. The enemy is not moving for now," said Oleksiy Arestovych.
Kyiv's mayor ordered a curfew that would last from Saturday evening until Monday morning without breaks.
President Joe Biden instructed the US State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from US stocks to Ukraine on Friday.
Russia vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution that would have deplored Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Eleven of the council's 15 members voted for the motion. China, India and the UAE abstained. The resolution was doomed to fail because of Moscow's veto power as a permanent member.
The official website of the Kremlin, the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin, kremlin.ru , was down on Saturday, following reports of cyberattacks on various other Russian government and state media websites.
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