Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the West to halt its arms deliveries to Ukraine to help end ongoing atrocities in the former Soviet country.

The evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has stalled as Russia's offensive in the east continues.

Russia has banned the entry of 287 members of the British parliament in response to the sanctions imposed on Russian lawmakers over Moscow’s military offensive against Ukraine.

Russia's energy giant Gazprom is reportedly going to cut off natural gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria, after they refused to pay for their supplies in rubles.

“The Russian Ministry of Defense has information about the United States preparing provocations to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of using chemical, biological, or tactical nuclear weapons.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping has once again voiced China’s opposition to unilateral sanctions and “long-arm jurisdiction,” warning that economic “de-coupling” and pressure tactics such as severing supply chains are doomed to failure.

Russia has given the Ukrainian soldiers still holding out in the strategic southern port city of Mariupol a new ultimatum to surrender, as Moscow pushes a new military offensive in Ukraine's east.

Five "powerful" Russian missiles struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Monday amid a blitz of explosions in different cities as Moscow upped the ante after seizing control of the strategic southern port of Mariupol.

The British prime minister has been banned from entering Russia in retaliation for London’s “hostile” stance on the war in Ukraine.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is reportedly expected to authorize the transfer of $750 million in additional military aid to Ukraine, which is under Russian military strikes.