Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
President Biden warned China’s leader, Xi Jinping, that there would be “implications and consequences” for providing direct military aid to Russia amid a grinding assault in Ukraine that is increasingly aimed at civilian targets.
The leaders’ nearly two-hour video call came amid intermittent peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and was the latest example of the international pressure bearing down on Russia’s diminishing circle of allies.
On Friday, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia made his first public appearance since ordering the invasion on Feb. 24. He told a crowd in the country’s largest stadium that Russians “have not had such unity for a long time.”
In Ukraine, Russian forces expanded their attacks into the western parts of the country. A Russian missile strike about four miles from the western city of Lviv destroyed several buildings that were used to repair aircraft, shattering the relative calm in that city and stoking fears that the conflict could spread to other countries in Europe.
Here are the latest developments:
Refugees fleeing Russia’s violence in Ukraine are being targeted for sexual exploitation, human trafficking and child abuse, aid organizations say.
Residents in Mariupol, Ukraine, are burying their neighbors. One video verified by The New York Times shows people digging a hole outside an apartment complex with what appear to be covered bodies on the ground next to them. Another video shows the word “morgue” written on the side of a nearby post office in the Cheryomushki neighborhood.
Some people in China are defying government censors in order to criticize Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The dissenting views have been kept alive by readers on social media platforms like Weibo and WeChat.
Three of Ukraine’s tennis stars — Sergiy Stakhovsky, Andriy Medvedev and Alexandr Dolgopolov — have taken up arms to defend their country.
Ukrainian fighters are using a British gift to destroy Russian tanks.
Russia may be heading for a recession, according to the governor of the nation’s central bank. Already, the ruble has lost about 30 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar this year.