Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine pushed world leaders to impose more “powerful sanctions” on Russian banks and energy companies as he criticized their response to the invasion of his country.
Hours earlier, he showed the U.N. Security Council a graphic video of what he called war crimes committed by Russian forces against civilians in the city of Bucha.
While Russia has denied committing war crimes, European leaders are scheduled to vote on Wednesday on measures that could cut off imports of Russian coal.
And in the U.S., the Biden administration is expected to impose broader sanctions on two of Russia’s biggest banks in response to the killings in Bucha.
Mr. Zelensky’s call for stronger sanctions comes as Russian force refocus their efforts in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine. Mr. Zelensky said that his government would continue to “do everything to ensure” that Ukrainian troops can resist Russian forces.
Here are some other major developments:
- A desperately needed aid convoy that has been trying to reach the city of Mariupol since Friday has stalled, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday.
- The U.S. has started blocking Russia from making debt payments using dollars held in American banks.
- For the first time since the war, journalists from The New York Times were able to reach the town of Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv, where the mayor estimated 200 dead lay beneath the rubble.
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