Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk

Fears grow over the hundreds of civilians believed to be sheltering in the city’s Azot chemical plant

US says China’s support for Russia over Ukraine puts it on ‘wrong side of history’

‘China claims to be neutral, but its behavior makes clear that it is still investing in close ties to Russia,’ state department says

Former footballer Igor Denisov condemns Russia’s war in Ukraine

Former captain of Russian team said he fears he could be ‘jailed or killed’ for speaking out against the conflict

Two US volunteers in Ukraine feared taken prisoner by Russia

The pair’s disappearance, the first believed to have been captured in Ukraine, would add another layer of complexity to US efforts against Russia

European leaders expected to visit Kyiv to show support for Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskiy to push leaders of Germany, France and Italy to send more weapons to help army withstand Russian invasion

Plan needed to make Russia pay reparations to Ukrainians, says report

International courts not in a position to award compensation and UN would have no enforcement power, says UK thinktank

Scholz, Macron and Draghi in Kyiv to show support for Ukraine

Symbolic visit of German, French and Italian leaders comes as Russia continues attacks across country

UK aims sanctions at Russians accused of abducting Ukrainian children

Maria Lvova-Belova accused by Ukraine of organising capture of vulnerable children in Luhansk and Donetsk

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees left homeless in England, data shows

Exclusive: at least 480 families with children have applied to councils to help with homelessness

Russian spy caught trying to infiltrate war crimes court, says Netherlands

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov spent years building up fake ID and wanted to take up internship at ICC, says Dutch intelligence

Hologram Zelenskiy promises Ukraine will defeat ‘the empire’

Ukrainian president attends Paris trade show as electronic apparition, urging tech companies to aid ‘digital revolution’ on lend-lease terms

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 114 of the invasion

The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have vowed to support Kyiv’s bid to join the EU as Lavrov accuses the west of ‘dragging Ukraine into Nato’

US agency aware of photograph showing two Americans captured by Russians

The state department told a relative of one of the men they were working to verify the image which was circulated on social media

Third American volunteer fighter reported missing in Ukraine

Concerns mount that all three men may have been captured by Russian or pro-Russian forces

EU says Ukraine should be given candidate status to join bloc

Commission also recommends candidate status for Moldova but gives more guarded response to Georgia

UK asked to host Eurovision in 2023 after Ukraine ruled out

Organisers decide with ‘deep regret’ Ukraine is not capable of staging song contest, so Britain could step in

‘Marching towards starvation’: UN warns of hell on earth if Ukraine war goes on

Unprecedented food shortages could spark riots in dozens of countries as Black Sea blockade adds to pressures, says WFP chief

Boris Johnson promises Ukraine UK-led troop training scheme on Kyiv visit

PM announces programme including battle skills and counter-explosive tactics that will take place outside Ukraine

France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

Putin calls Ukraine war sanctions ‘insane’ in combative speech

Russian leader also takes swipe at US jokes about health rumours while largely avoiding discussing Ukraine

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Life inside Mariupol after it fell, fighting in Sievierodonetsk – a battle that could decide the course of the war – and the Russians fighting for Kyiv