A senior Ukrainian official said Tuesday there is ‘room for compromise’ in ‘very difficult’ talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. A Russian TV journalist who denounced the war during a broadcast was fined and released by a Moscow court. The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia arrived in Kyiv to show support for Ukraine on a day when strikes on residential areas killed at least four people. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
- Four people were killed in Russian strikes on residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynsky district and in the Podilsk area, according to the capital's mayor.
- The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday as "representatives" of the EU, Warsaw said.
- A Moscow court fined an editor at a Russian state TV news channel who displayed an anti-war message during a live broadcast aired on Monday.
- An Irish journalist and a Ukrainian journalist were killed in an attack outside Kyiv. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was ‘deeply disturbed’ by the killing.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted Russian military losses in a broadcast early Tuesday morning. One of his advisers has suggested the war could be over by May due to a lack of Russian resources.
- Delegations from Russia and Ukraine began a fifth round of talks on Tuesday, after discussions were paused on Monday without a breakthrough.
- The Ukrainian leader is slated to address the US Congress remotely on Wednesday, Democratic House and Senate leaders announced on Monday. Zelensky addressed Canada’s lawmakers on Tuesday.
- The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Tuesday said more than 3 million Ukrainians have fled their homeland, in the largest refugee exodus in Europe since World War II. UNICEF said around 1.4 million children have fled, or “almost one child a second has become a refugee”.
(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS, AFP and AP)
