"The Netherlands is making it very clear that the so-called conclusions of Amnesty International are incorrect, the term apartheid is a very serious allegation and in some cases, a malicious term, and clearly doesn’t apply to Israel," NGO Monitor official says.
NATO weighs heightened presence around Sweden, Baltic Sea to protect Nordic country during potential membership application. EU proposes cutting Russia's largest lender from SWIFT international payment system.
Explosions are also heard in Lviv, in western Ukraine, where strikes wounded two and damaged infrastructure. Slovakia and Hungary say they will not back EU sanctions on Russian energy. Over 100 people evacuated from Mariupol.
In a Telegram video, Captain Sviatoslav Palamar of Ukraine's Azov Regiment said that Russia pounded the steelworks with naval and barrel artillery through the night and dropped heavy bombs from planes.
Ukraine's grain exports in jeopardy as authorities formally close seaports captured by Russia. Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads a top-level US congressional delegation to Ukraine, says, “Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done." European Union says it is leaning toward banning imports of Russian oil by the end of the year.
Israel summons the Russian ambassador over comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, including claims that Adolf Hitler was Jewish, that Foreign Minister Yair Lapid says blame Jews for their own murder in the Holocaust.
The pontiff calls for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to evacuate people trapped in besieged Mariupol.
Berlin says that Rome continues to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation from Germany domestically despite a 2012 ruling that such claims were inadmissible.
The house speaker vows steadfast support for Ukraine. Moscow says peace talks with Kyiv include the removal of sanctions on Russia, which Ukraine denies. Ukrainian artist helps fund country's war efforts by forging Russian plane wreckage into souvenir key fobs.