Ukraine has appealed to foreign volunteers to join its efforts to ward off Russia. In online groups, military veterans warned volunteers with no combat training they were heading into a conflict where inexperience could be a liability for themselves and others.
Stakes are high as failure of the Vienna talks could carry the risk of Tehran getting to within a short sprint of nuclear weapons and igniting a fresh war in the Middle East.
Venice Film Festival organizes free screenings of a film on the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region as Paramount Pictures joins Disney, Warner Bros., and Sony in pulling its films from Russian theaters.
Russian forces escalate their attacks on crowded urban areas. "Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget," Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows. Babi Yar Holocaust memorial also hit by apparent missile.
"What is the point of saying 'never again' for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar? At least 5 killed. History repeating…," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says
"Only weak people try to resolve conflicts through war, it is impossible to remain silent in such a situation," says Ainars Bagatskis, the Latvian coach of the Ukrainian basketball team. "My friends in Russia fully support Ukraine. The war is not against Russia but against Putin."
Mayor of Mariupol says city under constant shelling. Advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia shelling cities to sow panic. Ukraine central bank head reports country's banking system operating smoothly.
Iran's supreme leader says "US cannot be trusted," and that Iran support an end to war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posts photos of himself on Facebook signing an official application to join the European Union.
Foreign Ministry looking into reports that fire hit convoy of five cars carrying Israeli citizens out of Ukraine.