Defense Department announces $300 million assistance package for Kyiv; US reportedly to also help facilitate transfer of Soviet-made tanks

At least 5,000 residents killed in port city, as over 160,000 remain without food, water, electricity; Kyiv suburb recaptured; toll in strike on Mykolaiv gov't building rises to 33

Mariupol humanitarian crisis deepens as Russian forces continue to block evacuation operations; Ukrainian president warns of difficult battles ahead as Russia redeploys

Russia accuses Ukrainian attack helicopters of launching raid on facility 21 miles from border; head of Russian delegation says demands on Crimea, Donbas 'are unchanged'

Ukraine says fighting continues in Kyiv suburbs despite Russia's promised withdrawal from capital; Zelensky dismisses retreat as regrouping for more powerful attack

Energoatom claims soldiers retreated after 'becoming sick' in highly radiated area; adds that Moscow signed off on document handing over control of the power pant

Russian forces preparing 'for new strikes on the Donbas'; Ukraine says 'we are preparing for that'; Humanitarian aid convoys attempt to reach besieged city of Mariupol

In nightly video address, Zelensky appeals directly to Biden and says 'freedom should be armed no worse than tyranny'

American official says there are persistent tensions between the Russian leader and his military top brass over invasion's failures, as the conflict grounds to a bloody stalemate

Kremlin says oligarch ensuring contact between sides, not an official member of delegation; Ukraine envoy scoffs at his presence, saying he has no idea what he's doing there