If you're just joining us, here are the latest key developments in Ukraine:

• Despite Russian troops taking up positions just 30km (19 miles) away from the capital, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands and a two-day curfew in the city has been lifted
• The city of Chernihiv in the north-east has faced heavy shelling from Russian troops overnight, but remains in Ukrainian hands
• Russia's defence ministry has admitted its forces have suffered losses during its invasion of Ukraine, having claimed for days that it had suffered no casualties
• Negotiators for Kyiv and Moscow are arriving in Belarus for peace talks, though President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that he does not expect the discussions to yield results
• Meanwhile, reports overnight suggest that Belorussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to deploy some of his soldiers to join the Russian invasion
• Elsewhere, Moscow's central bank is racing to contain the impact of western sanctions on the Russian economy by hiking interest rates and banning brokers from selling securities held by foreigners
• And UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has banned British financial institutions from transactions with the Russian central bank, foreign ministry and the country's sovereign wealth fund

BBC