France's President Emmanuel Macron has spoken to Vladimir Putin on Monday, echoing international calls for Moscow to end attacks on Ukraine and stressing the need for an immediate ceasefire, according to a statement from the French presidency.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging the European Union to grant his country "immediate" membership.
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 UK has announced a ban on transactions involving Russia's Central Bank, in the latest move to cut Moscow's financial institutions off from western markets.
A vote in Belarus has cleared the way for the former Soviet state and current Kremlin ally to get nuclear weapons for the first time since the country gained independence in 1990.
The rouble has slumped by 30% against the US dollar, after Western nations announced new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to put its deterrence forces, which include nuclear weapons, on "special alert".
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc would, for the first time in its history, "finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and other equipment to a country that is under attack".
The mayor of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has said there are no Russian troops in the city, as it continues to defend itself from attacks.
As Germany announces a huge increase in defence spending (see below and 11:04 GMT post) German police say more than 100,000 people are taking part in a protest against the Russian invasion in Berlin.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.