KYIV, Ukraine: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:
- Outrage at Russian 'war crimes' -
Global outrage and accusations of Russian war crimes mount after the discovery of dozens of bodies, some with their hands bound, near Kyiv. Britain, France, Germany, the United States, NATO and the United Nations all voice horror at the reports of civilians being murdered in Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls it a "deliberate massacre" while President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces are committing "genocide". In a later address, Zelensky said Russian troops are "murderers, torturers, rapists, looters, who call themselves the army and who deserve only death after what they did".
- Hundreds of bodies -
Ukrainian prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova said 410 civilian bodies were recovered from areas around Kyiv recently retaken from Russian forces. AFP sees at least 20 bodies, all in civilian clothing, strewn across a single street in Bucha.
- Russia denies accusations -
Russia's defence ministry said "not a single local resident" in Bucha suffered violence, accusing Ukraine of bombarding its southern suburbs and falsifying images of corpses in "another production" for Western media.
Moscow calls for a special UN Security Council meeting "in the light of heinous provocation of Ukrainian radicals in Bucha", its deputy ambassador to the United Nations said. A senior Washington official said the move is designed to "feign outrage".
- West calls for investigation -
Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union all call for those responsible for the Bucha killings to be brought to justice at the international tribunal in The Hague.
- Sanctions -
EU chief Charles Michel pledges further sanctions on Moscow as he condemns "atrocities" near Kyiv.
- Zelensky addresses Grammys -
Zelensky makes a surprise appearance at the Grammy music awards, appearing in a pre-taped video urging support for his country.
"Our musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedos," he said. "They sing to the wounded in hospitals -- even to those who can't hear them. But the music will break through anyway." (continues below)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the audience of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in L:as Vegas on Sunday night about the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, by a video feed. (Photo: Reuters)
- Russia: isolation impossible -
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it is not possible to isolate Russia entirely, telling Russian state television that the world is "much larger than Europe".
- Strikes in eastern Ukraine -
Seven people die and 34 are wounded after Russian forces strike a residential area in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv, local prosecutors say. Russian forces also shell the nearby town of Dergachi, leaving at least three civilians dead and wounding seven, its mayor said on Facebook.
Six people were also killed and another injured in the eastern Donetsk region by Russian strikes, the head of the regional military administration said on Telegram.
-Hospital hit -
The governor of the east Ukrainian town of Rubizhne said one person was killed and three others were injured when Russian forces targeted a local hospital. Another local governor said one person died and 14 were injured after a Russian strike on the south Ukraine city of Mykolaiv. Air strikes rock Ukraine's strategic Black Sea port Odessa.
- Russia repositioning troops -
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg cautions that Russia's claim to be pulling troops away from Kyiv is "not a withdrawal" but Russia repositioning its troops.
- Human Rights Watch -
Human Rights Watch said Russian troops may have committed possible war crimes against civilians in occupied areas of Chernigiv, Kharkiv and Kyiv, including rape and summary execution.
- UN official arrives in Moscow -
Top UN humanitarian envoy Martin Griffiths arrives in Moscow on Sunday before an expected visit to Kyiv to seek a halt to the fighting.
- Too soon for peace summit -
Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said it is too early for a top-level meeting between Zelensky and Putin on ending the conflict. He said Kyiv has become "more realistic" in its approach to issues related to the neutral and non-nuclear status of Ukraine but a draft agreement for submission to a summit meeting is not ready.
