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Ukraine claimed to have shot down two Russian planes over Kyiv, as it continued to hold key cities. A third round of Ukraine-Russia talks raised hope for ...

A small team from the United Nations is in Russia to push for de-escalation of the conflict and facilitate humanitarian operations, said Stéphane Dujarric, the chief U.N. spokesman. And on Monday, in a one-sentence news release, it said he had formally “been removed from all positions held in the International Judo Federation.” Ukrainian flags are hung from doorways and draped from balconies across the capitals of Lithuania and Latvia. Blue-and-yellow posters, lights and billboards broadcast the region’s support for Ukraine. In Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, a commuter bus had replaced its digital route display on Monday with a message that read, simply, “Vilnius 🤍 Ukraina.” “Literally all options are going to have to be on the table in terms of sources of alternative supply,” Mr. Kavonic said. The hatred is vented by mothers in bomb shelters, by volunteers preparing to fight on the front lines, by intellectuals and by artists. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which serves as a nuclear watchdog for the United Nations, said in an update on Monday that Ukrainian nuclear sites continue to face risks during the Russian invasion. On Saturday, for example, the Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak wore a Z on his uniform at a competition in Qatar that also included Ukrainian gymnasts. The World Health Organization said that it has verified 16 attacks on health services in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, leading to nine deaths and 16 injuries. “During that crisis the government made it extremely difficult for Poles to help refugees, and unfortunately many people chose to look away,” Mr. Reisigová-Kielawski said, adding. Women who have been displaced are at increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence, Sima Bahous, the United Nations executive director for women, said in a statement last month. An effort to evacuate thousands of people from Sumy, a city east of Kyiv that has been the scene of heavy fighting, got underway on Tuesday with the dispatch of a convoy of buses, led by the Red Cross and loaded with supplies. The world body called for “ solidarity with the women of Ukraine.”

Russia-Ukraine news from March 7: Kyiv says Russian shelling is preventing evacuation of civilians and delivery of aid.

Ukraine dismissed Russian promises to let civilians flee its assault on Kyiv and other major cities Monday after Moscow offered humanitarian corridors that ...

Russia has moved increasingly to strike cities and towns from the air, although its forces have made some progress in the country's south. A mileslong convoy outside the capital has stalled, the official added. Around 2,000 people safely left the town Monday, according to the police, and they streamed east toward the capital, with Russian forces blocking other routes of escape. They include changing its constitution to enshrine neutrality, acknowledging annexed Crimea as Russian territory and recognizing the separatist republics in Ukraine's east as independent territories, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Reuters. The personnel sent to Europe will be assigned to refueling, maintenance and logistics support. The Big Four global accountancy firms — KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte — also said they will exit Russia. In addition, the U.N. recorded that 801 civilians were wounded. Cities that have come under heavy Russian assault, including encircled Mariupol, have sounded the alarm about an impending humanitarian catastrophe. But Putin has shown no sign of pulling back in the face of fierce resistance. “The talks will continue.” He said consultations will continue on ways to negotiate an end to hostilities. But it set out clearly defined paths for anyone seeking to escape, which Ukraine said were unacceptable and described as being meant to manipulate world leaders.