It's been nearly three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and another scheduled round of peace talks between the countries have begun.
Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, went before the US Congress via video and, invoking Pearl Harbour and 9/11, pleaded with America for more weapons and tougher sanctions against Russia, saying: “We need you right now.”
Earlier today, Russian thugs massacred a group of innocent and starving civilians waiting in line for bread in a besieged Ukrainian city.
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Shocking video from Chernihiv, in the north of Ukraine, showed the horrific aftermath as ten people lay dead on the ground.
Their lifeless bodies were heavily blurred in the appalling footage, which also showed an ambulance arriving at the scene.
The murders were reported by Hanna Liubakova, a journalist from Belarus, who reported it had happened this morning in one of the “sleeping areas of the city”.
The US Embassy in Kyiv later confirmed the carnage and accused Moscow of the crime.
They tweeted: “Today, Russian forces shot and killed 10 people standing in line for bread in Chernihiv.
“Such horrific attacks must stop. We are considering all available options to ensure accountability for any atrocity crimes in Ukraine.”
Meanwhile, rescue workers have found the bodies of five people, among them three children, during their search of residential buildings damaged by shelling in the same city.
Ukraine's emergencies service said the bodies were found in the ruins of a dormitory building.
Meanwhile in the UK, people who have registered interest under the Homes For Ukraine scheme who have identified someone they can sponsor will be able to apply from Friday, the Home Affairs Committee heard.
MPs were told that there are lots of informal networks and charities which are identifying people and helping match them with sponsors.
Conservative MP Tim Loughton called for regular updates for the public about progress, “otherwise people will get very frustrated, as they did in some of the volunteering schemes in the pandemic signed up, and then they never got called on to do anything”.
Lord Harrington of Watford, minister for refugees, replied: “I’m doing my best to make sure that does not happen… I want it to work. I believe when it works through, the real conduit for this will be those NGOs on the ground, and they’ll become expert at it.”
