The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Russia has stepped up its bombardment of the Ukrainian capital and launched new assaults on the port city of Mariupol, making bloody advances on the ground as Ukraine’s leader called Russia's latest diplomatic demands “more realistic.”

Ukrainian PM says more time is needed for negotiations to bear fruit as he prepares to address US Congress

Russian soldiers are claimed to be holding around 500 hostages as human shields in a Mariupol hospital while parents have also been forced to leave premature children in the Ukraine city

Regional leader alleges hostages are being used as human shields.

International court of justice demands Russia ceases hostilities as multiple reports emerge of Russian forces killing Ukrainian civilians

Three premature infants lie side by side, swaddled in blankets in a hospital in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, left by the parents who cannot care for them.

Ukraine has accused Russia of blocking evacuations in Mariupol as the number of refugees touches three million.

The far-right group seems focused on pushing out invading Russian forces, but has been accused by the U.N. of looting civilians.

Here's your TL;DR for this morning's news.

In what's believed to be the biggest evacuation yet from Mariupol, about 2,000 cars make it out along the humanitarian corridor, while talks continue between Russia and Ukraine as European leaders head to Kyiv to show support.

A total of around 29,000 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Tuesday, most of them leaving the besieged port of Mariupol, said a senior government official.