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Ukrainian authorities attempted further evacuations from Mariupol on Monday, following an initial operation to remove around 100 civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. Meanwhile, in Brussels, EU energy ministers held emergency talks as the bloc considers a phasing out of Russian oil imports. Read about the day’s events as…

Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody fighting with Russian forces thwarted efforts to bring them to safety the previous day.

The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil sales over its invasion of Ukraine after a major shift on Monday by Germany, Russia's biggest energy customer, that could deprive Moscow of a large revenue stream within days.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Western media is overblowing threats made by Vladimir Putin and that Moscow is committed to preventing a nuclear war

The upcoming anniversary of Russia's liberation at the end of World War II will have no bearing on Moscow's military operations in Ukraine, the country's foreign minister said on Italian television on Sunday.

Ukraine residents ignore air raid sirens and warnings to seek shelter, instead visiting cemeteries during the Orthodox Christian day of the dead.

Apart from the grave consequences in an unlikely West versus Russia nuclear stand-off, there are other inhibiting factors

A TV editor said the Russian leader unleashing a nuclear strike was 'more probable' than failure

A TV editor made the claims

'Either we lose in Ukraine or the Third World War starts'

By many measures, Nato is already at war with Russia. The allies must now act decisively or stop stoking the fire