04:43
Russia has again offered to provide so-called humanitarian corridors for civilians to flee besieged cities in Ukraine.
State media said that Russia would declare a “silence regime” from 10am Moscow time (7am GMT) on Tuesday morning.
Russian defence ministry officials said the ceasefire would be set up to evacuate people from the cities of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol, the reports said.
However, a similar plan meant to take effect on Monday was rejected by the Kyiv government as “cynical” because most of the corridors would take refugees to Russia or Belarus.
04:32
Volodymyr Zelenskiy is scheduled to address UK members of parliament on Tuesday as the Ukraine president steps up his bid for more western military support and a no-fly zone over his country.
His speech will be broadcast direct into the Commons chamber so that MPs can listen in with the help of simultaneous translation provided over headsets at 5pm GMT.
Britain has pledged defence equipment to his forces but along with Nato has rejected his suggestion that the western alliance could enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine bringing them into conflict with Russian planes.
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04:27
The Kremlin has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Europe and warned that the price of oil could rocket to $300 a barrel if the western allies step up their economic war against Russia by banning energy imports.
As European leaders prepare to meet at Versailles on Thursday to discuss weaning the continent off Russian gas and oil, Moscow warned that any such move could be a catastrophe for the global market.
“A rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences for the global market,” said Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak, saying the price could more than double to over $300 per barrel.
Noting that Germany last month froze the certification of Nord Stream 2 that was due to pipe gas from Russia to Germany, he said Russia could cut off the existing Nord Stream 1 pipeline – one of the main sources of natural gas to Europe.
“We have every right to take a matching decision and impose an embargo on gas pumping through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline,” said Novak.
04:17
Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ll be taking you through the developments for the next few hours.
Here is a summary of the situation on the 13th day of Russia’s invasion:
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