What you need to know right now By Reuters

(Reuters) – Here is what you must know in regards to the Ukraine disaster proper now:

HEADLINES

* The mayor of Kyiv prolonged a curfew within the Ukrainian capital on Saturday, which is beneath heavy Russian assault for a 3rd day as Moscow’s forces press their invasion of Ukraine.

* Britain’s defence ministry stated on Saturday the majority of Russian forces concerned within the advance on Kyiv had been now 30 km (19 miles) from town centre.

* Russian troops captured the southeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Melitopol, Russia’s defence ministry stated, as Moscow launched coordinated missile and artillery assaults on a number of cities.

* British armed forces minister James Heappey stated Britain didn’t imagine Russian forces had captured Melitopol.

* Ukraine’s State Safety Service (SBU) denied a report earlier on Saturday that Russian helicopters had landed within the Lviv area, a improvement that will have signalled a widening of the theatre of Moscow’s invasion.

* Refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued to pour throughout its western borders on Saturday, with round 100,000 reaching Poland in two days, discovering non permanent sanctuary in sports activities halls and prepare stations.

* A call to chop Russia off from the worldwide SWIFT fee system might be taken in a matter of days, the governor of a central financial institution inside the euro zone instructed Reuters.

* Russia will reply to the seizure of cash of Russian residents and corporations overseas by seizing funds of foreigners and overseas corporations in Russia, RIA information company quoted Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the safety, as saying.

* Not less than 198 Ukrainians, together with three kids, have been killed because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the top of the Ukrainian Well being Ministry was quoted by the Interfax information company as saying.

* France has determined to ship defensive army gear to Ukraine to assist the nation in opposition to Russia’s invasion, a French military spokesman stated, including the difficulty of sending offensive arms was nonetheless into account.

* Russian vitality large Gazprom (MCX:) stated it was supplying gasoline by way of Ukraine in step with demand from European customers regardless of the army battle.

* French sea police seized a ship on Saturday that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian firm focused by European Union sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine, a authorities official instructed Reuters.

* Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the Ukrainian army to overthrow the nation’s management and negotiate peace.

* Ukraine and Russia are discussing a spot and time for talks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s spokesman stated on social media.

* Russia vetoed a draft U.N. Safety Council decision on Friday that will have deplored Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, whereas China abstained from the vote.

* China is in a diplomatic scramble to restrict blowback whereas standing by a associate with which it has grown more and more shut in opposition to the West.

* President Joe Biden instructed the U.S. State Division to launch $350 million in army assist to Ukraine, and requested Congress to approve $6.4 billion in assist to deal with the humanitarian and safety disaster.

* The White Home stated america, in a uncommon transfer, would impose sanctions on Putin and his overseas minister, Sergei Lavrov. The European Union and Canada are doing the identical.

* Ukraine stated greater than 1,000 Russian troopers had been killed. Russia didn’t launch casualty figures. The United Nations stated 25 civilians had been killed and 102 wounded.

QUOTES

– “We’ve withstood and are efficiently repelling enemy assaults. The combating goes on,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in a video message posted on his social media.

– “We is not going to put down weapons, we are going to defend our state,” Zelenskiy stated.