The European Union will tighten sanctions on Russia, target Russian ally Belarus with measures and fund weapons for Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia's invasion, top EU officials said on Sunday.

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will hold a video call with Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on Sunday to ask them do more to stop disinformation after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a European Commission official said.

BP said on Sunday it would exit its 19.75% stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft (ROSN.MM) after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, amid growing pressure from the British government.

Palash Ahmed, a non-resident Bangladeshi in Ukraine, was in tears when the correspondent called him in the afternoon yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put nuclear-armed forces on high alert yesterday as Ukrainian fighters defending the city of Kharkiv said they had repelled an attack by invading Russian troops.

Nearly 200 nations approved a major UN climate change report detailing the accelerating impacts of global warming yesterday, at the end of a sometimes fraught two-week meeting overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

China so far does not appear to be helping Russia evade Western financial sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, but doing so would “do profound damage” to China’s reputation, a senior Biden Administration official said on Saturday.

Ukraine will create an “IT army” to fight against Russia’s digital intrusions, Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Saturday night.

Russian troops enter Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv in the east of the country, with Ukraine saying its forces are “eliminating the enemy” in street fighting after some Russian light vehicles slip through defences. , The regional governor said on his social media yesterday that Ukraine has full control over Kharkiv.

Russia’s invasion force is being slowed and frustrated by unexpectedly stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops, keeping them outside Kyiv, a senior US defense official said.

Tens of thousands of people across Europe marched in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Sunday, the fourth day of the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that ministers of the bloc's 27 member states will on Sunday evening consider a proposal to use common funds to finance weapons, fuel and medical supplies for Ukraine.

Around 400 expatriate Bangladeshis have safely crossed the Ukrainian border and reached Poland, fleeing the war between Russia and Ukraine that began on Thursday.

The office of Ukraine’s president has confirmed that a delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops draw closer to Kyiv.

Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered his country's services as a mediator to bring peace to Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia at the highest U.N. court in The Hague for disputes between states, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.

Some 368,000 people have fled abroad from the fighting in Ukraine, the UN refugee agency said on Sunday, citing data provided by national authorities.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday Germany would sharply increase its spending on defence to more than 2% of its economic output in one of a series of policy shifts prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Bangladeshi flagged ship with 29 crew members -- all Bangladeshi -- remained stranded at the outer anchorage of a Ukrainian port due to Russian invasion of the country.

Turkey called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "war" on Sunday in a rhetorical shift that could pave the way for the NATO member nation to enact an international pact limiting Russian naval passage to the Black Sea.