LIVE WAR UKRAINE. “Russia recruits Syrians for battle in Ukrainian cities” – Zelensky criticizes “Western silence”

Russia, an adviser to Ukrainian President Zelensky, has stepped up its nighttime shelling and is targeting towns across the center, north and south of the country with missiles. Hundreds of thousands of people in dozens of cities where the humanitarian situation is “catastrophic” must be “urgently” evacuated, according to Kiev. A third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine is likely to take place today. Follow all the latest developments in our live blog.

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