Zelensky hopes for additional sanctions after new Russian threats • ‘Eight civilians killed in Irpin during evacuation’

• US sees ‘very credible reports’ that civilians are being targeted by Russia • The agreed ceasefire to allow civilians to get out of Mariupol has failed again • Fierce fighting is going on northwest of Kyiv • The total number of refugees from Ukraine has risen to more than 1 .5 million

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