After at least three blasts were heard in Lviv on the morning of Friday, 18 March, the mayor of the Ukrainian city confirmed that Russian forces had struck Lviv's airport area.
More than 1,97,000 refugees from Ukraine have been registered in Germany so far, an interior ministry spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.
This comes as Russian shelling continues across Ukraine. Kyiv city authorities on Friday said 222 people had been killed in the capital since the invasion began, including 60 civilians and four children.
Amid the war, US President Joe Biden is scheduled to to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday for the first time since the Russian invasion.
Russia on Thursday announced that it will not ask the council to vote on Friday on its draft resolution on humanitarian relief for Ukraine, due to a lack of support from its closest allies.
The governor of the northern Chernihiv region in Ukraine said that 53 civilians had been in killed in the strikes. The dead reportedly include a US citizen
Russian forces continue to partially blockade the city of Chernihiv and carry out artillery shelling of the city
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Thursday urged India to speak out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
At least 21 people were reported dead after Russian shelling in Merefa, where Russian artillery destroyed a school and a community centre
The Russian-European Mars mission has been suspended over Ukraine war, the European Space Agency said
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'Diplomacy The Only Way Forward to Resolve Conflict': India At UNSC
India remains concerned about the progressively deteriorating situation in Ukraine, said Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) of India to the United Nations, R Ravindra, at a UN Security Council meet.
"We welcome the latest round of diplomatic talks between Russia and Ukraine. We believe that an immediate cessation of hostilities and diligent pursuance of a path of dialogue and diplomacy are the only ways forward," he added.
Greece Ready to Rebuild Mariupol Maternity Hospital, Says Greek PM
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday that his country was ready to rebuild the bombed maternity hospital in Ukraine's Mariupol.
"Greece is ready to rebuild the maternity hospital in Mariupol, the center of the Greek minority in Ukraine, a city dear to our hearts and symbol of the barbarity of the war," he tweeted.
Rescue Efforts Ongoing in Mariupol Theatre: Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that rescue efforts were ongoing at the site of a bombed theatre in Mariupol.
The country's human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova had said earlier that 130 people had been rescued so far from the rubble of the theatre.
Former Russian Deputy PM Quits After Criticising Ukraine War
Former Russian deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who spoke out against Moscow's actions against Ukraine, resigned as chair of an esteemed foundation after a lawmaker accused him of betraying the nation and demanded his ouster, Reuters reported.
Dvorkovich, who was Russia's deputy PM from 2012 to 2018, became one of the country's most senior establishment figures to question the war when he told media in the United States this week that his thoughts were with Ukrainian civilians.