According to the Ukrainian army, it held back and slowed down attacks by Russian units in several places. In the north of the country, Russian troops have been stopped from advancing into the city of Chernihiv, according to a report by the Ukrainian General Staff published on Facebook.
Around the city of Kharkiv in the east of the country, Russia is continuing its attempts to blockade the city from the north - these are still unsuccessful. The Army's claims cannot be independently verified.
Turkey is trying to get talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj. His government has invited both sides to come to his country and talk to each other, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said after a first meeting of foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine in Antalya. Zelenskyj supports a meeting with Putin and Putin is also "not averse to it," said Cavusoglu. However, Russia insists that the meeting takes place in Belarus and not in Turkey.
The US government has accused Russia and China of spreading conspiracy theories about the use of alleged US weapons of mass destruction in the Ukraine war.
"The Kremlin is deliberately misrepresenting that the United States and Ukraine are using chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine," US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized that "Chinese officials are repeating these conspiracy theories".
At around 6 a.m., several explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, while emergency sirens were sounded in various cities across the country in anticipation of a possible air strike.
Ukraine says safe evacuation of citizens from northeastern city of Somi has been completed. The Russian army has laid siege to the city of Somi and has been shelling it for the past several days.
In a historic speech to the British Parliament, Ukrainian President Zelensky reiterated his commitment to "fight to the last."
He quoted Winston Churchill as warning Russia that "we will fight in the forests, on the plains, on the beaches and in the streets."
The US Department of Defense has described a proposal by Poland to hand over MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine with an intermediate stop at a base in Germany as "unsustainable".
The proposal entails "difficult logistical challenges" and there are "serious concerns" about the geopolitical dimension, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday evening (local time). At a Senate hearing, a top State Department diplomat, Victoria Nuland, described Poland's offer, which had apparently not previously been agreed with Washington, as a "surprising move".
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