The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for March 16:
The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for March 16:
- Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, according to a report by a United Nations-backed inquiry.
- Poland will send Ukraine four MiG-29s within the “next few days”, President Andrzej Duda says as other countries remain hesitant to provide Kyiv with fighter jets.
- The Pentagon has released video of Tuesday’s drone intercept over the Black Sea, which shows a Russian military jet coming very close to a US military drone, dumping fuel near it and a damaged propeller in the aftermath of the incident.
- There are no signs Ukraine is ready to withdraw from Bakhmut, the Russian-installed leader of the Donetsk region says, describing battles for the eastern city as “difficult”.