As Tuesday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
Russia's push to capture the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol now includes long-range shelling from naval ships in the Sea of Azov, . Intense fighting continues inside the city, too. If Russian troops took control of Mariupol, they would hold most of the stretch between the Donbas region in the east and Crimea in the south.
President Biden and other Western leaders are prepared to announce new economic sanctions on Russia this week, according to the White House. Biden plans to travel to Brussels, to meet NATO leaders, G-7 leaders and the European Council on Thursday.
Japan is protesting Russia's decision to pull out of stalled talks for a peace treaty to formally end hostilities in World War II. The two countries have a long-running dispute over four islands, known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan.
A Moscow court sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to nine additional years in high-security prison. of fraud and contempt of court in where he's already serving a 2 1/2-year sentence. Navalny and his supporters argue his case has long been politically motivated.
Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov will auction off his medal . Muratov, , is the editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, known for its investigative reporting.
The war keeps reverberating through the world of sports. A top Ukrainian boxer 鈥� two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasiliy Lomachenko 鈥� to stay with his family and defend Ukraine. Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin about the war in Ukraine. And Russia's soccer team from the World Cup.
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Two Ukrainian mothers struggle to stay in touch .
Refugees from other wars .
Putin's puffy coat and Zelenskyy's T-shirts .
An economic "shock therapy" created Russian oligarchs.
How children are coping in Ukraine 鈥� and how parents can help: .
Earlier developments
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