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At least two Ukrainian ships carrying grain can be seen off the coast of Turkey at the southern entrance to the Bosphorus. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the traffic of Ukrainian grain shipments has resumed after a phone call between the Turkish and Russian defence ministers. IMAGES
Images of empty streets in Kyiv, as day-and-night curfew has been imposed until Monday morning. The city said anyone outside would be considered "members of the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups". Ukraine has reported 198 civilian deaths, including three children, since the invasion began. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls on soldiers in Russia's war on Ukraine to "return to their barracks." "We must never give up. We must give peace another chance," he tells reporters after Moscow vetoed a UN resolution condemning its "aggression" in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
As thousands of Russians rally against 2014 Kiev uprising, ousted Ukrainian president Yanukovich speaks of his return. Gavino Garay reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses China of "fuelling" Russia's invasion of Ukraine through the transfers of dual use materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for use in Moscow's military expansion. "If China purports on the one hand to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it can't on the other hand be fuelling what is the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri where he had urged urged his European counterparts to increase pressure on Beijing. SOUNDBITE
G7 foreign ministers have pledged to "everything possible" to bolster Ukraine's air defences in the face of Russia's invasion following a meeting on the Italian island of Capri, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says. "I repeat that we will do everything possible in order to help Ukraine and this from the point of view of its air defences as well," Tajani tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE