Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: No Breakthrough In Talks As Russian Forces Advance On Kyiv

Russia and Ukraine failed to make a breakthrough Thursday in their first top-level talks since Moscow’s invasion two weeks ago, as Russian advances sparked fears the Ukrainian capital Kyiv could soon be encircled.Russian forces were encircling at least four major cities in Ukraine, with armoured vehicles rolling up to capital Kyiv’s northeastern edge, where suburbs including Irpin and Bucha have endured days of heavy bombardment.Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said half the population had fled, adding that the city “has been transformed into a fortress. Every street, every building, every checkpoint has been fortified.”Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said around 100,000 people had evacuated the country’s cities in two days, but accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor in the city of Mariupol.Here are the LIVE Updates on Ukraine-Russia War:Get NDTV UpdatesTurn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops.Sanctions On Russia Could Send Global Food Prices Soaring, Warns Vladimir PutinRussian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Western sanctions on Moscow for its actions in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, as Russia was one of the world’s main producers of fertiliser, which is essential to global supply chains.”Russia and Belarus are some of the biggest suppliers of mineral fertilisers. If they continue to create problems for the financing and logistics of the delivery of our goods, then prices will rise and this will affect the final product, food products,” Putin said at a televised government meeting.



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