Russia-Ukraine war LIVE updates: Ukraine accuses Russia of firing at protesters in occupied city

Ukraine said on Monday that Russian troops had fired on protesters in Kherson demonstrating against Moscow's seizure of the southern city soon after it launched its invasion last month. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba posted a video on Twitter, showing a man with an armband of the Ukrainian flag wounded by gunfire.

Continuous shooting could be heard in the video, which showed people carrying flags running and rushing to help the man, with blood on the floor.

The person taking the video said the man is a pensioner.

"In Kherson, Russian war criminals opened fire at unarmed people who peacefully protested against invaders," Kuleba said on Twitter.

Countries scrambling to replace Russian oil, gas and coal supplies with any available alternative may fuel the world’s “mutually assured destruction” through climate change, the head of the United Nations warned on Monday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy now being pursued by major economies to end fossil fuel imports from Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine could kill hopes of keeping global warming below dangerous levels.

“Countries could become so consumed by the immediate fossil fuel supply gap that they neglect or knee-cap policies to cut fossil fuel use,” he said by video at an event organized by the Economist weekly. “This is madness. Addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction.”

The German government is determined to deliver more arms to Ukraine, a government spokesperson said on Monday. One way that could be done is by placing orders through defence companies, the spokesperson told a regular news conference.

The spokesperson added that further deliveries would be based on what Germany has already delivered to Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on European leaders on Monday to cease all trade with Russia in an effort to pressure Moscow to halt its nearly month-long military assault on his country.

"Please do not sponsor the weapons of war of this country, of Russia. No euros for the occupiers. Close all of your ports to them. Don't export them your goods. Deny energy resources. Push for Russia to leave Ukraine," Zelenskyy said in a video address.

An embargo on Russian oil imports, pushed for by some European countries over Moscow's military action in Ukraine, would have a direct impact on everyone, the Kremlin said Monday.

As EU foreign ministers met to discuss more sanctions on Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that an oil embargo "is a decision that will hit everyone".

Russian warships have shelled residential buildings in Ukraine's Odessa, reported The Kyiv Independent.  According to Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odessa Oblast Military Administration, several buildings were damaged. No casualties have been reported yet.

EU foreign and defence ministers will meet on Monday to discuss imposing further sanctions on Moscow, especially whether to introduce an oil embargo, according to Reuters. Trying to force a Russian military withdrawal from Ukraine, the European Union and its Western allies has already imposed a panoply of sanctions including freezing the Russian central bank's assets.

The humanitarian crisis in the port city of Mariupol, where residents are besieged with little food, water and power, is increasing pressure on European leaders to toughen sanctions on Moscow.

As many as 902 civilians have been killed and 1,459 wounded in Ukraine as of midnight on March 19, said UN Human rights Office

More than 7,000 people were evacuated from cities through humanitarian corridors on March 20, more than half from Mariupol alone. The government plans to send nearly 50 buses there on Monday for more evacuations: Irina Vereshchuk, deputy PM

The toll in an overnight bombing on a mall in Kyiv has risen to 6, reports AFP quoting one of its journalists who is on the ground.

According to protest-monitoring group OVD-Info, 936 people were arrested across 37 Russian cities on March 21. The total number of detainees in Russia since February 24 exceeds 15,000 people: The Kyiv Independent

Karnataka: Natives of Haveri offer their tributes to Naveen Shekarappa as part of the last rites.

Ammonia leak at a chemicals plant in the city of Sumy. Leak reported at 04:30 local time (02:30 GMT) at the Sumykhimprom plant: Dmytro Zhyvytskyy, regional governor

US President Joe Biden to visit Poland on March 25 to discuss Russia's ongoing invasion of Moscow, announces White House.

Condemnation would not help, and would not lead to ceasing of violence. We request an immediate ceasefire from Russia through negotiation and diplomacy: Qin Gang

As of March 19, the number of Ukrainians who have fled abroad due to the ongoing war stands at more than 3.38 million: UNHCR

There can be no talk of any surrender, laying down of arms. We have already informed the Russian side about this: Irina Vereshchuk, deputy PM, Ukraine

All armed Ukrainian units should leave the city by 9am to 11am local time on Monday, failing which the remaining fighters would face a military tribunal: Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev