Russia-Ukraine highlights: Can only flee Mariupol by car or on foot, says Kyiv

Foreign minister S Jaishankar will reply on debate over the ongoing war in Ukraine in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. 

The Ukrainian government said on Tuesday that people can only flee the Mariupol city by car or on foot. 

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the Bucha war crime claims was a "provocation" aimed at scuppering talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

US official says US, allies to ban new investment in Russia on Wednesday, impose more sanctions, for 'war crimes' in Ukraine, reports AP.

Russia's Lavrov says agreements with Ukraine should completely rule out NATO's expansion to the east.

Italy declared 30 Russian officials personae non gratae, while Spain said it planned to expel 25. Estonia and Latvia followed suit, kicking out 27 between them, while Slovenia required Russia to reduce its embassy staff by 33. Denmark, Romania, Sweden and European Union institutions raised the tally by another 47 combined, Bloomberg reported.

China's ambassador to United Nations says China calls upon the United States, NATO, and the European Union to engage in comprehensive dialogue with Russia.

India on Tuesday condemned the killing of civilians at Bucha in Ukraine and backed the call for an independent investigation into the incident, the first time New Delhi has publicly censured actions blamed on Russian forces.

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"During our presidency, we didn't refuse a single time to convene any of the 6 meetings on Ukraine," Russian Ambassador told UNSC members after emergency meetings requested by Russia were refused.

“We requested emergency meetings on April 3 and 4 but you refused them... this is an outrageous situation. I'd like to ask on what basis do you feel you can act in such an outrageous way?... We demand an explanation,” Russian Federation representative said to the UNSC Presidency on Tuesday.

Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin's troops of the worst atrocities since World War II and said they are no different from other terrorists like the Islamic State extremist group.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the United Nations on Tuesday to act and reform its system which gives Security Council permanent member Russia a veto, saying everything must be done to ensure the international body works effectively.

Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskyy demanded "accountability" at the UN Security Council on Tuesday for Russian "crimes" carried out during Moscow's invasion of his country, news agency AFP reported.

People "were killed in their apartments, houses... civilians were crushed by tanks while sitting in their cars in the middle of the road, just for their pleasure," Zelensky told the Council, including Moscow's envoy, describing alleged atrocities in Ukraine's Bucha.

"Accountability must be inevitable." Zelensky added that "hundreds of thousands" of Ukrainians had also been deported to Russia.

In his UNSC address, Zelenskyy says massacre in Bucha is ‘only one’ of many war crimes Russian troops have done in other occupied cities of Ukraine. Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses UNSC, says Russian troops killed ‘anyone who served our country’.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to imminently address a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine.

"We're urging all countries to keep markets open, resist unjustified & unnecessary export restrictions & make reserves available to countries at risk of hunger &famine. The use of strategic stockpiles & additional reserves could help ease this crisis in the short term," UN Secy-Gen said at the United Nations Security Council meet.

“I'll never forget the horrifying images of civilians killed in Bucha. I immediately called for an independent investigation to guarantee effective accountability. I was shocked by the personal testimony of rapes &sexual violence emerging now,” UN Secy-Gen António Guterres said on Tuesday.

U.N. Chief Antonio Guterres addresses the United Nations Security Council. Guterres urges the council to do ‘everything in its power’ to end the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday Moscow would carefully "monitor" food exports to "hostile" nations as the West pummels the country with sanctions over its military action in Ukraine.

"Against the backdrop of global food shortages, this year we will have to be prudent with supplies abroad and carefully monitor such exports to countries that are clearly hostile towards us," Putin said at a meeting.

Possible nationalization of Russian assets abroad is "a double-edged weapon", Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, in comments suggesting that Russia was capable of responding in kind, news agency Reuters reported.

European Commission proposes new sanctions against Russia, including import ban on coal worth 4 billion euros per year, news agency AP reported.

The U.N. migration agency now estimates that more than 11 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, news agency AP reported.

The International Organization for Migration, in its first such full assessment in three weeks, reported Tuesday that more than 7.1 million had been displaced within Ukraine as of April 1. That comes on top of the figure of more than 4 million who have fled abroad, reported by the U.N. refugee agency.

Spain's foreign minister said Tuesday his country will expel "around" 25 Russian diplomats over the Russian aggression in Ukraine, following similar moves by Germany and France, news agency AFP reported.

"The unbearable images we have seen of the massacre of civilians in the town of Bucha after the withdrawal of the Russian army deeply outrage us," Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told a news conference.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will press the UN Security Council on Tuesday for tougher sanctions aimed at forcing Russia to abandon its war against his country, as outrage grows against Moscow over the alleged slaughter of civilians.

Western officials have already promised new measures this week targeting Russia's oil and coal exports, which are helping President Vladimir Putin pay for the invasion he launched nearly six weeks ago, AFP reported.