Russia-Ukraine war Highlights: Russia claims it killed 180 ‘foreign mercenaries’ in Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine talks to begin Monday at 10:30 (local time) via video link, said Sputnik reports quoting Ukrainian delegation.

Russian forces completely destroy 7 hospitals, damage an additional 104. Moscow’s troops have also killed 6 medical personnel while severely injuring 12 more since the start of the all-out war, reports The Kyiv Independent quoting Ukrainian health minister Viktor Lyashko.

China to face consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions, said US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, as quoted by The Kyiv Independent.

Sullivan is due to meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on March 14.

Ukraine restores power supply at Chornobyl power plant, controlled by the Russian forces, reported The Kyiv Independent quoting Ukraine's deputy foreign minister.

Russia claims it killed 180 'foreign mercenaries' in missile strike on Yavoriv military training ground in western Ukraine. The Russian government added that it will continue to kill foreign nationals in Ukraine whom it considers mercenaries, reports The Kyiv Independent.

US National security advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday said American intelligence is not at all surprised that Russian President Vladimir Putin is expanding his attack in Ukraine. "Vladimir Putin is frustrated by the fact that his forces are not making the kind of progress that he thought they would make against major cities, including (capital) Kyiv; that he is expanding the number of targets, that he is lashing out, and that he is trying to cause damage in every part of the country (reflects that),” Sullivan told CNN in an interview. Full report

As Russia is continuing its aggression on Ukraine, several UK media outlets have reported about the Russian President's changed appearance and what might be behind that. Some also reported that Putin's 'volatile behaviour' could be linked to the steroids he is taking to battle Parkinson's. Full report

Russia said on Sunday it had attacked the Yavoriv training facility in western Ukraine, adding the strike had killed "up to 180 foreign mercenaries" and destroyed a large amount of weapons supplied by outside nations, reported Reuters

Defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov told a briefing that Russia would continue its attacks against what he called foreign mercenaries.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks in Istanbul on Sunday, seeking a rapprochement between the neighbouring NATO members to the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is due to meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday, warned Beijing that it would "absolutely" face consequences if it helped Moscow evade sweeping sanctions over the war in Ukraine

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the Russian invasion launched by President Vladimir Putin on February 24 is now nearly 2.7 million, the UN said on Sunday

The city council of Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol said in a statement on Sunday that 2,187 city residents had been killed since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Reuters reported

Russia's expansion of attacks to new targets in Ukraine near the Polish border reflects its growing frustration about the pace of the invasion, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday

Britain will pay people to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion as the government moves to deflect anger over its response to the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two, news agency Reuters reported

US journalist shot dead in Ukraine: medic, witnesses, reports AFP. Full story here

Some 300 Nigerians who were in northeastern Ukraine have now returned home, the government said at the weekend, AFP reported. The evacuation brings to more than 1,300 the number of Nigerian citizens brought home from Ukraine since the Russian invasion.

Thousands of Russian tourists in Thailand are struggling to find a route home, Thai officials said Sunday, as international sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine hit holiday-makers, AFP reported

Russia's invasion in February provoked a host of international measures targetting businesses and banks, with some Russian carriers cancelling flights and global payment firms suspending services.

A senior Ukrainian police officer has accused Russian forces of launching phosphorous bomb attacks in the eastern region of Lugansk. International law prohibits the use of white phosphorous shells in heavily populated civilian areas, but allows them in open spaces to be used as cover for troops, reports AFP

Russia detained more than 250 people for protesting Moscow's "military operation" in Ukraine Sunday, as the conflict continues for a third week. OVD-Info, which monitors arrests during protests, said police had detained 268 people during demonstrations in 23 Russian cities, Reuters reported

Foreign sanctions have frozen around $300 billion out of $640 billion that Russia had in its gold and forex reserves, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with state TV aired on Sunday

Pope Francis says ‘unacceptable armed aggression’ against Ukraine must stop, adding that the bombings of children's hospitals and civilian targets are barbaric

Germany to take 2,500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova, reports Reuters

Turkey or Israel might mediate talks with Russia, says Ukrainian presidential adviser

Britain is looking at whether it can use properties owned by sanctioned individuals in the country for humanitarian purposes, Reuters reported. "I want to explore an option which would allow us to use the homes and properties of sanctioned individuals for as long as they are sanctioned for humanitarian and other purposes," housing minister Michael Gove told BBC Television, when asked if the homes of sanctioned oligarchs could be used to house Ukrainian refugees.