Zelenski - Ukraine bring on the surviving war
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"We are on the brink of surviving war", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Italian MPs as he addresses them via video link
He has also spoken to Pope Francis and suggested the Vatican could play a mediating role in ending the war
The mayor of Boryspil city near Kyiv has told residents to "leave town ASAP" as fighting against Russian forces draws closer
More than 15,000 Russian troops have been killed since the start of the war, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has claimed - the BBC cannot verify this figure
US President Joe Biden has warned that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may be preparing to use chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine
Russian forces appear to be 'stalled in place', according to the UK's Ministry of Defence, as Ukrainian forces 'continue to repulse' attempts to occupy the besieged southern city of Mariupol (source: BBC news).