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Live blog: Ukraine gets EU candidate status, Kiev hails 'historic' move

European Union makes Ukraine a candidate for joining the 27-nation bloc as the Russian military expands its grab of territory in eastern Ukraine on the 120th day of the armed conflict.

Live blog: G7 summit to 'increase pressure' on Russia

President Putin says Russia is in the process of rerouting its trade and oil exports towards BRICS countries in the wake of Western sanctions over Ukraine, where fighting has entered 119th day.

Live blog: Russian shelling leaves over a dozen dead in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Ukraine acknowledges difficulties in fighting in the eastern regions as Russian forces capture territory along a frontline river and intensify pressure on two key cities on the 118th day of the armed conflict.

Live blog: UK warns of long haul as Ukraine’s Luhansk prepares for worst

Kiev receives a major boost as the European Union backs candidate status for Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian offensive, which is now in its 115th day.

Live blog: Talking to Russia's Putin is 'necessary' — Germany’s Scholz

The European Commission recommends Ukraine, where fighting has entered the 114th day, be formally named a "candidate" for joining the EU, a move that could open up a long path towards joining the bloc.

Live blog: US urges Russia 'humane treatment' of its captured veterans

NATO defence ministers discuss ways to bolster forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia from planning further aggression in the wake of its assault on Ukraine, now in its 113th day.

Live blog: US sending $1B more military aid to Ukraine

Moscow asks Kiev's forces holed up in a chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk city to surrender and plans a corridor to evacuate civilians from the site, as Russia's broader offensive enters its 112th day.

Live blog: Russia bans UK journalists, defence officials from entering

Russia pushes Ukrainians back from centre of key industrial city Sievierodonetsk, where President Zelenskyy says the fighting is taking a "terrifying" toll as casualties soar in Moscow's offensive – now in its 111th day.

Live blog: Human cost of Sievierodonetsk fight 'terrifying' – Zelenskyy

Meanwhile, Kremlin-backed officials in occupied southern Ukraine begin issuing Russian passports to residents as Moscow seeks to solidify its rule over captured parts of the country amid its military offensive – now in its 110th day.

Live blog: West risks 'direct military clash' over cyber attacks – Russia

Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk amid fierce fighting, now in its 106th day, as UN warns that the global impact of the Russian offensive is worsening.

Live blog: Russian forces 'control' most of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk

Ukraine struggles to hold its ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the eastern frontline city of Sievierodonetsk as President Zelenskyy vows to reverse Russia's gains in fighting — now in its 105th day.

US sees no signals of diplomacy ending Russia-Ukraine conflict soon

"Negotiation table unfortunately is not around the corner. There is no evidence that Russia today wants to engage in good faith negotiations," Karen Donfried, assistant secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, tells media in Washington, DC.