Russia's advances remain stalled: US official

Nearly all of the Russian military offensives remain stalled after making little progress over the weekend, says a senior US defence official.

An evacuation convoy of about 160 cars has managed to leave the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, authorities there say, reports BBC.

There were at least two large explosions in Kyiv's western Borshchagovka district early on Tuesday morning, journalists in the city say.

A news staffer with a sign reading "no war " has appeared behind a newsreader on Russian state-controlled TV.

Negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian representatives will resume on Tuesday after a fourth round of talks ends without breakthrough.

Russia continues its bombardment of many Ukrainian cities, with one person killed in a strike on a block of flats in the capital Kyiv.

Russia's defence ministry claims a Ukrainian missile has killed 20 people in the city of Donetsk. Ukraine has blamed Russia for the attack.