Russia-Ukraine live updates: Fierce fighting continues across Ukraine, talks to resume as civilian toll mounts

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Fierce fighting continues across Ukraine, with Russian shells bombarding an apartment building in the capital, Kyiv, on Monday and officials once again struggling to get humanitarian aid to the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, which is surrounded by Russian troops. Videos captured blasts striking at least three locations in the heart of Kharkiv, Ukraineâs second-largest city, on Monday night.

Talks between Ukraine and Russia are set to resume Tuesday after what Ukrainian negotiators on Monday described as a âtechnical pause.â In a video address posted on Telegram aimed at uplifting Ukrainians facing an increasingly deadly Russian onslaught, President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces were inflicting âdevastating lossesâ on their opponents. Zelensky is set to deliver a virtual joint address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday.

A United Nations human rights office, which has been tracking civilian casualties, says there have been at least 636 civilians killed, including dozens of women and children, and 1,125 injured since Russia began its invasion â though the office acknowledges that the figure is probably a significant undercount.

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Hereâs the status of Ukrainian cities under Russian attack

By Rachel Pannett12:47 a.m.

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More than two weeks into their invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces are fighting to press forward into a number of cities across the country. Here are updates on some Ukrainian cities:

Kyiv: New satellite images taken Monday show burning homes and buildings on the northwest outskirts of the city and cars backed up near a bridge over the Irpin River as Russian forces try to encircle and take the capital.Kharkiv: Ukraineâs second-largest city, home to 1.4 million people, has been devastated by Russian shelling. The strikes have destroyed residences, art museums, libraries and government buildings in a city known for its architecture. More than 200 people had been killed in the region as of Sunday evening, according to the U.N.Donetsk: Graphic videos and photos published on social media Monday from the Russian-controlled city in eastern Ukraine show the remnants of a missile, burned buildings and the dead and injured lying on the streets.Mariupol: A convoy of trucks packed with crucial supplies such as food and medicine bound for the besieged southern port city was again turned away by fierce fighting on Monday.Lviv: Russiaâs missile attack on a military base near this city in Ukraineâs west, some 15 miles from the border with Poland, was launched from long-range bombers flying in Russian airspace, the Pentagon said Monday â underscoring the limits of a no-fly zone. At least 35 people were killed in the attack. Waves of people seeking refuge from violence farther east have poured into Lviv, which has become a hub for the internally displaced.

Russian-held areas and troop movement

RUSSIA

BELARUS

Separatist-

controlled

area

POL.

Kyiv

Kharkiv

UKRAINE

Mykolaiv

ROMANIA

Kherson

Mariupol

Odessa

Crimea

Annexed by Russia

in 2014

100 MILES

Russian forces conducted several limited attacks northwest of Kyiv, unsuccessfully attempting to bridge the Irpin River.

Ukrainian forces continued to repel several Russian attacks near Kharkiv.

Russian artillery continued to shell Mariupol and its northern outskirts.

Ukraine reported that it halted Russian attacks from Kherson to the northwest, but Russian forces have not abandoned their effort to encircle Mykolaiv.

Control areas as of March 14

Sources: Institute for the Study of War; Post reporting

Russia struggled to seize Chernihiv and Sumy, still held by Ukraine.

Russian-held areas

and troop movement

RUSSIA

BELARUS

Chernihiv

Sumy

Kyiv

Lviv

Russian forces conducted several limited attacks northwest of Kyiv, unsuccessfully attempting to bridge the Irpin River.

Kharkiv

Ukrainian forces continued to repel several Russian attacks near Kharkiv.

UKRAINE

Ukraine reported that it halted Russian attacks from Kherson to the northwest, but Russian forces have not abandoned their effort to encircle Mykolaiv.

Separatist-

controlled

area

Mykolaiv

Kherson

Mariupol

Russian artillery continued to shell Mariupol and its northern outskirts.

Odessa

ROMANIA

Crimea

Annexed by

Russia

in 2014

Active nuclear power plants with power-generating capabilities

Black

Sea

Control areas as of March 14

100 MILES

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Post reporting

Russian-held areas

and troop movement

BELARUS

RUSSIA

Chernihiv

POLAND

Sumy

Lviv

Russian forces conducted several limited attacks northwest of Kyiv, unsuccessfully attempting to bridge the Irpin River.

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Ukrainian forces continued to repel several Russian attacks near Kharkiv.

UKRAINE

Ukraine reported that it halted Russian attacks from Kherson to the northwest, but Russian forces have not abandoned their effort to encircle Mykolaiv.

Separatist-

controlled

area

Mykolaiv

Mariupol

Kherson

Russian artillery continued to shell Mariupol and its northern outskirts.

Odessa

Sea of

Azov

ROMANIA

Crimea

Annexed by Russia

in 2014

Active nuclear power plants with power-generating capabilities

Black

Sea

Control areas as of March 14

100 MILES

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Post reporting

Russian oligarch charged in U.S. campaign finance scheme

By Devlin Barrett12:46 a.m.

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The Justice Department unsealed an indictment Monday charging that a Russian oligarch schemed to make illegal campaign contributions to boost a planned marijuana business â a strange saga that previously led to a federal investigation of former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.

Officials say Andrey Muraviev, 47, tried to influence the 2018 U.S. elections by plotting to send $1 million to candidates and campaigns, hoping to win favor for the unorthodox cannabis business venture.

The crux of the allegations were known before his indictment was made public because his alleged co-conspirators, Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, and Andrey Kukushkin, were previously charged in the case. Fruman pleaded guilty; Parnas and Kukushkin were convicted last year at trial.

Parnasâs and Frumanâs ties to Giuliani played prominently in President Donald Trumpâs first impeachment proceeding, in which Trump was accused of abusing his authority by threatening to withhold $400 million in military aid from Ukraine if officials there did not announce a criminal investigation into candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

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