President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday a US ban on Russian oil and other energy imports, ramping up pressure on Moscow in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine's government accused Russia of shelling a humanitarian corridor it had promised to open to let residents flee the besieged port of Mariupol.
Ukrainian civilians began leaving two besieged areas after Russia opened “humanitarian corridors” for them, but Kyiv said Russian forces had shelled an evacuation route from the port city of Mariupol. The UN human rights office said it had verified 1,335 civilian casualties so far in Ukraine, including 474 killed and 861 injured, but the true toll was likely to be higher.
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