Dmytro Kuleba

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov has urged India to use its influence on Russia on the need to end the war against Ukraine, the ministry said. Kondov had a conversation with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Stockholm, where the European Union - Indo-Pacific region ministerial forum was held yesterday.

In accordance with the regular rotation, Russia will begin presiding over this UN body in April, and as announced by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the first session under Russian leadership will be chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

"As all the EU heads of government gave speeches one after the other, the meeting dragged on late into the night. Prime Minister Petkov, as he tells it, went from one colleague to another during those hours - including Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Ukraine hopes to export 500,000 tons of grain per month through the Danube after the liberation of Snake Island

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

At least 18 dead after Russians hit a mall in Kremenchuk

The death toll from a strike at a shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk has reached 18, with 59 injured.

Luxembourg – Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon spoke over the telephone with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday assuring him of Slovenia’s support for Ukraine’s EU candidate status and the country’s post-war reconstruction. She also announced that she will visit Kyiv soon, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry tweeted.

For the Ukrainians, candidate status is a cherished aim.

At least seven civilians were killed in a shelling of the center of Kharkov on Thursday, local Ukrainian officials said. The Russian army also attacked more than 40 cities in Donbas, the Ukrainian army claims.

Russian forces have shelled more than 40 cities in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, the Ukrainian military said, threatening to close the last major escape route for trapped civilians on their four-month invasion. In his traditional evening video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine will not cede its territory to Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a bitter rebuke to the West for not doing enough to help Kiev win the war, as fierce battles rage in the country's east and Russian troops draw ever closer to encircling a key industrial city.