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Zelenskiy calls Russia a terrorist state' as bombs hit cities further west. Plus, the chefs cooking in solidarity with Ukraine

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Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has accused Russia of being a terrorist state"after its tanks prevented a delivery of food, water and medicine to the besieged city of Mariupol, and he said Moscow was capable of chemical weapons attacks.

What else is happening? Here's everything we know on day 16 of the Russian invasion.

What happens if Russia cannot pay its debts after western sanctions? While Russia would have had enough foreign currency to cover debt payments, having amassed $630bn in reserves, the US, UK and EU freezing the assets of its central bank have made much of this sum inaccessible. This means it could default.

Meanwhile, Russia's past has raised fears of a large-scale cyberwar targeting Ukraine and its allies, including the US.

What has the House panel said? The filing by the House panel stated that it had a good-faith basis for concluding that the president and members of his campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States".