Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 13 of the Russian invasion
Attacks on hospitals and ambulances increasing rapidly, says WHO, as medical supplies dwindle
Buses and cars have evacuated some civilians from the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy but authorities in Kyiv accused Moscow of shelling a similar refugee corridor meant to allow residents to escape the devastated port of Mariupol. The governor of the Kyiv region said 150 people had also been successfully evacuated via an unofficial route from Irpin, near the capital.
The World Health Organization said attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances and other healthcare facilities had increased rapidly" in recent days and vital medical supplies were running low. The UN agency said it was working to urgently get medical supplies to Ukraine. Among the supplies running low are oxygen, insulin, PPE, surgical supplies and blood products.
The UK will phase out imports of Russian oil by the end of 2022 and is exploring options to ending gas imports, the energy secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has said. The decision echoes a move by the US, with Joe Biden also announcing he will end Russian oil imports. Meanwhile, the EU said it would end its reliance on Russian gas.
The European Commission has prepared a new sanctions package against Russia and Belarus that will hit additional Russian oligarchs and politicians as well as three Belarusian banks, Reuters reports.
Ukraine's ministry of foreign affairs has reported that 12,000 Russian personnel have been killed in its latest assessment of their losses to date. They said so far Russian forces had also lost 48 aircraft, 80 helicopters, 303 tanks, 1,036 armed vehicles, 120 artillery pieces and 27 anti-aircraft warfare systems.
The UN high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, says the number of people who have left Ukraine since Russia's invasion today reached 2 million.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, addressed UK MPs on Tuesday via video link, reiterating calls for more UK support, including repeating a call for a no-fly zone, which Nato countries have declined to impose over fears it could trigger another world war.
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