LIVE NOW , Ucraine-Russia War 249 civilians killed so far, says UN US warns Moscow, Minsk against deploying nuclear arms

Russian forces have taken control of the key port city of Kherson, in the south of Ukraine. This is first major city to be captured by Russian troops. The mayor of Mariupol, a strategic southern port city, says Russian troops have cut off electricity, food, water and heating. Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia will successfully demilitarise Ukraine, and warned any attempts by Kyiv to delay negotiations would result in Moscow adding to its list of demands. A second round of talks has started in Belarus between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators, with Ukraine hoping to secure safe passage for civilians fleeing the war Russia faces a war crimes investigation after its military was accused of bombing civilians. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said that a third world war would be nuclear, but he says this is not something Russians are thinking about The capital, Kyiv, remains in government control, although there have been several large explosions. A large Russian convoy remains some distance away