Ukrainian officials say another mass grave has been discovered in Vynohradne — a village east of Mariupol. U.S. defense contractor Maxar also said satellite imagery of the Mariupol area showed "the existence of a second cemetery that has expanded over the past month."
Russia has for the first time disclosed its goal to fully control Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as well as southern Ukraine, as part of the second phase of its invasion.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his top priority is avoiding a Russia-gNATO confrontation, and that he doesn't believe an EU embargo on Russian gas would convince President Vladimir Putin to end the war.
Mariupol's mayor is appealing for a full evacuation of the embattled city after attempts to get civilians out safely via humanitarian corridors have mostly failed. Ukrainian officials say satellite images captured by Maxar show mass graves 20 times bigger than a cemetery discovered in the city of Bucha this month.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed to meet him in Moscow next week.