Talks were held between Ukrainian and Russian delegates overnight, but not much seems to have come from those - they will continue in a matter of days, though.

But the most significant update is reports of Russian forces shelling residential blocks in the city of Kharkiv.

Dozens of civilians are feared dead, and the president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of war crimes.

Kiwi-Ukrainian Yuriy Ackermann moved to New Zealand when he was 14 and until very recently spent two years living in Ukraine with his wife.

He told Worldwatch reporter Max Towle hearing news of the Russian invasion was the most terrifying experience of his life.