Ukraine says Russian shelling preventing evacuation:

• A third round of talks has resulted in small progress on evacuation logistics, Ukraine says.
• Moscow has announced a temporary ceasefire and a plan to evacuate Ukrainians from several cities, mainly to Russia and Belarus.
• Kyiv has rejected the proposal as “immoral” and said Ukrainian citizens should be allowed to evacuate to other parts of Ukraine.
• Previous ceasefire attempts in the south eastern port city of Mariupol collapsed over the weekend.
• Russia’s top diplomat will reportedly meet with his Ukrainian counterpart on Thursday in Turkey.
• The UN has warned that Russia’s invasion has triggered the fasting-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. More than 1.7 million people have fled the conflict.

Guest on the line: Paula Slier is a South African television, radio and print journalist, news editor, and war correspondent, who is based in the Middle East. She is the Middle East Bureau Chief for RT, and the founder and CEO of Newshound Media International.