Biden, Macron condemn Russia invasion
Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden have shown they are in lock-step over the conflict in Ukraine during the French president's state visit to Washington.
Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden have shown they are in lock-step over the conflict in Ukraine during the French president's state visit to Washington.
In the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, site of the heaviest fighting, Russian forces have tried to make further advances and shelled several towns.
Russia continues to pummel Ukraine's east after NATO's summit declared Moscow was the biggest "direct threat" to Western security.
The US remains confident that NATO will accept Sweden and Finland despite Turkey opposing their membership bids over claims they harbour "terrorists".
A surrender appears to have marked the end of the battle of Mariupol, where Ukraine believes tens of thousands of people were killed by Russian forces.