Russia is preparing to hold peace talks with Ukraine as fierce fighting continued into a fifth day without a breakthrough into a major city.

Russia's central bank has raised its key interest rate from 9.5% to 20% in an attempt to shore up the rouble after it plunged to a record low.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "not on schedule" and Vladimir Putin's forces "are in some significant areas of disarray", the defence secretary has told Sky News.

It started as a concern, then a rumour, then a fact; Russian units, small in number, infiltrating the city, looking to bring terror to Kyiv - and to plot routes for their main forces to enter the centre of the capital.

Vladimir Putin has ordered that Russia's nuclear deterrent forces are put on high alert.

Chelsea Foundation trustees have not yet agreed to take over the club as requested by owner Roman Abramovich following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Immediate family members will be able to join Ukrainians settled in the UK as they flee the Russian invasion, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

Shares in BP have fallen by 7% after it said it would offload its 19.75% stake in state-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft "with immediate effect" following the invasion of Ukraine

The number of civilian deaths in Ukraine is growing by the day.

A mother who fled under-fire Kyiv with her son, her cat, and a handful of clothes has spoken movingly about "the longest three days of our lives".