Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the West to show more courage and provide tanks, planes and missiles to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Chief of the Defence Intelligence said that Russia aims to divide Ukraine like North and South Korea.
A Ukrainian police general has reportedly offered himself as a hostage to Russian troops, in exchange for the evacuation of children from the port city of Mariupol.
US President Joe Biden will hear directly from humanitarian experts on the Ukraine situation and also from US troops stationed near Poland's border with Ukraine.