Zelensky asks Putin for talks as humanitarian crisis grows

IAEA in contact with Ukraine over Zaporizhzhia plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it is in contact with Ukrainian authorities over the reports of shelling at the the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
A spokesperson for the plant has also taken to social media asking that Russian forces "stop the heavy weapons fire".
“There is a real threat of nuclear danger in the biggest atomic energy station in Europe,” Andriy Tuz said in a video on Telegram, according to the Associated Press.
Tuz said the plant is under direct attack from Russian shelling and firefighters are not able to go near the fire that had broken out. He added the reactor that is on fire was under renovation and is not currently operational, but it contains nuclear fuel. Zaporizhzhia reportedly accounts for some 25% of the country's power.

Summary

• Ukraine's President Zelensky has asked Vladimir Putin for one-to-one talks, saying this is the only way to end the war
• He also appealed to the West to "give me planes" to fight invasion
• Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agree to organise humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians
• Meanwhile Putin insists the war is "going to plan", despite taking only one major city
• The UK has imposed sanctions on two more Russian oligarchs
• In Mariupol, a southern port near Ukraine's border with Russia, civilians are trapped by intense shelling
• If Russia captures more southern cities, Ukrainian forces could be cut off from the sea
• Kyiv remains in government control and a large Russian armoured convoy is some distance away
• More than one million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion began.