It comes amid reports the US and Russia have prepared a 28-point peace plan, allegedly containing major concessions for Ukraine.

At least 10 people were killed and 37 injured, including 12 children, during a large Russian strike on the city of Ternopil in western Ukraine, said Igor Klymenko, Ukraine's minister of internal affairs. He said the western regions of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil were "under a massive enemy attack" on Wednesday.

Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war.

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario, the subject of 'Love + War,' and Mstyslav Chernov, the filmmaker behind '2000 Meters From Andriivka,' discuss their work as conflict journalists.

Poland and Romania scrambled Nato fighter jets early on Wednesday as a series of explosions rang out across western Ukraine. In Poland, two airports in its southeast were shut down as Russian airstrikes targeted the cities of Lviv and Ternopil. The Polish military said it was forced to act to ensure the safety of Polish airspace.

Vladimir Putin's forces are advancing in southeast Ukraine, while overnight strikes in the country's northeast have killed at least four. Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on his ninth visit to France since Russia's invasion to sign a weapons deal.

Immigration lawyers say those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war, contrary to international laws that prohibit deportations to places where people could face violence.

Russian lawmakers have endorsed new tax hikes as Moscow tries to boost its economy during its almost four-year war with Ukraine.