Russia Ukraine crisis LIVE Updates: Ukrainian president calls Russia terrorist state

Russia a terrorist state: Ukraine president

Ukraine president says missile attack on central square of Kharkiv is an act of ‘outright, undisguised terror’ and says that ‘Russia has become a terrorist state’

At least 136 civilians killed: OHCHR

At least 136 civilians have been killed, including 13 children, and 400 have been injured since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, according to the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR).

OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell said 253 of the casualties were in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine.

Russian assault is totally unacceptable: Jens Stoltenberg

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia to end the war in Ukraine and withdraw all its forces, adding the alliance would not send troops or combat jets to support Kyiv as it does not want to become part of the conflict.

“The Russian assault is totally unacceptable and it is enabled by Belarus,” Stoltenberg said on Tuesday after meeting Polish president Andrzej Duda “NATO is a defensive alliance, we do not seek conflict with Russia. Russia must immediately stop the war, pull all its forces from Ukraine and engage in good faith in diplomatic efforts,” said Stoltenberg, according to a report in The Guardian.