Russia-Ukraine live news: Huge Russian convoy nears Kyiv
Miles-long Russian convoy nears the capital after high-level talks fail to produce ceasefire.

The vast convoy of armoured vehicles, tanks, artillery and support vehicles stretches for about 65km, according to satellite imagery
A huge Russian military convoy is edging closer to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
• At least 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a Russian artillery attack on a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, a local official says.
• Mayor of Mariupol says the key southeastern port city is being “pounded” by Russian shelling.
• Russian missiles have struck residential areas in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to a regional official.
• Russian forces laying siege to Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukrainian official says
• Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych says Russian forces are trying to lay siege to Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
• Russian troops fired artillery at Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol overnight while the Ukrainian side shot down Russian military planes around the capital, Arestovych said in a televised briefing.
• 21 mins ago (09:29 GMT)
• Separatist leader says his forces aim to encircle Ukraine’s Mariupol
• A Russian-backed separatist leader in eastern has said his forces aim to encircle Mariupol, according to a report by Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency.
• “The task for today is to directly encircle Mariupol,” RIA quoted Denis Pushilin, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), as saying.
• His remarks came after Mariupol’s mayor said the city was under constant shelling