Main War Developments in Ukraine

US President Joe Biden was in Brussels together with NATO leaders to discuss their next steps in response to Ukraine's Russian occupation.

He NATO has never been more united, he urged continued unity so that sanctions will stay in force long enough to affect Moscow's location.

Biden, Johnson of Great Britain and Macron of France refused to say exactly how they would respond if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine.

NATO has confirmed that four new battle groups made up of 400,000 troops in total will be sent to Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.

Germany's Scholz and the EU's Von der Leenen said the payments to Russian energy will not be made in rubles as Moscow has requested, saying the timing of Russian blackmail is over.

Johnson that Ukraine could win the conflict, but warned that Putin does not seem interested in making peace, reports the BBC, broadcasts Clankosova.

The US cleared charges against four Russian government employees, who are charged with a worldwide effort to avenge the global energy sector

Meanwhile, in Ukraine, fighting has continued:

Ukrainian officials have announced that a Russian landing ship has been destroyed and others damaged in the Ukrainian town of Berdyansk.

Ukraine says it has conducted the first appropriate exchange of prisoners with Russia since the beginning of the war, with 10 Ukrainians exchanged for 10 Russians.

In a special exchange, 11 Russian civil sailors rescued from a ship that sank in Odessa were exchanged with 19 Ukrainian sailors from a Russian - captured ship.

The World Health Organization says that it is still unable to obtain necessary medical supplies in the western southeastern city of Marioupolis and Mykolaiv.

Ukrainian civilians have been kidnapped and held hostage in regions occupied by Russia, so UN officials have announced.