Reactions and sanctions, these are the last 12 news reports from the Russia-Ukrainian war

The governor of Russia's Kursk region has confirmed that border guards were attacked by Ukraine yesterday. Ukraine's army has said it has no knowledge of the alleged accident.

Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereschuk, has said eleven humanitarian corridors have been hired for Wednesday. Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai told civilians to be “evated until they are safe”.

Russian “Soldiers have committed sexual assaults on Ukrainian women and men, as well as on children and the elderly”, Ukraine's General Prosecutor, Irina Venedicova, has said.

Pope Franescu has condemned what he called Buckas”'s “massacre held a Ukrainian flag sent from the village to his weekly prayers at the Vatican. It described the war in Ukraine as the “mizor, which is terrible”.

The US and other allies are preparing to impose new sanctions on Moscow following the killings of civilians in Ukraine, as the West is making new efforts to hit Putin's economy and its war efforts.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has commented on the new EU sanctions against Russia, saying it praises the strengthening of the package. However, he called for Europe's neighbours to move further. The difficult cohorts require difficult decisions”, he said.

Putin's ally, Dmitry Medvedev, has said Russia would fight Western efforts to expropriate Russia's most lawyers.

Hungary's Foreign Ministry has sent signs of protest to Ukraine's ambassador because of his offensive statements to Hungary's stance on war.

Council of Europe President Charles Michel has said European Union countries should think of ways in which Russian soldiers who are willing to desert from the battlefield in Ukraine offer asylum.

United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Liz Trus has announced that her country will donate several ambulance vehicles to Ukraine.

A driver has died after his car crashed at the entrance of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest on Wednesday, capital police have announced.