Heavy shelling continues on outskirts of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Mykolaiv. Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, also under heavy shelling by Russian troops. Netflix, TikTok are latest companies to pull out from Russia after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.
1) Russian forces have stepped up their shelling around residential areas, Ukraine’s presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich said on late Sunday. “The latest wave of missile strikes came as darkness fell,” he said in a televised address.
2) The third round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian leaders is planned for Monday.
3) Amid the growing crisis, oil prices soared more than 6 per cent, touching their highest since 2008 on Monday. This came after the United States and European allies mull a Russian oil import ban.
4) The price of regular gasoline broke $4 per gallon (3.8 liters) on average across the US on Sunday for the first time since 2008. According to the AAA motor club, the price of regular gas rose by almost 41 cents.
