Russia asked China for weapons and aid, says US
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Fresh round of talks to begin shortly
A fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine are due to start at 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT) this morning according to Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to Ukraine's interior minister.
Hopes of diplomatic progress have been raised after Ukranian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak had earlier said weekend negotiations were "constructive" - the most upbeat assessment yet.
“Russia is already beginning to talk constructively,” Mr Podolyak said in a video online. “I think that we will achieve some results literally in a matter of days.”
Seperate talks between the US and China will also be held on Monday, as concerns grow over the possibility of Beijing sending aid to Russia.
- Russia allegedly asked China for military help and aid in evading sanctions. China's embassy in Washington has said it is not aware of this request
- The US has said China will face harsh "consequences" if it does help Russia, according to media reports
- A new round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held on Monday via video link and will start at 10:30 am Kyiv time
- Ukraine's Armed Forces says it struck down four planes belonging to Russian forces in the last 24 hours, adding that it launched "crushing strikes" on Russian field bases
- There will be no civilian evacuations on Monday from Sumy, a city that has been the scene of heavy fighting for weeks
- In the city of Mariupol, those who managed to escape told the BBC that residential areas had been bombed non-stop day and night
- And in the city of Rivne, a TV tower was reportedly damaged as a result of a Russian missile attack
Details of overnight missile strikes emerge
Ukrainian news outlets report that a TV tower near Rivne, west of Kyiv, was damaged as a result of a Russian missile attack.
According to the outlets, the head of the Rivne regional administration, Vitaliy Koval, said the tower was damaged to a Russian air strike.
Koval said relevant services are working at the scene and details are still being clarified. The TV tower is located 15km (9 miles) from Rivne.
Information about the victims and wounded is not yet available. The BBC has not been able to confirm this independently.
Here's what you need to know
It's just past 08:00 in Ukraine, with details of overnight missile strikes emerging in the capital Kyiv and in the Zhytomyr region.
Here's what else you need to know to bring you up to speed:
that in the village of Stavische, in the Zhytomyr region, a missile attack targeted administrative buildings. UNIAN says four people were injured and seven buildings were destroyed in the strike.
On Monday, air raid sirens could be heard in many regions across the country - from Lviv and Transcarpathia to Kharkiv and Odesa.
The State Emergency Service said in its Telegram channel that an artillery shell that hit a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv had caused damage to several apartments and floors.
We have been bombed day and night, say Mariupol evacuees
Abdujalil Abdurasulov
BBC News, Kyiv
People who managed to escape Mariupol in southern Ukraine have been speaking to the BBC of desperate scenes in the city where Russian forces have intensified a siege.
Father Pavel Komashevsky, a priest, said residential areas had been bombed non-stop day and night with jets roaring overhead and Grad missiles detonating.
He said with the power cut, and food and water running out, residents started a mass looting of shops and pharmacies.
Father Pavel said he had left several days ago in a column of about a hundred private cars. Plans to evacuate through a humanitarian corridor were abandoned because of Russian shelling.
He said the convoy was turned back at a Russian checkpoint but local drivers offered a different route to get to territory controlled by Ukrainian forces.
On Sunday, the International Red Cross demanded access for aid deliveries and an agreed plan for their evacuation.
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