President Zelensky asks Putin for talks

Ukraine's President Zelensky has asked Vladimir Putin for one-to-one talks as the humanitarian situation worsens. We’ll explain the latest military action and its significance, including the intense shelling of the strategic southern port city of Mariupol. We’ll continue to hear the voices of people who are living through what’s happening.

We talk to our team verifying footage on social media to talk about the latest videos appearing of the conflict. We’ll explain what they’ve verified to be true and what they’ve debunked as false in the past 24 hours.

We hear conversations between Ukrainian parents about how they’re looking after their children during the conflict and how they’re explaining the war.

And we speak to a BBC journalist who has been looking at claims by some African students in Ukraine that their universities actively discouraged them from leaving the country until it was too late to be able to flee.

(Photo: Ukrainian President Zelensky speaks about current situation in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. 03/03/2022 Credit: EPA)