Ukraine war: Russian strikes include Lviv as EU set to propose ban on oil imports

Wednesday’s critical points:

• The European Union’s leading diplomat claims the bloc’s govt branch is on the cusp of proposing a new raft of sanctions from Russia, which include on oil.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has verified that 156 civilians evacuated from Mariupol have arrived in Zaporizhzhia, a Ukrainian-controlled city 230 km to the northwest. 
• The UN suggests some civilians who have been rescued from the Azovstal metal plant selected to stay powering and look for for cherished types in the ruined city. A new evacuation operation is scheduled for Wednesday, “if the protection scenario enables,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshtchuk reported.
• The massive mettalurgical complex, where by hundreds far more civilians are believed trapped, came underneath renewed assault from Russian forces on Tuesday. 
• The Russian military services continued to pound eastern Ukraine. Shelling at a chemical plant in Avdiivka killed at minimum 10 people and wounded 15 more on Tuesday evening.
• Meanwhile Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Tuesday evening, detrimental three electric power vegetation in Lviv leaving the metropolis partly without having electric power. 
• There were also strikes on the cities of Vinnytsia and Kirovograd in the centre of Ukraine, and Odesa in the south. 
• French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Vladimir Putin on the mobile phone on Tuesday and urged him to let civilians to depart Mariupol. 
• British Key Minister Boris Johnson addressed the Ukrainian parliament via videolink on Tuesday, announcing an extra £300 million (€357 million) in army aid.

Very good early morning, this is Alasdair Sandford kicking off Wednesday’s most up-to-date updates on the war in Ukraine adhering to Russia’s invasion.