Edge's News: Russia Ukraine war: Quick Summary

As the Russia and Ukraine war rages on, here is what we know so far:

Russian forces take the Black Sea port of Kherson in southern Ukraine, the first major city to fall

Invasion so far has been badly managed, a 'disaster, through and through', US defence experts say

Ukraine's second city Kharkiv continues to come under heavy Russian shelling

Column of Russian vehicles north of Kyiv 'stalled' due to fuel and food shortages, and Ukrainian resistance

More than one million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion

Moscow admits 498 troops have died in Ukraine, widely thought to be an under-estimate but still a record total for post-Soviet Russia

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says an active probe into possible war crimes in Ukraine 'will immediately proceed'

A Bangladeshi sailor is killed in an attack on his vessel docked in the Black Sea port of Olvia

Russia floats the possibility of a ceasefire with talks with Ukraine scheduled for Thursday

Russia tells citizens in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol to leave, raising fears bombing will intensify

UN General Assembly demands Russia 'immediately' withdraws. Moscow wins support from only four nations - Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea and Syria

Swedish Armed Forces say four Russian fighter jets entered its airspace in the Baltic Sea

US launches 'KleptoCapture' with the aim of seizing yachts, private jets and homes of Russian oligarchs

Chelsea Russian owner Roman Abramovich confirms he is selling the Premier League club

Ukraine invites mothers of captured Russian troops to come and collect their sons

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urges Russians to protest daily against the invasion

US follows the EU in targeting Russian ally Belarus with sanctions for supporting invasion

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