Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are.

Russia has apparently rendered Facebook largely unusable across leading Russian telecommunications providers amid rising friction between Moscow and the social media platform.

In a call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that he believed the next 24 hours was a crucial period for Ukraine.

Ukraine's health ministry said on Sunday that 352 civilians, including 14 children, had been killed since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said on Sunday that it was "very probable" that neutral Switzerland would follow the European Union (EU) on Monday in sanctioning Russia and freezing Russian assets in the Alpine country.

The European Union will tighten sanctions on Russia, target Russian ally Belarus with measures and fund weapons for Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia's invasion, top EU officials said on Sunday.

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will hold a video call with Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on Sunday to ask them do more to stop disinformation after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a European Commission official said.

BP said on Sunday it would exit its 19.75% stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft (ROSN.MM) after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, amid growing pressure from the British government.

China so far does not appear to be helping Russia evade Western financial sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, but doing so would “do profound damage” to China’s reputation, a senior Biden Administration official said on Saturday.

Ukraine will create an “IT army” to fight against Russia’s digital intrusions, Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Saturday night.

Russian troops enter Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv in the east of the country, with Ukraine saying its forces are “eliminating the enemy” in street fighting after some Russian light vehicles slip through defences. , The regional governor said on his social media yesterday that Ukraine has full control over Kharkiv.

Russia’s invasion force is being slowed and frustrated by unexpectedly stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops, keeping them outside Kyiv, a senior US defense official said.

Palash Ahmed, a non-resident Bangladeshi in Ukraine, was in tears when the correspondent called him in the afternoon yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put nuclear-armed forces on high alert yesterday as Ukrainian fighters defending the city of Kharkiv said they had repelled an attack by invading Russian troops.

Nearly 200 nations approved a major UN climate change report detailing the accelerating impacts of global warming yesterday, at the end of a sometimes fraught two-week meeting overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Tens of thousands of people across Europe marched in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Sunday, the fourth day of the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that ministers of the bloc's 27 member states will on Sunday evening consider a proposal to use common funds to finance weapons, fuel and medical supplies for Ukraine.

Around 400 expatriate Bangladeshis have safely crossed the Ukrainian border and reached Poland, fleeing the war between Russia and Ukraine that began on Thursday.

The office of Ukraine’s president has confirmed that a delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops draw closer to Kyiv.

Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered his country's services as a mediator to bring peace to Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, the Kremlin said in a statement.