Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:
Pro-Russian Forces Claim Key Eastern Town
Moscow-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine say they have captured Lyman, a strategic town between the city of Severodonetsk and the eastern administrative centre of Kramatorsk, which remain under Kyiv's control.
The pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region say they have "liberated and taken full control of 220 settlements, including Krasny Liman", using an old name for Lyman.
Ukrainian forces are also battling to hold onto Severodonetsk as Russia wages all-out war for the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which make up Donbas, Ukraine's industrial heartland.
Orthodox Church Cuts Russia Ties
The Moscow branch of Kyiv's Orthodox Church says it is cutting ties with Russia over the invasion, declaring "full independence" in a historic move against Russia's spiritual authorities.
After holding a council focused on Russia's "aggression", the church declares "full independence" from Russian Patriarch Kirill, the second Orthodox schism in Ukraine in recent years.
Ukraine has been under Moscow's spiritual leadership since at least the 17th century.
10 Killed In Central City
Ukraine's national guard says around 10 people have been killed in strikes on a military facility in the central city of Dnipro, which had so far been relatively spared by the fighting.
Zelensky Warns Of Donbas 'Genocide'
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in Donbas, where Russian forces are closing in on the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.
In his daily televised address, Zelensky warns that Russia's offensive could empty Donbas of its population.
"All this, including the deportation of our people and the mass killings of civilians, is an obvious policy of genocide pursued by Russia," he says.
Ukraine Flag Removed From Putin Peak
Kyrgyzstan's climbing federation says it has removed a Ukrainian flag from a mountain named after Russian President Vladimir Putin, following a police investigation of the stunt, and replaced it with the Kyrgyz flag.
A climber earlier this week posted a video of the flag on the mountain dubbed Putin Peak, which rises 4,446 metres (14,587 feet) above sea level.
Russian Lawmakers Urge 'Immediate Withdrawal'
Two Communist lawmakers in Russia's far east urge Putin to put an end to Moscow's offensive in Ukraine in a rare public show of dissent.
Lawmaker Leonid Vasyukevich warns "there will be even more orphans in our country" if troops are not immediately withdrawn. He is backed by another lawmaker in the assembly of the Primorsky Krai region.
The head of the local Communist faction says the statement had not been agreed with the party and promises to take "the toughest measures" against the pair.
Russian To Boost Grain Exports
Russia says it plans to ramp up grain exports against the backdrop of a looming global food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.
Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev says Russia will increase its grain exports from over 37 million tonnes in the 2021-2022 season ending 30 June to 50 million tonnes in the new season starting 1 July.
Kyiv and the West blames Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports for stalling grain exports from Europe's breadbasket.
Putin tells Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in a telephone call that the accusations are "groundless" and blamed Western sanctions on Russia for spiralling food prices.
Ukraine's Debt Rating Cut
S&P Global Ratings cuts Ukraine's debt rating and says the outlook is negative, due to the ongoing fallout from the Russian invasion and the expectation the conflict will not end any time soon.
The agency lowers the grade on Ukraine's long- and short-term foreign currency debt to 'CCC+/C' from 'B-/B' due to the "expectation of a prolonged period of macroeconomic instability in the country."
Russia Expects Energy Revenue Windfall
Russia expects to receive US$14.4 billion in additional oil and gas revenues this year, the finance minister says, adding that part of the windfall will be spent on Moscow's offensive in Ukraine.
"We expect to receive up to a trillion roubles in additional oil and gas revenues, according to the forecast that we have developed with the ministry of economic development," Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in remarks broadcast on state television.