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Mykolaiv is a key obstacle for Russian forces trying to move west from Crimea to take Odesa, Ukraines major port on the Black Sea, and it has taken a battering since Putin launched his invasion.

Money from our generous readers is going to major aid organisations in Ukraine and surrounding countries helping refugees fleeing the invasion, which Dame Joan Collins praised on Monday.

Dmitry Peskov, who is a long-time ally of Russias president Vladimir Putin, did not elaborate on what Russia would consider an existential threat.

IAN BIRRELL: Defections have been encouraged by the Ukrainian army with Russia now drawing up drastic measures to prevent their soldiers from leaving the battlefield.

Russia called on Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to lay down their arms, saying a terrible humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding as it said defenders who did so were guaranteed safe passage.

The renewed fire comes as several world leaders - including US President Joe Biden - are about to descend on Brussels to discuss what to do regarding the invasion of Ukraine.

The Mail Force Ukraine Appeal has raised over £8million. Lord and Lady Rothermere have also requested parent company DMGT donate £500,000. The charity is distributing money where it is needed.

Phones 4u billionaire John Caudwell and former Olympian Modesta Vzesniauskaite have joined a number of high-profile figures offering their homes to Ukrainian refugees.

Several thousand people have so-far been taken, Mariupol city council claimed, before being sent to remote cities in Russia where they will be obliged to stay for years and work for free.

Amelia Anisovych, wearing a traditional white Ukrainian outfit, wowed tens of thousands of people in Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland, on Sunday night, with her version of her national anthem.