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The restrictions will end on March 7 if case numbers remain low. In Hong Kong, the worst outbreak of the pandemic is overloading hospitals.

The Treasury Department announced a freeze on Russian Central Bank assets. Delegations from Kyiv and Moscow were meeting for talks in Belarus, even as Ukraine said dozens were killed in a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed to a meeting “without preconditions,” even as his country’s military and citizens resisted Russia’s invasion and the world rallied in support.

Many caution that new variants could still emerge and the country is ill equipped for yet another wave.

The war is prompting protests and forcing countries and companies to pick sides in the growing conflict. An apartment building is hit by a missile in Kyiv, injuring at least a half dozen people.

The new approach is likely to take into account local conditions, including hospitalizations. Mass migration from the crisis in Ukraine will leave little room for pandemic considerations.

President Biden’s choice ended a monthlong search to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who is retiring. Few Republicans are expected to back her nomination.

Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov made clear that Russia would not negotiate until Ukraine stopped fighting. Ukraine’s leaders told Kyiv residents to “prepare Molotov cocktails” to defend the capital.

Follow the market and business fallout from the latest shock to the global economy.

Several Ukrainian cities were under attack on Thursday morning. President Biden condemned President Vladimir Putin’s actions, saying he would speak to the American people on Thursday.