Meanwhile, the port city of Mariupol, which has seen some of the worst devastation of the invasion so far, is now largely “in the hands of [Russian] conquerors “, said the mayor of the city. Elsewhere, Roman Abramovich reportedly survived an alleged poisoning attempt earlier this month after attending peace talks with Ukraine. Read below the main developments from this afternoon and follow all the latest updates on our liveblog here.
1. Roman Abramovich was “poisoned” in the peace negotiations
Roman Abramovich reportedly survived an alleged poisoning attempt earlier this month. Mr Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after a meeting in Kyiv in early March, the Wall Street Journal reported. The oligarch is said to have had symptoms such as flaking of the skin on his face and hands and red teary eyes. He has since recovered from the symptoms, the newspaper reported. Read the full story here.
