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Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the US, UK and EU – along with countries like Australia, Canada and Japan – have imposed more than 21,000 sanctions on Moscow, external.

Here’s a look at some of them:

• Around $350bn (£276bn) of Russia’s foreign currency reserves – about half of its total – were frozen in 2022
• About 70% of Russian bank assets, external were also frozen, and some banks were excluded from Swift, a key financial messaging system
• The US and UK banned Russian oil and natural gas, while the EU stopped seaborne crude imports
• The G7 set a price cap of $60 (£47) a barrel on Russian crude oil to limit the country’s earnings

And that’s not all – read the full story for more on how these sanctions have hit Russia’s economy.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Mykhaylo Podolyak, a key adviser to President Zelensky's chief of staff, has sounded a positive note ahead of Trump's latest warning to Russia.

"Can we say that cooperation with the US has been restored in full? Practically yes," he says in an interview. "We've been hearing statements that they are ready to continue working on the framework agreement on mineral resources, they're saying that they can meet at various levels to discuss particulars of the talks on settling the war, and so on and so forth.

Podolyak says all these are "absolutely constructive work", although adding that a week ago, "many thought relations had been severed for a long time."

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Before the US president warned Russia that he is "strongly considering" more sanctions to push for a peace deal, he had been putting pressure on Ukraine.

At the start of the week, the White House said the US would pause military aid while assessing whether it is "contributing to a solution".

On 4 March, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the president was working to "get the Russians to a negotiating table". A day later, the US announced it would stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine.

US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said at the time the Trump administration was pausing and reviewing "all aspects of this relationship".

This new Truth Social post may sound like a change in tone, but it's not a new position - Back in January, shortly after taking office, Trump warned of high tariffs and more sanctions if Putin didn't end the war.

As we've been reporting, President Trump says he's considering new sanctions on Russia. But what exactly are sanctions?

Sanctions are penalties imposed by one country on another, to stop them acting aggressively or breaking international law.

They are among the toughest measures nations can take, short of going to war.

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, the US, UK and EU, along with countries including Australia, Canada and Japan, have imposed more than 21,000 sanctions on Russia., external

Their main target has been Russia's money and oil industry.

Western nations have also:

• banned exports of technology Russia might use for making weapons
• banned imports of gold and diamonds from Russia
• banned flights from Russia
• sanctioned oligarchs - the wealthy business people linked with the Kremlin - and impounded their yachts

Trump's latest message on his Truth Social platform talks about "the absolute 'pounding' Ukraine" is getting, and follows Russia's overnight attacks which hit residential areas and key energy infrastructure.

In the southern port city of Odesa, the regional administration says several fires broke out, bringing firefighters to the scene. Here's a clip from footage shared by the state emergency service:

Donald Trump says he's considering new sanctions and tariffs on Russia, following a wave of overnight strikes on Ukraine.

He writes: "Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely 'pounding' Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED.

"To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late. Thank you!!!"

Rob Cameron
BBC Prague Correspondent

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Slovakia's populist prime minister has reiterated that his country will not give Ukraine money or weapons to continue its war against Russia.

Robert Fico has also emphasised that the European Council had made no concrete commitment to Ukraine regarding the provision of mandatory financial and military aid at its summit on Thursday.

Speaking at a press conference, Fico says according to the closing statement, any assistance to Ukraine would continue to be on a voluntary basis, and Slovakia would certainly not be among those countries that would be providing it.

He welcomes an acknowledgement in the text of Slovakia's concerns regarding negotiations on the renewal of supplies of Russian natural gas to Central Europe via Ukraine, and says that Bratislava would now exert maximum pressure on Kyiv to resolve the matter.

Twenty-six EU countries - including Slovakia - signed off on a statement that drew red lines for future peace talks, called for Kyiv's accession to the EU and pledged future military aid, without setting specific targets. Hungary did not sign it.

Adam Easton
Warsaw Correspondent

We can now bring you some more comments from Donald Tusk, who has just been addressing the lower house of the Polish parliament.

The prime minister says the Ukrainian army has 800,000 soldiers, whilst Russia has around 1.3 million and he wants to increase the size of the Polish army, including reservists, to 500,000 - that's up from around 200,000 now.

“It seems if we organise things wisely, and I’m talking constantly with the minister of defence, we will have to use several courses of action. That means the reservists, but also intensive training to make those who do not go into the army fully-fledged and competent soldiers during a conflict,” he adds.

Tusk does not rule out women undergoing mandatory military training, but says “war, is still to a greater extent the domain of men”.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said work is under way to make all adult men in the country undergo military training.

“We will try to have a model ready by the end of this year so that every adult male in Poland is trained in the event of war, so that this reserve is comparable and adequate to the potential threats,” Tusk says in a speech to the lower house of the Polish parliament.

He also says he supports Poland withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines, and also possibly from the Dublin Convention that bans the use of cluster munitions. He says he will ask the defence minister for his opinion on the matters.

Tusk adds that he thinks Poland should spend 5% of its GDP on defence. This year, the government plans to spend 4.7% of GDP on defence - the highest in Nato.

Earlier, President Duda proposed amending the constitution to make defence spending at a level of 4% of GDP compulsory.

Adam Easton
Warsaw Correspondent

Polish president Andrzej Duda has said he wants to change the constitution to make defence spending of at least 4% of GDP mandatory.

Duda said he had submitted a draft amendment to the constitution to the parliamentary speaker to enforce the change.

Following Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, Poland already spends more than 4% of its GDP on defence.

Last year, it spent the equivalent of 4.1% of its GDP on defence and plans to raise that to 4.7% this year.

James Waterhouse
Ukraine correspondent in the Donetsk region

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"We know what's coming," says Mariya as she packs up the TV in her flat in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka. "We're tired all day [and suffer] moods and panic attacks. It's constantly depressing, and we're scared."

In February, Russia captured the strategic town of Avdiivka. Since then, the invaders have advanced further west, and taken several villages.

Ukraine says its forces are "holding on". But Russian troops are now attacking in five areas along the 1,100km (700 mile) front line.

Over 1.2 million people have left the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region since Russia's full scale invasion two years ago.

And it's here in the eastern Donetsk region that Ukraine's defenders are being tested the most.

People in cities like Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka (where we reported a fatality occurred this morning) and Kramatorsk are now facing a fast-approaching front line, and even occupation.

Russia is using its size, air superiority and deeper ammunition reserves to keep pushing, at a time when Western military aid to Ukraine is running low or being held up by domestic politics.

• Continue reading about how Ukrainians in the east are bracing for Russia's advance

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

We can now bring you an update from a city in Ukraine's east, which is facing a fast-approaching front line.

The emergency services in Kostyantynivka, in the eastern Donbas region, say one person was killed and one person wounded after Russia shelled residential parts of the city.

Search and rescue operations had to be suspended after Russian attacks resumed while emergency workers were on site, Ukrainian state emergency service DSNS says.

In all, 33 residential buildings and eight apartment blocks were damaged in the attack, it adds.

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If you are just joining us, let's bring you up to date with some of the key developments from the last couple of hours:

• Ukraine says its energy and gas infrastructure has again been attacked by Russian missiles and drones - its energy minister has accused Moscow of intentionally trying to harm the civilian population
• Officials in Odesa and Kharkiv say these waves of attacks have left infrastructure damaged and homes on fire
• Several people were injured in Kharkiv while the military administration in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk says Russian glide bombs injured seven people, including two children
• French-made Mirage jets have been deployed in Ukraine's war with Russia for the first time, according to Ukraine's air force
• The Kremlin has denied suggestions that the overnight attack was in response to a ceasefire proposal suggested by Emmanuel Macron

• Elsewhere, the US and Ukraine have said they will hold talks in Saudi Arabia next Tuesday to discuss a potential ceasefire with Russia - delegations for both Washington and Kyiv will be in attendance

A Ukrainian professor from Kyiv, who is now residing in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, tells the BBC that the atmosphere across the city today is "stressful".

"People are unsure and uncertain about whatever is going to come because there have been constant drone raids, ballistic missile attacks, guided air bomb attacks," Oleksandr Chyrvoni says. "So it is pretty hard, to put it mildly."

But he says Ukrainians would rather keep fighting than accept a deal that is "humiliating for Ukraine".

"The first thought would always be 'I wish the war ended tomorrow' and that's a prevalent thought of course, but on the other hand people are very much concerned about the fact that this deal might be humiliating for Ukraine," he says.

"Because of that I think people are willing to endure for some time longer," he adds.

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion three years ago.

Russia has slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year, mostly in the east of Ukraine, but Ukrainian forces have made those advances as slow and difficult as possible and have staged a counter-offensive into Russian territory.

Its full-scale invasion began with dozens of missile strikes on cities all over Ukraine before dawn on 24 February 2022. Ground troops moved in quickly and within a few weeks were in control of large areas of Ukraine and had advanced to the suburbs of Kyiv.

Below is a reminder of how the war has progressed, and you can look at detailed maps here showing the current state of the conflict.

We're getting more images showing the scale of the destruction from overnight strikes in the southern port city of Odesa, as well as the eastern city of Pokrovsk - here's the latest:

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The city of Pokrovsk is a key logistics hub on the front line of the war - the map below shows the battle lines around the city as of Monday:

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

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More from Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

He denies suggestions that the overnight attack on Ukraine was carried out in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s ceasefire proposal.

Responding to a question at a daily press briefing, Peskov says: “We disagree with this point of view. Our military continues the special military operation. As part of this operation, it targets facilities connected to the military industrial complex and weapons production in Ukraine.”

• For context, Macron proposed a four-week truce "in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure" earlier this week. It would not cover ground fighting along the front line in the east

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Kremlin threatens to respond following “confrontational rhetoric” from Brussels.

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells a daily news briefing: “The EU is now actively discussing its militarisation and specifically developing its defence sector. This is a process we’re watching closely because the EU presents Russia as the main adversary.

"This militarisation is mostly aimed against the Russian Federation. Potentially, this can be the subject of deep concern for us, and cause us to take relevant reciprocal measures to ensure our security.

"And of course, this confrontational rhetoric and discussions in Brussels and European capitals are seriously at odds with searching for ways of peaceful settlement in Ukraine.”

Peskov also says Russia was “in touch” with the US on preparing for talks on Ukraine, but there are “no new details”, and Moscow has not appointed a chief negotiator for talks with the US on Ukraine yet.

• As a reminder, the EU said yesterday that they "will accelerate the mobilisation of the necessary instruments and financing in order to bolster the security of the European Union and the protection of our citizens"

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of targeting "infrastructure that ensures normal life", following last night's attacks.

Almost 70 missiles and nearly 200 drones were used in strikes on energy and gas infrastructure, he writes in Ukrainian on Telegram.

Residential buildings were also hit, with a Russian missile striking a house in Kharkiv, leaving people injured, he says.

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Zelensky thanks France for supplying F-16 and Mirage-2000 jets, saying they have been particularly effective against Russian cruise missiles.

The Ukrainian president says the first steps towards "real peace" must include "silence in the skies" and "silence at sea".

"Ukraine is ready to pursue the path to peace, and it is Ukraine that strives for peace from the very first second of this war. The task is to force Russia to stop the war," he writes.

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As we've reported, Ukraine has used French Mirage jets for the first time to repel Russian attacks overnight.

France pledged the jets last June when Emmanuel Macron announced they would be sent to Ukraine and that Ukrainian pilots would be trained over the summer.

The jets arrived in February after pilots completed their training in December.