Ukraine: What happened today?

Russia has been told to stop bombing Ukrainian cities before talks on a ceasefire can start while Ukraine's leader appeals to the EU to grant the country membership to the bloc

A woman takes photos of a destroyed accommodation building near a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Russia has been told to stop bombing Ukrainian cities before talks on a ceasefire can start.

That is according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who today called on Russia to "stop the bombing and then sit down at the negotiating table."