Ukrainian MPs sing national anthem at emergency parliamentary session in Kyiv

Among several laws passed at the session the MPs extended martial law in Ukraine by 30 days – to April 24 – and approved an extra $2bn in military spending.

More than 350 out of 425 Ukrainian MPs are said to have attended the emergency sitting in the Verkhovna Rada (Inna Sovsun/PA)

Hundreds of Ukrainian MPs have gathered again for an emergency parliamentary session to pass laws in response to Russia’s invasion and sing their national anthem.

Inna Sovsun, the deputy leader of the Holos Party, was among those at the emergency session in the Verkhovna Rada in the centre of Ukraine’s capital – which Russian bombardments have edged closer to in recent days.