Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

* Two blasts were heard in the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, two witnesses told Reuters, days after Russian authorities accused Ukrainian forces of striking a fuel depot there. CIVILIANS * The European Union accused Russian troops of committing atrocities in the Kyiv region after the mayor of the town of Bucha said 300 residents had been killed during a month-long occupation by Russian forces.

Ukrainian and European officials expressed outrage at what they said were atrocities committed by Russian forces near Kyiv before they withdrew from the region to focus their attacks elsewhere. FIGHTING * Russia missiles struck "critical infrastructure", most likely a fuel depot, near Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa but there were no casualties, officials in the city said. * Russian naval forces continue to blockade the Ukrainian coast on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, preventing resupply by sea, British military intelligence said. * Two blasts were heard in the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, two witnesses told Reuters, days after Russian authorities accused Ukrainian forces of striking a fuel depot there.

CIVILIANS * The European Union accused Russian troops of committing atrocities in the Kyiv region after the mayor of the town of Bucha said 300 residents had been killed during a month-long occupation by Russian forces. * A leading rights group said it had documented what it described as "apparent war crimes" committed by Russian military forces against civilians in Ukraine. * Work on evacuating people with the help of the Red Cross from Mariupol will continue on Sunday with buses attempting to come close to the besieged city, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. PEACE TALKS * Russia will achieve all of the aims of its "special military operation" in Ukraine and hopes that Moscow and Kyiv can ultimately sign some sort of peace deal, the Kremlin said, Interfax news agency reported * Russia said peace talks with Ukraine had not progressed enough for a leaders' meeting and that Moscow's position on the status of Crimea and Donbas remained unchanged. * Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia had told Ukrainian television on Saturday that the draft deal was advanced enough to allow consultations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

QUOTES * "We were sitting in the cellar for two weeks. There was food but no light, no heating to warm up," a 66-year old man called Vasili in the town of Bucha, describing life before Russian troops departed. "We put the water on candles to warm it ... We slept in felt boots."