Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Russia called the move illegal. * Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said Kyiv presented Moscow with a draft peace deal that contained "unacceptable" elements that deviated from a previous proposal. You give us weapons, we sacrifice our lives, and the war is contained in Ukraine," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

Ukraine stepped up calls for financial sanctions crippling enough to force Moscow to end the war and its officials rushed to evacuate civilians from cities and towns in the east before an anticipated major Russian offensive there. FIGHTING

* Capturing Mariupol is still the main focus of Russian troops and Russian battalions are blockading and bombarding the northeastern city of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian military said. * Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia had sustained "significant losses" in Ukraine.

* The United States will send new weapon systems to Ukraine, after NATO foreign ministers agreed to accelerate arms deliveries. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned of a war that could last months or even years. * At least 160,000 civilians are trapped in Mariupol without power and with little food or running water, the city mayor said, putting the civilian death toll in the city at about 5,000. Reuters was not able to verify the numbers.

* The mayor said 40,000 residents had been forcibly deported to Russia, which has called the arrivals refugees. * A total of 4,892 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors, Ukraine said. It hopes to open 10 such corridors.

DIPLOMACY, ECONOMY * The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council and expressed grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Russia called the move illegal.

* Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said Kyiv presented Moscow with a draft peace deal that contained "unacceptable" elements that deviated from a previous proposal. * European Union envoys are set to approve on Thursday a ban on Russian coal that wouldn't take full effect until mid-August.

QUOTES * "I think the deal that Ukraine is offering is fair. You give us weapons, we sacrifice our lives, and the war is contained in Ukraine," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. (Compiled by Michael Perry, Frank Jack Daniel, Alexandra Hudson)