Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Russia wants to seize all of southern and eastern Ukraine, from Russian-occupied Crimea to a pro-Russian region of neighbouring Moldova, said Russian General Rustam Minnekayev, far wider aims than previously acknowledged. QUOTES Moscow has "acknowledged that the goal of the 'second phase' of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine," Ukraine's defence ministry said.

Russia wants to seize all of southern and eastern Ukraine, from Russian-occupied Crimea to a pro-Russian region of neighbouring Moldova, said Russian General Rustam Minnekayev, far wider aims than previously acknowledged. FIGHTING

* Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said "there is a possibility" a humanitarian corridor out of Mariupol could be opened on Saturday. * Ukraine's general staff said Russian forces had increased attacks all along the eastern front and were trying to mount an offensive in the Kharkiv region north of the Donbas. Russia said it had captured a large arms depot in the Kharkiv region.

* Ukrainian fighters and foreign mercenaries were still "securely blockaded" at the Azovstal steel plant in the key southeastern port of Mariupol, Russia's defence ministry said. DIPLOMACY, ECONOMY

* Zelenskiy warned that Russia's invasion was just the beginning and that Moscow has designs on capturing other countries. * Biden pledged $800 million in more weaponry for Ukraine and said he would ask Congress for more money to help bolster support for the Ukrainian military as it faces the fresh onslaught. Zelenskiy said allies were finally delivering the weapons Kyiv had asked for.

* U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will hold talks with Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. * Ukraine is working with lawyers on a mechanism to use frozen Russian funds to compensate it for its economic losses, its justice minister told Reuters.

* World Bank President David Malpass said the food security crisis caused by the war was likely to last months and that Ukraine had suffered some $60 billion worth of physical damage. QUOTES

Moscow has "acknowledged that the goal of the 'second phase' of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine," Ukraine's defence ministry said. "Imperialism as it is." (Compiled by Rosalba O'Brien and William Mallard)