Live: Russia denies theatre bombing as war enters third week

Thursday marks the start of the third week of war in Ukraine, after the invasion launched by Moscow on 24 February.

The fighting has forced more than three million Ukrainians to flee their homes, with thousands of people killed or wounded and widespread damage in the wake of shelling and aerial bombardments.

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Following weeks of disorder and disorganisation, Belgium is finally starting to cope with the massive influx of refugees from Ukraine, setting up a new, much larger registration centre.

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Panama's Maritime Authority says a Panamanian-flagged merchant ship was sunk by Russian missile fire in the Black Sea, while two other ships were damaged. 

The authority's administrator Noriel Arauz said Wednesday the crews are safe and sound. 

"We know that three boats (flagged as Panamanian) were victims of Russian missile attacks" Arauz told reporters.

One of these ships "sunk, and two are staying afloat but have suffered material damage" he added.

Around 8,000 vessels, some 17%, of the world's merchant fleet are registered in Panama and authorities say a dozen ships are currently stuck in the Black Sea, blocked from leaving by Russia's navy. 

Russia's Ministry of Defence says it is not responsible for Tuesday attacks on a theatre and swimming pool facility in the besieged southern Ukraine city of Mariupol.

Local authorities say more than a thousand civilians were sheltering in the buildings at the time of a Russian Air Force bombing with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy saying the theatre is destroyed, and "the number of dead is not yet known."  

"The world must finally admit that Russia has become a terrorist state"