Small progress made in peace talks, but civilians still trapped - Ukraine and Russia latest: the top headlines

Monday, March 7, 2022, is the twelfth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and it is also another day where refugees have struggled to escape fighting, reports suggest.

In the course of the conflict, two ceasefires designed to allow civilians to flee embattled cities have collapsed.

However, a third round of peace talks made small progress on the issues, both Ukrainian and Russian negotiators say.

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Those peace talks are not set to end any time soon, according to French President Macron, who believes a negotiated end to the conflict is weeks away.

Here are the top five headlines from the war today.

Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘medieval’ tactics

The worsening humanitarian crisis — which has displaced more than 1 million people in under two weeks — continues to uproot Ukrainians, Yuras Karmanau, from Associated Press reports.

Russian forces intensified their shelling in a move Kyiv condemned as a medieval-style siege by Moscow to batter it into submission.

A third round of talks between the two sides ended with a top Ukrainian official saying there had been minor, unspecified progress towards establishing safe corridors that would allow civilians to escape the fighting.

Talks end with minor progress

An adviser to the Ukrainian president says a little progress has been made on safe corridors to allow civilians to flee some besieged Ukrainian cities during a third round of talks with Russia, PA reports suggest.

Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said without elaboration that “there were some small positive shifts regarding logistics of humanitarian corridors”.

He said that consultations will continue on