Adviser for Ukrainian president says 'Bennett has at no point told Zelensky how to act'; senior Israeli official calls report 'patently false' as PM continues mediation efforts

Ukraine's Deputy PM says several humanitarian corridors might open Saturday for the thousands trapped in Ukraine's besieged cities; Ukrainian general staff says Russian forces taking heavy losses. pushed to 'unfavorable positions' near Belarus

Russian forces continue pounding Ukrainian cities into rubble as fighting rages on; Zelensky encourages people to keep up their resistance, reports that 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers have died in fighting

Bulk of Russian ground forces outside Kyiv, says UK, could attack city center within days; Ukraine says humanitarian corridors threatened by Russian shelling; EU to impose new sanctions on Russia