50 days on, Ukraine continues to resist Russian invasion

Ukrainian forces said they hit and damaged the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, and Russia said its crew was forced to evacuate as a result of a fire without acknowledging an attack, as the battle shifts east and around the battered city of Mariupol where the defenders were still holding out. A satellite image shows the Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Moskva at port in Crimea. (Reuters)

The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia showed their support to Ukraine on a visit to war-ravaged areas and demanded accountability for what they called war crimes. They met with their counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy and visited Borodyanka, one of the towns near Kyiv where evidence of atrocities was found after Russian troops withdrew to focus on the country's east. (Reuters)

A UN task force warned that Russia's war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions. Seen here is a building damaged during fighting in the port city of Mariupol. (AP)

A local resident prepares to cook at an entrance of the building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, on the territory which is now under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern in Mariupol. (AP)

A woman walks with a bicycle in a street destroyed by shellings in Chernihiv. (AP)

A school director Iryna Homenko walks in the hall of a school damaged by an airstrike from Russian forces in Chernihiv. (AP)

Artists produce demining equipment to send to the Ukrainian military, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, at a studio in the city of Perechyn, Zakarpattia region. (Reuters)

Natalya Verbova, 49, and her son Roman Verbovyi, 23, attend the funeral of her husband Andriy Verbovyi, 55, who was killed by Russian soldiers while in the territorial defense in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv. (AP)

Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj-Gen Igor Konashenkov said 1,026 troops from the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade surrendered at a metals factory in Mariupol. But Vadym Denysenko, adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, rejected the claim, telling Current Time TV that "the battle over the seaport is still ongoing today". (Reuters)