Russia-Ukraine talks due as blasts rock Kyiv, Kharkiv

• Talks between Ukraine and Russia are due to begin on Monday morning near the Belarus border, reports TASS news agency.
• Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the next 24 hours are “crucial”.
• Ukraine’s military says Sunday was a “difficult time” for its troops and that Russian forces “continue shelling in almost all directions”.
• Ukraine’s health ministry says 352 civilians, including 14 children, have been killed since the beginning of Russia’s invasion.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has put Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert.
• Kharkiv governor says Ukrainian troops have full control of the city after street fighting with Russian forces.

Singapore to impose ‘sanctions and restrictions’ on Russia
Singapore intends to impose “appropriate sanctions and restrictions” on Russia, foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan has told parliament, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

“Singapore intends to act in concert with many other like-minded countries to impose appropriate sanctions and restrictions against Russia,” it quoted Balakrishnan as saying.

He said Singapore, a major financial and shipping hub, would impose export controls on items that could be used as weapons to harm or subjugate people in Ukraine, the report said.

S.Korea bans exporting strategic items to Russia, joins SWIFT sanctions
South Korea has decided to tighten export controls against Russia by banning exports of strategic items, and join Western countries’ moves to block some Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments system, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.