Russia Ukraine war highlights

#More mass graves around Mariupol – Mayor

#Russian troops made a deeper push into the key eastern city of Severodonetsk, fighting street by street with the forces of Ukraine on Monday while Moscow intensifies its efforts to seize the stronghold of the Luhansk region.

#According to a Russian separatist leader, Russian forces now control one-third of Severodonetsk.

#The mayor of Mariupol said that the city staff found 25 new trenches where the bodies were placed in “layers” and that the Russian occupants buried at least 16,000 inhabitants in mass graves close to the city since mid-April.

#The Kremlin says Russia Vladimir Putin told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Moscow is willing to facilitate the unhindered export of wheat from Ukrainian ports in coordination with Turkey.

#Charles Michel, President of the European Council, announces an agreement among the countries of the European Union to ban most of Russia’s oil imports.