Russia-Ukraine crisis: What you need to know right now

A Red Cross convoy heading to Mariupol will try again to evacuate civilians from the besieged port as Russian forces looked to be regrouping for new attacks in the southeast.

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FIGHTING

* Ukraine recaptured more territory around Kyiv from Russian soldiers who left shattered villages and their own abandoned tanks as they moved away from the capital.

* Russian missiles hit Poltava and Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings, the head of the region said. [L2N2W004M]

* The United States will work with allies to transfer Soviet-made tanks to Ukraine soon to bolster its defences in the Donbas region, the New York Times reported.

* The U.S. military, seeking to lower nuclear tensions with Russia, cancelled an intercontinental ballistic missile test that it had initially aimed only to delay, the Air Force told Reuters.

* In the Russian border city of Belgorod, a logistics hub for its war effort, Moscow said Ukrainian helicopters struck a fuel depot, causing a huge fire. Ukraine denied responsibility.

ECONOMY, DIPLOMACY

* The United States added 120 Russian and Belarusian entities, mostly companies linked to the military, to the list of those restricted from receiving U.S. supplies and goods.

* Sanctions by the United States and its allies are pushing Russia into recession and starting to turn it back into a closed economy, a senior U.S. Treasury official said.

* Europe vowed to stay united against Russia`s demand that they pay for its gas in roubles, as the threat of an imminent supply halt eased.

* China told the EU it would seek peace in Ukraine but on its own terms, deflecting pressure for a tougher stance towards Russia.

QUOTES

* "An entire bus was shot out. We were on a bus for civilians. There were about 20 people on board, 14 people survived. Eight dead bodies," Yulia told Reuters Television from her Chuhuiv hospital bed.