Russia-Ukraine live news: UN to vote on Russia after ‘atrocities’

UN members will decide on a US-initiated resolution to suspend Russia from the organisation’s leading human rights body

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is preparing to vote on a US-initiated resolution to suspend Russia from the world body’s Human Rights Council.

Ukraine has urged citizens in the country’s east to flee as Moscow refocuses its offensive on the Donbas region, Qazet.az reports.

President Alexander Lukashenko says Belarus must be involved in any deal brokered to end the war.

Russia’s prime minister says attempts to isolate Moscow from the global economy will fail as Western powers roll out new sanctions.