What's the latest ? April 24, 11AM

The latest developments

If you're just joining us, here are the latest developments this morning. Qazet.az reports:

• The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary for Defence Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv today, according to Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky.
• In the same press conference on Saturday evening, Zelensky warned that Ukraine would abandon peace talks with Moscow if Russia kills any of Mariupol's last defenders or if Russia holds an independence referendum in the occupied city of Kherson
• Ukraine's armed forces say Russia continues to attack its units in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, where hundreds of people are said to be sheltering. It adds that air strikes have been carried out in the area and evacuations from the southern city have been halted
• Elsewhere, at least eight civilians have been killed in Odesa after Russian shelling hit a residential building
• In other diplomatic news, the UN's Secretary General Antonio Guterres will head to Turkey on Monday before visiting Moscow and Ukraine later in the week