Smoke rises over Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Sunday. Fighting between Russia and Ukraine has escalated despite talks being held Monday at the Belarussian border. Photo: VCG

Smoke billows over the town of Vasylkiv outside Kyiv on Sunday after an oil depot caught fire during battle. Photo: VCG

Vehicles are burnt after shelling in a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Monday. According to city authorities, at least nine were killed and 37 were wounded in rocket attacks across the city. Photo: IC Photo

Attacks near Kyiv led to the destruction of a bridge on Monday. Photo: IC Photo

Charred military vehicles are seen on a road near the town of Bucha outside Kyiv on Monday. Photo: IC Photo

A man checks the façade of a bomb-damaged building in Kyiv on Friday. The authorities announced a curfew in the capital and other cities on Thursday. Photo: VCG

People receive free bread Monday from a bread factory in Kyiv. Photo: VCG

People wait in line outside a pharmacy to purchase supplies on Monday in Kyiv. Photo: VCG

Locals prepare Molotov cocktails Sunday at a park in Dnipro, a city to the southeast of Kyiv. Photo: IC Photo

A member of Ukrainian forces patrols downtown Kyiv wearing a Guy Fawkes mask on Sunday. Photo: VCG

A member of the Ukrainian forces patrols a street near Kyiv’s Maidan square on Sunday. The city’s mayor tightened curfew rules on Saturday amid escalating warfare. Photo: VCG

New members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces practice rifle handling in Kyiv on Monday. Photo: IC Photo

A handout satellite image shows a Russian military convoy north of Ivankiv, Ukraine on Monday. Photo: IC Photo

Russia’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky (second left) takes part Monday in Russia-Ukraine talks in Belarus with other delegations, including Leonid Slutsky (first left), chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. Photo: VCG

(From right) Mykhailo Podoliyak, advisor to the head of the President’s Office of Ukraine, Davyd Arakhamia, member of the Servant of the People political party, and Oleksii Reznikov, defense minister of Ukraine, participated in the talks with Russia on Monday. Photo: VCG

The first negotiations between the two countries since the start of Russia’s military operations lasted around six hours and ended without breakthroughs. Both parties agreed to hold a second round of negotiations soon. Photo: VCG