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Russia-Ukraine war latest: What you need to know today, March 10

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 – Ukraine president calls Russian shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol the ‘ultimate evidence of genocide’

  • Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has landed in Turkey for the face-to-face talks
  • Britain is planning to supply Starstreak anti-aircraft weapons 
  • Leaders of the 27-nation EU are to meet in Versailles on Thursday and Friday
  • Russia’s foreign ministry has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine, Britain said.
  • More than 40,000 civilians were evacuated from across Ukraine on Weednesday but authorities struggled to get people away from conflict zones around the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol
  • Ukraine has accused Russian forces of “holding 400,000 people hostage” in Mariupol
  • The United States has seen indications that Russia is dropping “dumb bombs” – unguided munitions with no precise target – on Ukraine