- The fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine is likely to take place on Thursday in Belarus.

- Ukraine and Russia had agreed upon six humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians on Wednesday.

- A ceasefire was announced from 9:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) to 9:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) Wednesday.

- Both the U.S. and UK announced a halt on Russian oil imports.

- EU on Wednesday also said it's stepping up sanctions against Russia and Belarus. 

- Kremlin on Wednesday said the U.S. had launched an economic war against Moscow.

- Russian government recently introduced a slew of measures to limit the economic fallout of the sanctions.