Ukraine War Live Updates: Russia Flexes Its Muscles With Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles; Kyiv Still Waiting for Call From China

CNBC's Live Blog on the Ukraine War. The main rehearsals of the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 7, 2020 will feature Russia's RS-24 Yars missile complex.

In the 13-month war Russia is waging against its neighbor, millions of people have been displaced. This includes families and children. Children play on a playground near missile-damaged structures ahead of the visit of Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine), Monday, March 27, 2023.

In mid-August, the Russian defence ministry announced that more than half a milion children had already been brought into Russia. The enemy is still trying to take Bakhmut. Our defenders bravely hold the city and fight the many attacks of the enemy." On March 23, 2023 in Ukraine, residential buildings in Avdiivka are damaged by Russian attacks.

The comments came a day after a pro-Moscow source claimed that Russian forces had advanced in Bakhmut, and were almost in complete control of AZOM Metals in the north of Bakhmut. A Ukrainian soldier and a stray hound next to an armored car in Donetsk Oblast (Ukraine), on March 20, 2023.

This minor country road is now a vital supply line for Ukrainian defense forces. On March 21, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, leave the Kremlin after a reception to honor the Chinese leader's Moscow visit.

"I would like to talk with him." I spoke to him before the war began. This proposal is part and parcel of the countries' position in negotiations on new EU rules for gas markets. In response to Moscow's invasion in Ukraine, the 27-country EU has committed to abandon Russian gas. White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Co-ordinator John Kirby speaks at a White House press briefing in Washington on November 28, 2022.

"We are watching this as closely as we can." Alexei Moskalyov (Russian citizen), who is accused by the Russian government of slandering its armed forces during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, attends court in Yefremov, Tula Region, Russia on March 27, 2023.

The whereabouts were unknown of Alexei Moskalyov. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits Ukrainian Border Guards positions near the Russian border, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine in Sumy Region, Ukraine March 28 2023.

In Sumy Region, Ukraine, March 28, 2023, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the town of Okhtyrka amid Russia's attacks on Ukraine.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits Ukrainian Border Guards positions near the Russian border, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine in Sumy Region, Ukraine, March 28, 2023.

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko visiting the Obuz-Lesnovsky Training Ground in Belarus on January 6, 2023.

German and British tanks land in Ukraine. Russia launches supersonic missiles near Japan