Live updates: Ukraine says Russian warships fire missiles

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian warships around midnight fired missiles and artillery at the Ukrainian sea coast near Tuzla, to the south of Odesa, Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said. ___ HERE ARE TODAY’S KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: — U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week for face-to-face talks with European leaders about Russia’s invasion — Russia has stepped up its bombardment of Kyiv, as a series of strikes hit a residential neighborhood in the capital city — The European Union has imposed new sanctions, including measures that target Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich — The leaders of three European Union countries have traveled to Kyiv — Fox News says two of its journalists were killed in Ukraine when the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by incoming fire Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for updates throughout the day. ___ LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early Wednesday that Russia’s demands during negotiations are becoming “more realistic” after nearly three weeks of war. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who spoke to Russian negotiators via video link on Monday and Tuesday, described the talks as “very difficult and sticky.” He said that “there are fundamental contradictions,” but added that “there is certainly room for compromise.” The talks via video link this week follow three round of negotiations in Belarus that have failed to produce any visible progress. The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin informed Michel about the Russian view of the talks with Ukraine in Tuesday’s call, adding that Ukrainian officials haven’t yet “demonstrated a serious intention to search for mutually acceptable solutions.” Michel said on Twitter that he told Putin about the “urgent need to stop Russia’s fratricidal war against Ukraine” and emphasized that “indiscriminate shelling by Russian forces of Ukraine civilians must stop.” He added that “Russia must urgently enable humanitarian access and safe passage.