The plan foresees joint controls of ships as they leave and arrive at Black Sea ports and a mechanism to ensure the safety of the transfer routes as war rages.

Russian forces have fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine, attacks that Ukrainian officials say killed at least 17 more civilians.

The precision of the strike suggested Ukrainian forces used U.S-supplied multiple-launch High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, to hit the area.

The Russian passport move appears to be part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy, which could also involve annexation of territory into the Russian Federation.

Yuliia Paievska, who was able to get video from Mariupol to journalists before she was captured, says she constantly thinks about the prisoners she left behind when she was traded.