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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsCoverage on this live blog has ended, please click here for the latest developments.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the United Nations to act against Russia, saying the Russian military must be held accountable for war crimes and alleged atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere in the country."Now the world can see what Russian military did in Bucha, but the world has yet to see what they have done in other occupied cities and regions of our country," Zelenskyy told the Security Council in an address Tuesday. The announcement follows repeated pleas from Zelenskyy for more weapons to fight Russian forces.The Associated PressLVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces still are trying to push deep into Ukraine in the east, but the Ukrainian army is holding them back.In his daily night-time video address to the nation late Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was aware that Russia was gathering up reinforcements for another offensive.Zelenskyy also said Ukraine is outnumbered both in troops and equipment.“We don’t have a choice — the fate of our land and of our people is being decided,” he said. The announcement follows repeated pleas from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for more weapons to fight Russian forces that invaded on Feb. 24 — and after he detailed alleged war crimes in the city of Bucha to the U.N. Security Council.The U.S. said last week it would provide $300 million in security assistance to Ukraine, including laser-guided rocket systems, armed drones, ammunition and other equipment. But a convoy of seven buses set to evacuate Ukrainians from Mariupol was forced to return after running into a blockade in the area of Mangush, she added.Daniel ArkinBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson decried the savagery of Vladimir Putin's forces and appealed directly to the Russian people to "share" the truth in a video message Tuesday."The reports are so shocking, so sickening, it’s no wonder your government is seeking to hide them from you," Johnson said to Russian citizens, referring to the horrific wave of killings in Bucha, Irpin and elsewhere in Ukraine."Your president knows that if you could see what was happening, you would not support his war," Johnson said. He added that medical care and other municipal services will return to the city after Thursday.Rebecca ShabadUkrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday laid out atrocities committed by Russia in Ukraine in a powerful speech to the U.N. Security Council from Kyiv.Zelenskyy said he visited the city of Bucha near Kyiv on Monday and said the Russian military there “searched for and purposely killed anyone who served our country.”“They shot and killed women outside their houses,” Zelenskyy said. Their tongues were pulled out only because the aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them.”Read the full story here.Daniel ArkinEstonia has expelled 14 Russian officials working at consulates there, including seven people with diplomatic status, the country's ministry of foreign affairs announced Tuesday.Those being ousted from Estonia must leave the country by April 30, the ministry said in a statement.Märt Volmer, the undersecretary for European affairs at the Estonian foreign ministry, said in part that "in light of the constant news of atrocities committed by the Russian forces, including in Bucha and elsewhere, there can be no talk of business as usual."NBC NewsChantal Da SilvaThe European Commission has proposed new sanctions against Russia, including an import ban on coal worth 4 billion euros per year (about $4.4 billion). ReutersSweden will expel three Russian diplomats for spying, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Tuesday, joining a number of European countries that have expelled Russian diplomats in recent days.“It is because they are not following the Vienna Convention and they are undertaking illegal intelligence-gathering operations,” Linde told reporters.France, Belgium and the Netherlands have recently expelled Russian diplomats over alleged spying activity.The moves coincide with outrage across the continent over reports of the discovery of mass graves and of civilian killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha following the retreat of Russian soldiers, conducting what Moscow calls its “special operation” in Ukraine.“It is obvious that war crimes have been committed,” Linde said.The Kremlin denies any accusations related to the murder of civilians, including in Bucha.NBC NewsThe Associated PressJapanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi returned from Poland on Tuesday with 20 Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s ongoing war on their country as Tokyo seeks to play a greater role in international support for Ukraine.During three days in Poland, Hayashi visited facilities for Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw and held talks with Polish officials, international humanitarian organizations and civil groups to assess how Japan can provide support. Russian forces blocked Red Cross representatives on Monday, according to Vereshchuk.“After negotiations, they were released at night and sent to Zaporizhia,” Vereshchuk said.NBC NewsTanya Nedashkivs'ka, 57, mourns the death of her husband, killed in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.Rhoda KwanUkrainian forces have retaken key terrain in the north of Ukraine, according to Britain's defense ministry.It comes after soldiers forced Russian forces to retreat from areas around the city of Chernihiv and around the capital, Kyiv, the ministry said Tuesday in its latest intelligence report.The ministry said that low-level fighting is "likely to continue" in parts of the recaptured regions, but is expected to "diminish significantly over this week" as Russian forces continue to withdraw.It added that many Russian army units withdrawing from northern Ukraine are "likely to require significant re-equipping and refurbishment before being available to redeploy for operations in eastern Ukraine." Chantal Da SilvaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday as Russia faces mounting pressure over alleged atrocities in the town of Bucha, near Kyiv.