Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin says 'certain positive movements' in negotiations

A third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine ended without any resolution.

Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials.

The attack began Feb. 24, when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation."

Russian forces moving from neighboring Belarus toward Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, have advanced closer to the city center in recent days despite the resistance, coming within about 9 miles as of Friday.

Russia has been met by sanctions from the United States, Canada and countries throughout Europe, targeting the Russian economy as well as Putin himself.

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NATO won't fight Russian forces in Ukraine

In a joint press conference in Estonia, when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg were asked why there isn't a no-fly zone over Ukraine, they said NATO will provide defensive military support by providing arms, but ultimately NATO is a defensive alliance and they won't fight Russian forces in Ukraine.

"When it comes to a no-fly zone... we have to accept the reality that involves shooting down Russian planes," Johnson said. "That's a very, very big step that is simply not on the agenda of any NATO country."

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said NATO should be prepared to defend the most vulnerable part of NATO, which is the Baltic countries, and need to move from a "forward presence to forward defense, and from air policing to air defense."

Johnson also said, "If Vladimir Putin thinks he's going to push NATO back by what he's doing, he's gravely mistaken. This will end up with a fortified and strengthened NATO on his Western flank -- you'll have more NATO, not less NATO."

-ABC News' Christine Theodorou


136 civilian deaths reported

A spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said 136 civilians have been killed in Ukraine, including 13 children.

Another 400 Ukrainian civilians have been wounded, spokesperson Liz Throssell said.


1 million refugees from Ukraine have entered Poland

More than 1 million refugees from Ukraine have fled to Poland since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24, Poland's Border Guard said on Sunday.

"This is a million human tragedies, a million people banished from their homes by the war," the Border Guard said in a statement on Twitter, noting that its latest tally was from 8 p.m. local time.

Earlier Sunday, Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine to multiple neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began, including Romania, Hungary, Moldova and Slovakia.

-ABC News' Christopher Donato and Christine Theodorou