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Live updates: Esteemed theater director taken by Russians

A man helps a disable elderly Ukrainian to embark a train as a children waves at the train station in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The United Nations says more than 3.5 million people — mainly women and children — have fled Ukraine in the four weeks since Russian tanks rolled across the border and Moscow began bombarding towns and cities. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

People embark a train in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.The United Nations says more than 3.5 million people — mainly women and children — have fled Ukraine in the four weeks since Russian tanks rolled across the border and Moscow began bombarding towns and cities. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A sticker with the image known as "Saint Javelin" depicting a saint holding a Javelin, an American-made portable anti-tank missile system, is displayed in an artists co-living studio space that is used as a bomb shelter and a place to help the Territorial Defense Units, in Kyiv, Ukraine,Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

U.S. President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Melsbroek military airport in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

A Ukrainian woman sits on a bed at an exhibition hall, turned into a refugee center in Nadarzyn, near Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The United Nations says more than 3.5 million people — mainly women and children — have fled Ukraine in the four weeks since Russian tanks rolled across the border and Moscow began bombarding towns and cities. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A Ukrainian serviceman guards the area as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, right, speaks during a press conference next to his brother, former heavyweight boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko, in Kyiv, Ukraine,Wednesday, March 23, 2022. From a public park in the city, Klitschko said 264 civilians had so far died from Russian bombardment on the capital, including four children. As he spoke to reporters, explosions and loud gunfire echoed across the city. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Municipal workers finish covering a statue of Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri with sandbags to protect it from potential damage from shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The statue, by sculptor Luciano Massari, was inaugurated in 2015 to mark 750 years since Dante's birth. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Volunteers load a vehicle with sandbags to defend the city, in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western officials say that Ukrainian resistance has halted much of Russia's advance. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Ukrainians check rifles in a gun shop in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The rush for guns and gun training continued in the western city of Lviv. The state of war has streamlined gun purchasing in Ukraine, now simplified. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Members of Japan's lower house parliament applaud as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivering a virtual address to Japanese lawmakers in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Live updates: Esteemed theater director taken by Russians