Facts

• US Sec. of State Anthony Blinken has said that China may be considering providing Russian forces with arms and ammunition. He warned China's top diplomat and state councilor, Wang Yi, during a meeting on Sunday that providing any such weapons would pose a "serious problem."
• The meeting between Blinken and his Chinese counterpart took place on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich. While Blinken said that the provision of "lethal assistance" would provoke "consequences," Mr Wang said the US should "resolve the damage" to bilateral relations caused by Washington's "indiscriminate use of force."
• Also at the Munich Security Conference, US VP Kamala Harris confirmed on Saturday that Joe Biden's administration has formally found that Russia has committed crimes against humanity during its invasion of Ukraine. "I say to all those who have perpetrated these crimes," she said, "you will be held to account."
• Moscow's Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, responded to the charge on Sunday by saying the US was trying to "demonize Russia." In comments made on Telegram, Antonov wrote: "There is no doubt that the purpose of such attacks is to justify Washington's own actions to fuel the Ukrainian crisis."
• Elsewhere, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that most of Ukraine still had power, despite a series of intensified Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. Grid operator Ukrenergo had reportedly not imposed any extra restrictions on consumption on Sunday, according to electricity producer DTEK.
• On the ground, 10 settlements in Kharkiv were shelled over the past day, killing one civilian and injuring two others. Demining continues in territories formerly occupied by Moscow's forces — 89 explosives were neutralized during the day on Saturday, according to Ukrainian news.