KYIV: Finland on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) sought to allay Moscow's fears about its bid to join NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), as fierce fighting raged in Ukraine's east, slowing a Russian advance.

Wives and parents of Ukrainian fighters trapped in the bowels of a besieged steel plant in the country's south, meanwhile, made a desperate appeal to China to help secure their release.

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