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The latest developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine. All times EDT.

4 a.m.: New sanctions by G-7 countries on Russia will target its oil and products in three phases, Ben Harris, assistant secretary for economic policy at the U.S. Treasury, told the Argus European Crude Conference in Geneva on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

Harris said sanctions due to take effect on December 5 will target Russian crude oil, while later ones will focus on diesel and finally on lower value products such as naphtha.

3:30 a.m.: In a series of Tweets, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense explains Russia President Vladimir Putin’s signed an order for the routine autumn conscription cycle, which aims to train 120,000 conscripts. Here is the first of four tweets:

3 a.m.: North Korea supports Russia’s proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday, accusing the United States of applying “gangster-like double standards” in interfering in other country’s affairs.

State media KCNA reported on a U.S.-led U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the proclaimed annexation, which was vetoed on Friday by Russia, backing Moscow’s claim that the regions chose to be part of Russia, according to Reuters.

Kyiv and Western leaders condemned the referendums as a sham, with Washington urging U.N. member states not to recognize any altered status of Ukraine, and Russia to withdraw its troops from the regions where it has seized territory by force and fighting still rages.

2:30 a.m.: Swamped by panic-stricken requests for help to avoid being drafted, Russian lawyers say they are working flat out to offer advice to those at risk of being sent to fight in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

Lawyers and civil society groups say they have been overwhelmed by demands for support since President Vladimir Putin announced on September 21 that 300,000 people would be mobilized to boost Russia’s flagging war effort.

Hundreds of thousands have fled to countries such as Kazakhstan, Georgia and Finland. Many more remain in Russia and are hiding from military recruiters, praying they won’t be summoned or hoping for exemptions from service.

“We are working round the clock,” said Sergei Krivenko, who runs a group of around 10 lawyers called Citizen. Army. Law.

“People are being torn from their normal lives,” he said. “This is a mobilization without time limit during a war. It could last months or years. People may not return … Leaving the army is pretty much impossible. The only way is death, injury or prison for disobeying orders.”

Implementation of the mobilization has been chaotic. Though billed as enlisting those with military experience and required specialties, it has often appeared oblivious to individuals’ service record, health, student status or even age.

2 a.m.: Update from VOA’s Eastern Europe Bureau chief Myroslava Gongadze.

1:03 a.m.: Ukrainian soldiers who were held captive by Russians reunite with their families.

12:05 a.m.: The International Monetary Fund’s executive board will consider Ukraine’s request for $1.3 billion in additional emergency funding on Thursday as Russia’s war against the country continues, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

IMF staff have prepared the necessary documents and believe Ukraine has received sufficient financial assurances from its global partners to meet the IMF’s debt sustainability requirements and qualify for further emergency funds, the sources told Reuters.

If approved, the funds would come from a new emergency lending program to address food shortages approved by the board last week.

IMF staff are slated to meet with Ukrainian authorities in Vienna the week of October 17 for discussions about Ukraine’s budget plans and monetary policies, one of the sources said. The discussions will follow higher-level meetings to take place during next week’s annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF.

Some information for this report comes from Reuters.