Fighting is raging again on multiple fronts in Ukraine, with intense combat in the besieged port city of Mariupol — site of some of the war’s greatest suffering.

Cesar Quintana has a U.S. court order showing he has sole legal custody of the boy, who was taken from their Southern California home by his Ukrainian-American mother.

The conflicting forecasts have led to some confusion among Western leaders who see limited movement toward reconciling Russia’s demands with what Ukraine would find acceptable.