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The latest on the fourth day of Russia's invasion of #Ukraine from @DaveClark_AFP & Sergey Bobok
▶️ Street fighting rages in Kharkiv
▶️ Russian banks excluded from SWIFT
▶️ 260,000 people flee conflict
▶️ Russia faces stiff resistance in Kyiv
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@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Map of Ukraine locating areas where explosions, strikes and fighting have been reported and under Russian control.
Updated as of 0900 GMT
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@DaveClark_AFP VIDEO: Images of empty streets in Kyiv, as a day-and-night curfew has been imposed until Monday morning.
The city authorities said anyone outside would be considered "members of the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups"

@DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING Ukraine army retakes Kharkiv, expelling Russian troops: governor

@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Ukrainian forces have secured full control of Kharkiv following street fighting with Russian troops in the country's second-biggest city, the local governor says

@DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING Putin accuses Ukraine of wasting 'opportunity' for talks

@DaveClark_AFP President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged foreigners to head to Ukrainian embassies worldwide to sign up for an "international brigade" of volunteers to help fight invading Russian forces
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@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged anyone interested in joining the international brigade to get in contact with the military attache at their nearest Ukrainian embassy
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@DaveClark_AFP VIDEO: Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates members of special forces, saying they are fighting "heroically" in Ukraine

@DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING Putin orders military to put 'deterrence forces' on high alert

@DaveClark_AFP VIDEO: Smoke billows from an oil depot allegedly targeted overnight by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Vasylkiv

@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence chiefs to put the country's "deterrence forces" on high alert as he accused Western countries of taking "unfriendly" steps against his country amid Moscow's invasion of #Ukraine

@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Moscow has the world's second-largest arsenal of nuclear weapons and a huge cache of ballistic missiles which form the backbone of the country's deterrence forces
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@DaveClark_AFP Chart showing estimated atomic warhead inventories by the world's nine-nuclear armed countries, according to data from the Federation of American Scientists

@DaveClark_AFP Maps of Ukraine comparing areas under Russian control as of February 24 to February 26 at 1800 GMT

@DaveClark_AFP There is a sinister sense of paranoia on Kyiv's near deserted streets as the city imposes a military curfew.
And yet @dmitryzaksAFP also notes an odd sense of pride is also filling Kyiv that the city has still not been invaded
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@DaveClark_AFP @dmitryzaksAFP @ArisMessinis #UPDATE The latest on Russia's invasion of #Ukraine by @DaveClark_AFP & Sergey Bobok
▶️ Russian forces pushed out of Kharkiv
▶️ Ukraine agrees to talks with Russia
▶️ 400,000 have fled Ukraine
▶️ Russia puts nuclear "deterrence forces" on alert
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@DaveClark_AFP @dmitryzaksAFP @ArisMessinis #BREAKING Putin nuclear alert 'dangerous' and 'irresponsible': NATO chief

@DaveClark_AFP @dmitryzaksAFP @ArisMessinis #BREAKING Putin 'manufacturing threats' with nuclear force alert: White House

@DaveClark_AFP @dmitryzaksAFP @ArisMessinis #UPDATE The United States has charged that President Vladimir Putin is "manufacturing threats" as he placed Russian nuclear deterrence forces on high alert amid the #Ukraine crisis

@DaveClark_AFP @dmitryzaksAFP @ArisMessinis VIDEO: On the outskirts of the town of Koryukivka, in the Chernihiv region, people are blocking the movement of Russian soldiers.
Russian soldiers reportedly stopped to ask for directions and were surrounded by locals to prevent them from moving towards Kyiv

@DaveClark_AFP @dmitryzaksAFP @ArisMessinis #BREAKING Russia admits 'killed and injured' troops in Ukraine

@DaveClark_AFP @dmitryzaksAFP @ArisMessinis #BREAKINGBP says it is pulling its capital out of Russia's Rosneft

#BREAKING UN Security Council to hold meeting Monday on Ukraine: diplomats