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#UPDATE Britain says it is adding top lender Sberbank to its list of Russian entities sanctioned over the invasion of #Ukraine, and warned that the costs will only increase for the Kremlin
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#BREAKING Zelensky to address European Parliament on Tuesday: speaker

#UPDATE The Munich Philharmonic says it is parting ways with star Russian conductor Valery Gergiev "with immediate effect" after he failed to respond to a request to denounce Moscow's invasion of #Ukraine

#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is to address the European Parliament by videolink on Tuesday as his country battles to hold back invading Russian forces, the legislature's speaker says

#BREAKING TotalEnergies to stop providing capital for new projects in Russia

#UPDATE French energy giant TotalEnergies has announced it will no longer provide capital for new projects in Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine but has not withdrawn from current projects

#BREAKING Ukraine leads broad boycott of Lavrov speech at Conference on Disarmament

#BREAKING Russia will pursue #Ukraine offensive until 'all goals' achieved: defence minister

#BREAKING Russian ice skaters barred from all competitions: federation

#UPDATE Ukraine's ambassador and diplomats from a wide number of countries staged a walkout Tuesday as Russia's foreign minister addressed the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva

#UPDATE Russia will continue the offensive in Ukraine until its "goals are achieved", Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday, almost a week into Moscow's invasion

#UPDATE Russian and Belarus ice skaters have been barred from all competitions over Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, the International Skating Union announce

Map of Europe showing the influx of Ukrainian refugees into European countries, as of February 28 at 1500 GMT, according to the UNHCR

How Russia has been banned from FIFA and UEFA competitions since the invasion of #Ukraine
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France says that Western sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine will cause the Russian economy to collapse
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#UPDATE French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire made the comments to the Franceinfo broadcaster, a day after France, the EU and others said they would impose a new round of sanctions on Russia
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#BREAKING More than 660,000 refugees have fled Ukraine: UN

#UPDATE More than 660,000 refugees have fled the conflict in #Ukraine to seek shelter in neighbouring countries, the UN Refugee Agency says

#BREAKING UK's PM says West ready to intensify sanctions on Russia for 'as long as it takes'

#UPDATE British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on a visit to Poland that the West would keep up sanctions pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime indefinitely after it invaded #Ukraine

#BREAKING Putin has 'shattered peace' in Europe: NATO chief

#BREAKING Kremlin says 'too soon to assess' Ukraine conflict talks

#UPDATE The Kremlin says it is too early to draw conclusions from talks held with #Ukraine on ending the war after Moscow invaded last week

📸 View of the damaged headquarters of the Kharkiv administration

#BREAKING Lavrov faces fresh massive diplomatic boycott at UN rights council

#UPDATE Numerous diplomats walked out of the room as Russia's foreign minister addressed the UN Human Rights Council, after a similar boycott of his speech at the Conference on Disarmament

#UPDATE NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Russian President Vladimir Putin had "shattered peace in Europe" by invading Ukraine, adding that the Western defence alliance would defend "every inch of our territory"

#BREAKING Ukraine's Zelensky says Russian shelling on Kharkiv a 'war crime'

#BREAKING Defending capital Kyiv, the 'key priority' Ukraine leader says

#UPDATE Like much of the world, Arabs were stunned by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but shock quickly gave way to indignation over media commentary seen by many as racist against people from the Middle East
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