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VIDEO: Sound of wailing.

Air raid sirens ring out in Kyiv overnight as the Russian bombardment of the Ukrainian capital resumes

#BREAKING Russian airborne troops land in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv: Ukrainian army

#UPDATE Russian airborne troops have landed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army says.

"Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv... and attacked a local hospital. There is an ongoing fight"

📸 Kharkiv on March 1 following shelling from Russian forces

Russian voices of dissent.

@AFP's Olga Maltseva photographs police detaining demonstrators during a protest in Saint Petersburg against Russia's invasion of Ukraine on March 1

Russian airborne forces have landed in Ukraine's second biggest city triggering immediate clashes in the streets of Kharkiv.

After almost a week since it began its invasion, Moscow is attempting to capture its first major Ukrainian city

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#BREAKING Russian military claims to have taken control of Ukraine's Kherson

#BREAKING Zelensky urges Jews not to remain silent on Ukraine

#UPDATE Ukraine's President Zelensky urges world's Jews to speak out after a Russian missile hit the site of a Holocaust massacre.

"I am now addressing all the Jews of the world. Don't you see what is happening?... Nazism is born in silence. So shout about killings of civilians"

#BREAKING Spain to send 'military hardware' to 'Ukraine resistance': PM

#UPDATE Spain will supply "military hardware" to Ukraine following Russia's invasion of its pro-Western neighbour, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tells parliament.

"I... want to announce to you that Spain will deliver offensive military hardware to the Ukrainian resistance"

Crude surged past $113 a barrel Wednesday and equities sank with investors growing increasingly fearful about the #Ukraine war's impact on global energy supplies and the economic recovery
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#BREAKING Russia 'ready' to continue talks with Ukraine Wednesday night

#BREAKING Europe gas price hits record high on Ukraine conflict

#UPDATE The Kremlin says a Russian delegation is ready to continue peace talks with Ukraine as Moscow's invasion of the pro-Western country enters its seventh day

#UPDATE European gas prices have surged to a new record high on concern about supplies from Russia in the wake of its invasion of #Ukraine

#BREAKING Four killed, nine wounded in Ukraine's Kharkiv: emergency services

#UPDATE Four people have been killed and another nine wounded during shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the emergencies services said on Wednesday

#BREAKING Navalny urges Russians to protest daily against Ukraine invasion

#UPDATE Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urged Russians to stage daily protests against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, saying the country should not be a "nation of frightened cowards"

#BREAKING Nearly 836,000 refugees have fled Ukraine conflict: UN

The latest on the #Ukraine crisis from @dmitryzaksAFP & @DaveClark_AFP
▶️ Russian troops claim control of Kherson
▶️ Fierce clashes as Russian paratroopers land in Kharkiv
▶️ Biden brands Putin a dictator in #SOTU22
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@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Nearly 836,000 refugees have now fled the conflict in Ukraine for safety in neighbouring countries, United Nations figures showed Wednesday

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING Aluminium price hits record high on Ukraine fallout

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING DHL suspends deliveries to Russia and Belarus: statement

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP Map of #Ukraine locating areas where explosions, strikes and fighting have been reported and under Russian control, as of March 2, 0830 GMT
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@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE The price of aluminium struck a record high of $3,552 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange, following the invasion of #Ukraine by Russia, a major producer of the industrial lightweight metal

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE German logistics giant DHL has announced it is stopping deliveries to Russia and Belarus, joining a growing list of Western businesses to cease operations in the countries after Moscow's invasion of #Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #BREAKING Russian, Belarusian para-athletes allowed to compete: Paralympic Committee

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the international committee said, after questions were raised about their participation

📸 Russian Paralympians attend a 2021 parade in Moscow

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #BREAKING EU excludes 7 Russian banks from SWIFT network under sanctions: official

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics Map sites of shelling, explosions and bombings since February 24 in central Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city
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@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #BREAKING EU ban on Russian state media RT, Sputnik enters into force: official

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics Graphic explaining the SWIFT international payments system
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@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE The EU has excluded seven Russian banks from the global SWIFT network, as sanctions were ratcheted up over Moscow's war on #Ukraine

📸 Russia's VTB Bank was one of the seven lenders excluded from SWIFT

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE The European Union has banned broadcasts of Russian state media RT and Sputnik as part of a sweeping package of sanctions over President Vladimir Putin's invasion of #Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #BREAKING Germany earmarks €1.5 bn for liquid natural gas purchases: ministry spokesman

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE Germany has put up €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) for the purchase of liquefied natural gas, an economy ministry spokesman says, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine puts huge strains on Europe's energy supplies

📸 A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker passes an oil refinery

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #BREAKING UK PM calls on UN members to demand Russia withdraw from Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said that Britain was pushing UN members meeting in New York to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from #Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE Oil prices soared above $113 per barrel and natural gas spiked to a record peak, as investors fretted over key producer Russia's intensifying assault on #Ukraine
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@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #BREAKING UK's PM says Russia already guilty of 'a war crime' in Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal after civilians were bombed in Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics #UPDATE The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said athletes from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to compete as "neutrals".
"They will compete under the Paralympic flag and not be included in the medal table," the committee said
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@dmitryzaksAFP @DaveClark_AFP @AFPgraphics From world boxing champions to football stars, top Ukrainian sports people are resisting the Russian invasion of their country, with some even returning home to take up arms
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