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#BREAKING Russia shuns Ukraine conflict hearing at top UN court: judge

#BREAKING Kyiv rejects Moscow-proposed corridors to Belarus, Russia: govt

#BREAKING Gas prices rocket to record peaks on supply fears

#UPDATE Russia has declined to attend a hearing at the UN's top court on Monday at which Ukraine is asking for an immediate order to halt the conflict, the head judge said

📸 View of the International Court of Justice in The Hague

#UPDATE Ukraine on Monday rejected Moscow's offer of humanitarian corridors to Russia and Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said

📸 Ukrainian civilians cross a river on a blown up bridge on Kyiv’s northern front

#UPDATE Europe and UK natural gas prices soared to record highs Monday on supply fears, as the European Union and United States mull sanctions on Russian energy

#BREAKING Euro tumbles 1% against dollar over Ukraine

VIDEO: Two Ukrainian soldiers got married on Sunday at a checkpoint at one of the entrances to Kyiv. Their wedding was attended by the city's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko

#UPDATE The euro sank to its lowest level for nearly two years against the dollar Monday, pummelled by fears of sanctions on Russian energy that would hit the eurozone's economic recovery, traders said

#BREAKING Russia demands Paris protect its diplomatic missions in France

#UPDATE A spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry on Monday demanded France protect Moscow's representative offices in the country, claiming an attack had occurred at a building used by a Russian government agency in Paris

#BREAKING New negotiations with Russia at 1400 GMT Monday: Kyiv

#UPDATE The third round of talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine will take place at 1400 GMT on Monday in Belarus, a Ukrainian negotiator said in a tweet

📸 Evacuees cross a destroyed bridge as they flee the Ukrainian city of Irpin

#BREAKING Macron condemns Putin's 'moral cynicism' over Ukraine corridors: TV interview

#BREAKING Moscow allows Russians to repay debts to 'hostile' nations in rubles

#UPDATE Moscow will temporarily allow Russian companies and individuals to repay debts to foreign creditors from a new list of "hostile" nations in rubles, the government said Monday

#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron has accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of hypocrisy and cynicism after Moscow said it would open humanitarian corridors to allow the evacuation of civilians from several Ukrainian cities, but only to Russia or Belarus

#UPDATE Russia did not attend a hearing on Monday at the UN's top court -- the International Court of Justice (#ICJ) -- where #Ukraine asked for an immediate halt to Moscow's invasion, the ICJ president saying the court regretted the 'non-appearance' u.afp.com/wPUj

#BREAKING Russia's chief negotiator accuses Ukraine of blocking humanitarian corridors for civilians, calls it a 'war crime'

#BREAKING Latest round of Moscow-Kyiv talks to focus on humanitarian corridors: Russian chief negotiator

#BREAKING EU chief Michel says urged Putin in call to ensure Ukraine 'humanitarian safe passage' for civilians

#BREAKING Russian energy imports 'essential' to Europeans' daily lives, cautions against oil and gas sanctions: German Chancellor Scholz

#BREAKING Ukraine delegation arrives at Belarus-Poland border for third round of talks with Russia: agencies

#UPDATE Map showing the influx of Ukrainian refugees into European countries after fleeing the Russian invasion, as of March 7, according to the UNHCR #AFPgraphics

#UPDATE On the 12th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine Monday, Russian forces pressed a siege of #Mariupol and sought to increase pressure on #Kyiv, but the capital remains under Ukrainian control with the Russian ground advance little changed in 24 hours u.afp.com/wPwE

#UPDATE Ukraine dismissed Moscow's offer to create humanitarian corridors from the bombarded cities of #Kharkiv, #Kyiv, #Mariupol and #Sumy on Monday after it emerged that exit routes would lead refugees into Russia or Belarus u.afp.com/wPwy