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#BREAKING 35,000 civilians evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Wednesday: Zelensky

#UPDATE At least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

In a video address, Ukrainian leader says 3 humanitarian corridors had allowed residents to leave the cities of Sumy, Enerhodar and areas around Kyiv

VIDEO: Orchestra plays for peace on main Kyiv square.

Musicians from the Kyiv Classic Orchestra perform a concert on the capital's Maidan Square led by conductor Herman Makarenko

Fury at attack on Ukraine children's hospital.

International leaders and Ukraine accuse Russia of attacking a children's hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol - calling the strike "barbaric"

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Power has been cut to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine warns. IAEA says "no critical impact on safety".

But UN's atomic watchdog says data transmission has also been lost at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear plant

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VIDEO: Children's hospital in Ukraine hit in air strike.

Police in Ukraine have released images showing devastation at a children's hospital in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

International leaders and Ukraine blame Russia for the attack, calling it “barbaric”

Russia's war in Ukraine: Latest developments

- Fury as children's hospital hit
- Chernobyl power cut 'not critical'
- No fighter jets, says US
- 35,000 evacuated

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Russian invasion: key developments.

#AFPgraphic showing key developments in Ukraine as of March 10, 06:00 GMT

#BREAKING Russia accuses US of funding biological weapons research in Ukraine

#UPDATE Russia accuses US of funding research into biological weapons in Ukraine, as Moscow steps up campaign to gain control of key Ukrainian cities.

Russian defence ministry spokesman says the aim "was to establish a mechanism for the stealthy spread of deadly pathogens"

#BREAKING Russian, Ukrainian foreign ministers begin talks in Turkey: Moscow

#UPDATE Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba begin talks in Turkey in the first such high-level contact since Moscow invaded its neighbour.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has joined the talks, a Turkish official tells @AFP

#BREAKING Kremlin to ask military for information on Ukraine hospital strike

#BREAKING Abramovich, Deripaska among seven oligarchs in new UK sanctions: govt

#UPDATE The Kremlin said it would approach the Russian military for details of a strike on a hospital in the Ukrainian city of #Mariupol, which Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky called a "war crime"

#UPDATE Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has been hit with an assets freeze and travel ban as part of new UK government sanctions targeting seven Russian oligarchs

VIDEO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says at least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged cities on Wednesday

#BREAKING Ukraine, Russia make 'no progress' on ceasefire at Turkey talks: Kuleba

VIDEO: Police in Ukraine have released images showing devastation at a children's hospital in the besieged port city of #Mariupol

#UPDATE Ukraine and Russia made no progress towards agreeing a ceasefire after the Russian invasion at tense talks in Turkey, the Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday

#UPDATE Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has repeated his vow that the country "will not surrender" following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Turkey

#BREAKING Russia criticises 'dangerous' arms deliveries to Ukraine: Lavrov

#BREAKING Mariupol hospital was base for Ukraine nationalists, says Russian foreign minister

#BREAKING Chelsea sale on hold due to UK sanctions on Abramovich: British govt

#UPDATE Roman Abramovich's hopes of selling European champions Chelsea were put on hold on Thursday after the UK government hit the Russian billionaire with an assets freeze

#UPDATE Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed that a hospital which was attacked in the southern Ukrainian port city of #Mariupol had been serving as a military base for nationalists

#UPDATE Russia is ready to continue talks with Ukraine within the framework of the existing format in Belarus, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after negotiations with his Ukrainian counterpart

#BREAKING UK to simplify Ukraine refugee process amid outcry: govt

#UPDATE UK authorities are to simplify the much-criticised visa process for refugees fleeing Russia's war in Ukraine from next week, Home Secretary Priti Patel told parliament on Thursday

Map of #Ukraine locating areas where major explosions, strikes and fighting have been reported and under Russian control.
Updated latest developments as of March 10, 0700 GMT

Map of Kyiv locating Bilohorodka -- the last bridge linking Kyiv to the western regions -- and the principal areas under recent attack

Russia's war in Ukraine: latest developments
▶️ Ukraine accuses Russia of "war crime" over Mariupol hospital attack
▶️ Russia claims hospital was a military base
▶️ "No progress" in peace talks in Turkey
▶️ Britain freezes assets of Russian oligarchs
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#BREAKING Macron, Scholz to Putin: Any solution to crisis must stem from Ukraine-Russia talks

The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine have held their first face-to-face talks, after two weeks of war, amid international outrage over Moscow's bombing of a children's hospital that Kyiv says killed three people, including a young girl
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#UPDATE Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue with diplomacy over the war in Ukraine, German government sources said

📸 Ukrainian soldiers help an elderly woman evacuate the city of Irpin

Who is Roman Abramovich?
He rose from a penniless background in Russia's frozen north to become a multi-billionaire and a celebrity football tycoon, but his empire is teetering on collapse after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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The future of European champions Chelsea has been plunged into doubt after Russian owner Roman Abramovich was hit with UK government sanctions in response to the invasion of #Ukraine
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#BREAKING Russia bans export of some foreign products, equipment after sanctions

#BREAKING Half of Kyiv population has left: mayor

#UPDATE Half the population of Kyiv has fled since the Russian invasion began, its mayor Vitali Klitschko said Thursday, as Moscow's forces press ever closer to the Ukrainian capital

📸 Ukrainian civilians cross a blown up bridge as they flee Kyiv’s northern front

#UPDATE Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced an export ban on more than 200 types of foreign products and equipment until the end of 2022, as part of Moscow's response to sanctions imposed over the Ukraine conflict

#BREAKING NATO is 'stronger' and Russia 'weaker' because of Putin: US

#UPDATE US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin has only made the NATO Western defence alliance "stronger" through his country's invasion of Ukraine

#BREAKING Russian bombing of Ukraine maternity hospital 'a heinous war crime': EU's Borrell

#UPDATE European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned Russia's bombing of a maternity hospital in Ukraine's Mariupol and demanded Moscow allow aid into the besieged city

Map of Europe showing the influx of Ukrainian refugees into European countries, as of March 10, according to the UNHCR
#AFPgraphics @AFP

VIDEO: At a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, US Vice President Kamala Harris says that "the NATO alliance is stronger and Russia is weaker because of what Putin has done."

#BREAKING Chelsea press for talks with UK govt to amend sanctions: club

#UPDATE English Premier League club Chelsea said Thursday they were pressing for talks with the UK government after their billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich was hit with a UK assets freeze and travel ban

VIDEO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims that a hospital which was attacked in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol had been serving as a military base for Ukrainian nationalists

#BREAKING Bank for International Settlements suspends Russian central bank

#UPDATE The Bank for International Settlements, considered the central bank of central banks, has announced it is suspending the Bank of Russia, deepening Moscow's financial isolation following its invasion of Ukraine

#BREAKING Putin says Russia continuing all energy exports, including through Ukraine

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is continuing to export oil and gas, including through Ukraine, where the Kremlin sent troops three weeks ago spurring a wave of costly Western sanctions

Five shivering Ukrainian soldiers and a Javelin anti-tank missile stood by the last checkpoint separating the northeastern edge of Kyiv from advancing Russian armoured vehicles
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@dmitryzaksAFP #UPDATE The Russian invasion has so far destroyed about $100 billion in roads, bridges and businesses in Ukraine, dealing a huge hit to its economy, a Kyiv government official said Thursday
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@dmitryzaksAFP #BREAKING Putin warns sanctions on Russia could send global food prices soaring

@dmitryzaksAFP #UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Western sanctions on Moscow for its actions in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, as Russia was one of the world's main producers of fertiliser, which is essential to global supply chains

@dmitryzaksAFP #BREAKING Further Russia sanctions possible amid 'intensifying' atrocities: Yellen

@dmitryzaksAFP #UPDATE Amid signs Russia has ramped up attacks on Ukrainian civilians, the United States and its European allies could impose additional penalties on Moscow, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says

@dmitryzaksAFP #BREAKING Putin has made 'a terrible mistake', will 'lose this war': Trudeau

@dmitryzaksAFP #UPDATE Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin will "lose" the war in Ukraine that he began by invading Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP Maps of Ukraine comparing areas under Russian control
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@dmitryzaksAFP #BREAKING Russia says Mariupol hospital attack 'staged' by Ukraine

@dmitryzaksAFP #UPDATE The Russian army has claimed that an attack on a children's hospital in the southeastern Ukrainian port of #Mariupol, which killed three including a child and caused global outrage, was a "staged provocation" by Ukraine