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After three weeks of war Russia has failed to reach its stated objectives of disarming the Ukrainian military and ousting democratically elected government, but it has caused thousands of deaths and forced more than two million people to flee the country reut.rs/3i18l58

The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country's public health laboratories to prevent 'any potential spills' that would spread disease among the population, the agency told Reuters reut.rs/3vXZOI4

President Vladimir Putin said that sanctions imposed against Russia would rebound against the West, including in the form of higher food and energy prices, and Moscow would solve its problems and emerge stronger reut.rs/3t2qhm2

Halyna and Valeriy, a Ukrainian couple in their 60s, were evacuated from their home near the Chernobyl plant where they worked as engineers when a reactor exploded in 1986, triggering the world's worst nuclear accident reut.rs/3J3Sr5P

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the Ukraine situation was 'disconcerting' and that it is important to support Russia and Ukraine in ceasefire talks reut.rs/3I1PJMI

Vlada von Shats is the co-owner of the Russian Samovar, a restaurant in Manhattan's theater district serving up blini, Chicken Kiev, and flights of infused vodkas. Some people, outraged over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, are taking their anger out on her restaurant

Walt Disney said it will pause all business in Russia, including content and product licensing, Disney Cruise Line activities, National Geographic magazine and tours, local content productions and linear channels reut.rs/3sZHixk

Brazil's 'Little Ukraine' prays for ancestral homeland reut.rs/3MFwuMC

Ukraine and Russia: This is what you need to know right now reut.rs/3HX56WF

In pics: Ukrainians seek shelter from Russian bombs reut.rs/3pYlWyu

Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers produced no apparent progress towards a ceasefire but analysts said the fact they were even meeting left a window open for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine reut.rs/35J3R0v

European Union leaders condemned the 'unspeakable suffering' Russia was inflicting on Ukraine but at a summit in France they refused Kyiv's appeal for rapid accession to the bloc and differed over the reach of sanctions against Moscow reut.rs/3Kzf2Yb

Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan Chase & Co announced they were unwinding their Russian businesses, becoming the first major U.S. banks to exit following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and putting pressure on rivals to follow reut.rs/3MFHObu

Weapons of the war in Ukraine tmsnrt.rs/3sYdMrI

About 222,000 people have been evacuated to Russia from Ukraine and its two Russian-backed rebel regions, the TASS news agency said

Nuclear war? Russia's Lavrov says: I don't believe so reut.rs/3tO9uCr

Twitter will place labels on and limit the spread of posts from Belarus state media and their senior staff, the company said, in a move aimed to curb misinformation from Russia's ally in its invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3MRVDUu

The United Nations Security Council will convene at Russia's request, diplomats said, to discuss Moscow's claims, presented without evidence, of U.S. 'biological activities' in Ukraine, a move Washington described as gaslighting reut.rs/3vXVYyI

Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy reut.rs/3KyzRmt

Russian-backed separatists have captured the Ukrainian city of Volnovakha north of the besieged Azov Sea port of Mariupol, the RIA news agency quoted Russia's defence ministry reut.rs/3J5Ck7Q

The European Union will not impose sanctions on Russian gas or oil, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said reut.rs/3I4kLU6

The United States, together with the Group of Seven nations and the European Union, will move to revoke Russia's 'most favoured nation' status over its invasion of Ukraine, multiple people familiar with the situation told Reuters reut.rs/3tQunwG

The U.N. Security Council convenes at Russia's request. Watch live: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The United Nations said it was not aware of any biological weapons program in Ukraine while Washington and its allies voiced concerns Russia was spreading the unproven claim in order to launch its own biological or chemical attacks reut.rs/3i6FRXn

Meta's oversight board said context is important for content policies reut.rs/35RehuX The statement follows reporting that the owner of Facebook is making exceptions around violent speech in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3i2PVku

Russia opened a criminal case against Meta after the social network changed its hate speech rules to allow users to call for 'death to the Russian invaders' in the context of the Ukraine invasion reut.rs/3i1pw6u reut.rs/3i1pw6u

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had reached a 'strategic turning point' in the conflict with Russia, but Russian forces bombarded cities across the country and appeared to be regrouping for a possible assault on the capital Kyiv reut.rs/3pW7gzC

Exclusive: Crypto firms in the United Arab Emirates are being deluged with requests to liquidate billions of dollars of virtual currency as Russians seek a safe haven for their fortunes, company executives and financial sources tell @Reuters reut.rs/3t1VQfD

Watch: Pentagon briefing after the U.S. and G7 nations hit Russian trade twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Exclusive: The Pentagon is turning to a special team to respond to increased demand for new weapons sales and requests to transfer existing weapons among U.S. allies as countries including Ukraine scramble to obtain arms following Russia's invasion reut.rs/3I5IvXW

The cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine will become a lot clearer next week, with a previously unthinkable sovereign default looming, more emergency central bank measures likely and a stock market crash guaranteed if it reopens reut.rs/3tLgnEy

World shares slid, pressured by uncertainty about the conflict in Ukraine and expectations the Federal Reserve will hike U.S. interest rates next week reut.rs/3i5VL4g

Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband satellite internet access in Ukraine coinciding with Russia's invasion, three people with direct knowledge of the incident tell @Reuters reut.rs/36hAdiQ