🚨The mayor of southern Ukraine's Melitopol was kidnapped on Friday by Russian soldiers occupying the city, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
"This is obviously a sign of weakness of the invaders"
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Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the mothers of Russian soldiers to prevent their sons being sent to war in Ukraine.
🗣️"Check where your son is. And if you have the slightest suspicion that your son could be sent to war against Ukraine, act immediately"
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🇺🇦Air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv early this morning, as the city prepared for a full-scale Russian assault.
British intelligence suggests that the bulk of Russian ground forces are now located around 25 kilometres from the centre of the capital
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🔴Humanitarian corridors out of Ukrainian towns and villages, including from Mariupol, will be open on Saturday so civilians can evacuate, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said
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🚢A $700m superyacht being repaired in an Italian dry dock may belong to Vladimir Putin, according to US intelligence officials.
The ownership of the 459ft Scheherazade has come under close scrutiny since Russia’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine
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🗣️The fight for Kyiv will be Russia's new "Stalingrad if they want to make it so", a Ukrainian MP has said.
"Nobody is going to surrender - I can definitely guarantee you that"
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❌YouTube is immediately blocking access around the world to channels associated with Russian state-funded media.
Previously, YouTube had blocked leading Russia state-backed channels RT and Sputnik across Europe
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🚨A mosque in Mariupol, where 80 civilians were taking shelter, has been shelled by Russian forces, Ukraine's foreign ministry said
There have not yet been reports of casualties
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🇷🇺The Russian Foreign Ministry said it will not negotiate with Nato, after the military alliance provided Ukraine with weapons.
“In the past few years the relationship between Nato and Russia through the fault of the alliance has fallen to zero”
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❌Russia has prepared a list of its own sanctions against Western individuals in response to the sanctions implemented on the country.
The list, which includes Western politicians and business owners, is ready and will soon be published, RIA News reports
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⚠️Britain, France and Germany have warned Russia that its recent demand to have its trade guaranteed with Iran risks the collapse of an almost-completed nuclear deal
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🇩🇪German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock confirmed Germany is working with international partners on an airlift for Ukrainian refugees from Moldova.
It is the first airlift of its kind since Russia’s invasion in late February
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⚠️Russia has warned the United States that Western shipments of weapons to Ukraine could become “legitimate targets” if they continue
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🔴EXCLUSIVE: Roman Abramovich has been disqualified by the Premier League from owning Chelsea after being sanctioned by the Government
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The mayor of southern Ukraine's Melitopol was kidnapped on Friday by Russian soldiers occupying the city, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
🗣️"This is obviously a sign of weakness of the invaders"
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🇺🇦Ukrainian President Zelensky has said that he is not witnessing bravery from Nato regarding the war in Ukraine.
He said he does not see a common consensus amongst member states to accept Ukraine into the military alliance
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🔴French president Emmanuel Macron has called on Russia to declare an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call with President Putin
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🇺🇦 Around 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion, President Zelensky has said.
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At a briefing in Moscow, Sergei Ryabkov, the Russian deputy foreign minister, said Russian forces would treat convoys of weapons as legitimate military targets and attack them 👇
🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden has authorised $200 million to be spent on weapons and other assistance for Ukraine, the White House has announced.
The decision brings total US security aid provided to Ukraine over the past year to $1.2 billion
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🇷🇺 The International Space Station could crash down on Western countries "led by the dogs of war" due to sanctions over the Ukraine invasion, Russia has warned.
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🔴 Vladimir Putin showed no willingness to end the war with Ukraine during a call today with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Elysée has said.
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🔴 Ukraine's intelligence service has accused Russia of killing seven people, including one child, after Russian forces fired at a convoy that was evacuating women and children from the village of Peremoha in the Kyiv region
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🇷🇺 Russia blames Kyiv for 'catastrophic' humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
A senior Russian defence ministry official said that the situation continued to decline rapidly and blamed the actions of Ukrainian fighters, Russian news agency RIA reported
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🇺🇦 Around 13,000 people were evacuated from a number of Ukrainian cities today, said Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, almost twice the number who managed to get out yesterday
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