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#UPDATE The Kremlin said Friday that Russia's exclusion from the G20 grouping of major economies -- sought by US President Joe Biden over its military action in Ukraine -- would not be "fatal"

Map locating theatre in Mariupol sheltering civilians bombed on March 16
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#BREAKING Putin compares attacks on Russian culture to Nazi book burnings

#BREAKING US has 'no intention' of using chemical weapons: White House

Graphic showing the advance of Russian troops in Ukraine as of March 25, 0800 GMT
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#BREAKING Russian army says 1,351 soldiers killed in Ukraine

#BREAKING Russian army says 419,736 civilians evacuated from Ukraine

#BREAKING Biden lands in Poland near Ukraine border

#UPDATE The Russian army on Friday updated its losses in Ukraine to 1,351 soldiers, while saying that it had evacuated more than 400,000 civilians and condemning Western supplies of weapons to Kyiv

#UPDATE US President Joe Biden landed on Friday in the city of Rzeszow in southeastern Poland -- around 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the border with Ukraine

#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin on Friday slammed the West for discriminating against Russian culture, saying it was like the ceremonial burning of books by Nazi supporters in the 1930s

#UPDATE The United States has "no intention" of using chemical weapons under any circumstance even if Russia uses such weapons in Ukraine, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday

#BREAKING Russian negotiator says no progress on main political issues with Ukraine

#BREAKING Russian army says will focus on 'liberation' of Ukraine's Donbas region