#BREAKING Explosions heard in Kharkiv, a major Ukrainian city just south of the Russian border, after Russia's President Vladimir Putin launched a military operation.
Ukrainian forces in the city have been battling Moscow-backed insurgents since 2014
#BREAKING Military 'will do everything in its power to defend' the country, says Ukrainian foreign ministry
#BREAKING Ukraine leader says Russia conducting strikes 'on our military infrastructure' -- Russia says targeting Ukraine military facilities with 'precision' weapons
#BREAKING Ukraine leader introduces martial law - urges Ukrainians not to 'panic', vows victory
#BREAKING Air raid sirens sound off in centre of Kyiv: @AFP
#BREAKING EU chief Ursula von der Leyen denounces Russia's attack on Ukraine and vows to hold Moscow "accountable".
"In these dark hours, our thoughts are with Ukraine and the innocent women, men and children as they face this unprovoked attack and fear for their lives"
#BREAKING Ukraine under attack along Russia, Belarus borders: border guards
Explosions have been heard and air raid sirens sounded in cities across Ukraine after Russia announced a military operation into the country.
@AFP correspondents have seen citizens in Kyiv heading to underground metro stations to take shelter, as authorities declare martial law
VIDEO: Independence Square in Kyiv as air raid sirens sound off.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after across the country
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#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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