Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to stay in Kyiv as his troops battled Russian invaders advancing toward the capital in the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two reut.rs/3vw4HrZ
President Joe Biden hit Russia with a wave of sanctions after Moscow invaded Ukraine, measures that impede Russia's ability to do business in major currencies along with sanctions against banks and state-owned enterprises reut.rs/36G5iNd
Former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko said he would take up arms alongside his brother and fellow Hall of Famer Wladimir Klitschko to fight in what is a ‘bloody war’ following Russia's invasion of their country Ukraine reut.rs/3MbqM51
Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York to denounce the invasion of Ukraine, while more than a thousand who tried to do the same in Russia were arrested reut.rs/3HcnDOw
President Joe Biden said any country that backed Russia's onslaught in Ukraine would be ‘stained by association,’ after China rejected calling Moscow's move an invasion and instead urged all sides to exercise restraint reut.rs/35t4jPX
👉 Here's what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis right now reut.rs/3MbqUl1
Holding banners and waving Ukrainian flags, demonstrators in Los Angeles and the U.S. capital decried the Russian invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3HitKkm
Ukrainian forces downed an enemy aircraft over Kyiv, which then crashed into a residential building and set it on fire, said Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the interior minister reut.rs/36EL6eF
Ukrainian forces downed an enemy aircraft over Kyiv in the early hours on Friday, which then crashed into a residential building and set it on fire, an adviser to the interior minister said reut.rs/3M2ykqk
Taiwan will join ‘democratic countries’ in putting sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, the government said, with the world's largest contract chipmaker TMSC adding it would comply with all export control rules reut.rs/3BXoKAI
Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were not enough reut.rs/3t4YvnK
Russia has spent the past seven years building up formidable financial defences, yet in the long run, its economy is unlikely to withstand the onslaught of coordinated sanctions from the West reut.rs/35q0Y3Q
The fallout to the global aviation industry from Russia's invasion of Ukraine is spreading beyond the airspace closings over the conflict zone as airlines, lessors and manufacturers face up to growing risks of doing business with Russia reut.rs/3vg0bxj
Ukrainians in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina took to the streets to protest against the Russian invasion of their home country reut.rs/3vlZhQd
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to stay put in the capital Kyiv as Russian troops launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine from several fronts reut.rs/3pemP5q
BREAKING: Russia bans airplanes registered in the UK from landing or crossing its airspace
Ukraine's nuclear agency said it was recording increased radiation levels from the site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant reut.rs/3JSidd9
UEFA has moved this year's Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3Ik344b
As NATO scrambles to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a major exposed flank is the Black Sea. Despite a stated resolve to deter Russia, the alliance has failed to prevent it from building a presence in the area reut.rs/3hic1PA
Dmytro Dovzhenko, a Ukrainian war veteran living in Poland, has re-enlisted after Russia launched a full-scale military attack on his home country. Crossing back into Ukraine from near Korczowa, Poland, he said he hoped ‘Russia would be destroyed’ reut.rs/3shTvNk
Families in Kyiv rushed to shelters as missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion that has shocked the world. More on the Ukraine crisis: reut.rs/3HlbC9F
Ukraine wants peace and is ready for talks with Russia, including on neutral status regarding NATO, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters reut.rs/3LTTC9E
Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said the Ukrainian capital 'has entered into a defensive phase' as Russian troops brought the sounds of war to the city reut.rs/3HdWMla
Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy to the Holy See to relay his concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Moscow's ambassador, in an unprecedented departure from diplomatic protocol reut.rs/33QSB15
People in Kyiv were told to make Molotov cocktail bombs as they hid in makeshift shelters and basements, awaiting a Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital reut.rs/3JWfKP6
Russia says it will partly limit access to Facebook, due to the Meta company's 'censorship' of Russian media reut.rs/3t8ZUK1
No Russian act will participate in this year's Eurovision Song Contest as this would 'bring the competition into disrepute,' the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said reut.rs/3IkZsPh
Ukraine said Russian warships shelled a Moldovan-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship due to load grain near Odessa port in the Black Sea, one day after Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3JV6bjj
Secretary-General Jens Stotlenberg says NATO is deploying elements of its response force as Russia aims to change the government in Kyiv and European security faces a new normal. Watch the briefing live: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
The European Union has agreed to place Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on its list of sanctioned individuals following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Watch: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
'This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down your weapons and surrender to avoid bloodshed and unnecessary victims. Otherwise you will be bombed.'
The reply: 'Russian warship, go f**k yourself.'
Kyiv to honor troops killed defending Snake Island reut.rs/3JWUMPS
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man before he fell foul of the Kremlin, said that only revolution would topple Vladimir Putin, and that he expected him to crack down further on dissent at home after invading Ukraine reut.rs/3Ip07z1
U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said more than $1 billion will be needed for aid operations in Ukraine over the next three months as hundreds of thousands of people flee Russia's invasion. Watch the briefing: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on leaders of NATO member countries to use the SWIFT international payments system to damage Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of his government reut.rs/3hkfvRE
Satellite imagery taken on Friday showed several large deployments of ground forces and about 150 transport helicopters in southern Belarus, about 20 miles from the border with Ukraine, a private U.S. company said reut.rs/3IltGld
The European Union will freeze bank accounts of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the bloc but will not issue a travel ban, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said in Vienna reut.rs/3hileau
Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, says Russian attacks on Ukraine on Friday have 'been more brutal.' Watch the briefing update: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to ‘stop the craziness of this war, now!’ reut.rs/3BQlTtb
The U.S. hasn't seen any indication that Russia's Vladimir Putin is prepared to de-escalate attacks on Ukraine, the State Department said. Watch the briefing: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Refugees crossing from Ukraine to Romania spoke of their fears and defiance. Juliana, from western Ukraine, told @Reuters, ‘We are afraid, my husband is still there. We will fight, even if Europe doesn't help us’ reut.rs/3HmA8a4
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance was deploying parts of its combat-ready response force and would continue to send weapons to Ukraine, including air defenses reut.rs/33UTwgY
The White House says Ukraine's Kyiv falling is a real possibility. Watch the briefing with Press Secretary Jen Psaki: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
BREAKING: The United States will impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as Washington looks to ramp up pressure on Moscow, the White House says reut.rs/3pjKUrz
Russia's foreign ministry said sanctions against Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov reflect the West's 'absolute impotence' on foreign policy, according to the RIA news agency reut.rs/3sleuyT
Ukraine and Russia are discussing a place and time for talks, President Zelenskiy's spokesman said, adding that Ukraine is 'ready to talk about a ceasefire and peace' reut.rs/3Hl2e5S
The Dow registered its biggest daily percentage gain since November 2020 reut.rs/36Ik9qu
The U.N. Security Council votes on a draft resolution that would condemn Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Watch live: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Russia vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would have deplored Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, while China abstained from the vote, a move western countries view as a win for showing Russia's international isolation reut.rs/3HmAX2S
Several companies, including automakers Volkswagen and Renault and tire maker Nokian Tyres, outlined plans to shut or shift manufacturing operations following Russia's invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3pkcJ2Z
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