#BREAKING Zelensky says Ukraine has 'derailed' Russia's attack plan
#BREAKING Zelensky urges Germany, Hungary to support cutting Russia from SWIFT
#BREAKING Zelensky urges Russians to pressure Putin into halting war
#UPDATE President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine's forces have halted the Kremlin's push to capture Kyiv and oust him and urged Russians to pressure leader Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion
#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the Russians who have spoken out against the war
#UPDATE Ukrainian soldiers repulsed a Russian attack in the capital, the military said Saturday after a defiant President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed his pro-Western country would not be bowed by Moscow u.afp.com/wAdG
Map showing Kyiv where Ukraine and Russian forces are fighting, as of February 26, 0930 GMT #AFPgraphics@AFP
VIDEO: Ukrainians seek shelter inside a Kyiv basement as fighting reaches the streets of the capital
#BREAKING Kyiv toughens curfew, violators to be considered 'enemy': mayor
VIDEO: A man digs a trench in the middle of a main road in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, as Russia's invasion of the country enters its third day
Map of Ukraine locating areas where explosions, strikes and fighting have been reported and under Russian control, updated as of Feb 26, 0800 GMT #AFPgraphics@AFP
#UPDATE Kyiv authorities have toughened curfew orders in the city, saying violators would be considered "enemy" saboteurs as Russian forces press to capture Ukraine's capital
#BREAKING Kremlin accuses Ukraine of prolonging conflict by refusing negotiations
#UPDATE The Kremlin has accused Ukraine of prolonging the military conflict by refusing to negotiate as Russia pressed on with its invasion of the pro-Western country
"We cannot go home!"
The first Ukrainian refugees arriving in Germany are bewildered and emotional about what is happening in their homeland u.afp.com/wAWU
"I'm trying to stay as calm as possible to not cause a premature birth."
As a street battle rages overhead, Kyiv resident Yulia Snitko cowers in the basement of her apartment block praying for her unborn baby u.afp.com/wAWq
VIDEO: A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows to stay and fight the Russian invaders.
"I am here. We will not lay down any weapons. We will defend our state, because our weapons are our truth," he declares
#UPDATE The Russian army has been given orders to broaden its offensive in Ukraine "from all directions", after Kyiv refused to hold talks in Belarus, Moscow's defence ministry said in a statement
#UPDATE Kyiv authorities have imposed a day-and-night curfew until Monday morning, after some invading Russian forces entered the Ukrainian capital
📸 A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a damaged building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of Kyiv
Maps of Ukraine comparing areas under Russian control as of February 24 and February 25 by 1800 GMT #AFPgraphics@AFP
#BREAKING Germany approves rocket-launcher deliveries to Ukraine: government source
#UPDATE Russia has ordered its troops to advance in Ukraine "from all directions" as the Ukrainian capital Kyiv imposed a blanket curfew and officials reported 198 civilian deaths u.afp.com/wAWc
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BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#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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