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Zelensky hails establishment of pro-Ukraine 'international coalition'

#UPDATE
Zelensky hailed the assistance Ukraine was receiving from its international allies in an online speech.
"We are receiving weapons, medicine, food, diesel, and money," he said. "A powerful coalition in support of Ukraine has been formed -- an anti-war coalition."

Google has become the latest US tech giant to prevent Russian state media from earning money on its platforms in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine
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#BREAKING Ukraine crisis could last 'number of years': UK FM Truss

#UPDATE The Russia-Ukraine conflict could last a "number of years" and the world needs to be prepared for Moscow "to seek to use even worse weapons", British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Sunday

Graphic explaining the extent of the SWIFT international payments system which includes 11,000 banking organisations

#UPDATE Belgium is closing its airspace to Russian flights, the country's prime minister said on Sunday, adding to a growing number of EU countries that have done the same

#BREAKING Russian Orthodox patriarch calls Moscow's foes in Ukraine 'evil forces'

#UPDATE The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called Moscow's opponents in Ukraine "evil forces", speaking on the fourth day of the Kremlin's invasion of its pro-Western neighbour

#BREAKING Germany to invest 'more than 2% of GDP' in defence annually: Scholz

#BREAKING Germany's Scholz says still open for talks with Russia

#UPDATE The head of the Russian Orthodox Church made the statement in an address to parishioners

#BREAKING Ukraine takes Russia to international court in The Hague: Zelensky

#BREAKING Ukrainian refugee tally tops 368,000 and rising: UN

#UPDATE The UN refugee agency said Sunday more than 368,000 people had fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on Thursday

#UPDATE German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the world is in a "new era" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, noting that the question facing Western allies was whether they can muster enough power to set limits for "warmongers" like Vladimir Putin

#UPDATE German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is still open for talks with Russia, but warned that Moscow had to be ready for "real dialogue"

#BREAKING Pope calls for 'urgent' opening of humanitarian corridors for Ukraine

#UPDATE Ukraine has lodged a complaint against Russia at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to get it to halt its invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday

#UPDATE Pope Francis has called for the "urgent" opening of humanitarian corridors for civilians to flee Russia's invasion of Ukraine

#BREAKING Pope calls for guns to 'fall silent' in Ukraine

#UPDATE Pope Francis has called for an end to fighting in Ukraine on the fourth day of a Russian invasion of the country

#BREAKING Germany offers free train rides to bring in Ukrainian refugees from Poland

#UPDATE Germany's rail operator said it will offer free train rides from Sunday to Ukrainian refugees travelling into the country from Poland

📸 People wait for a train to Poland at the railway station of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv

VIDEO: President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine is willing to hold talks with Russia, but rejected convening them in neighbouring Belarus as it was being used as a launchpad for Moscow's invasion

#UPDATE French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has thrown his support behind Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic who have all refused to play Russia in the World Cup play-offs
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#BREAKING Ukraine agrees to hold talks with Russia at Belarus border: Ukraine presidency

#UPDATE The Taliban will not allow any more evacuations of Afghans until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left, their spokesman said Sunday

The Russian head of delegation at a major UN climate conference has apologised for his country's invasion of Ukraine, which he said lacked justification, according to several sources who heard him speak at the virtual meeting
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#UPDATE Ukraine says it will hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus -- near the Chernobyl exclusion zone -- after a phone call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko

More than 100,000 people attended a Ukraine solidarity march in Berlin on Sunday, police said, with many protesters dressed in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukraine flag
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#UPDATE What countries have banned Russian planes from their airspace?
Here is a roundup of all the European countries that have imposed bans in protest over Russia's invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wA7j

#UPDATE More than 100,000 people attended a #Ukraine solidarity march in Berlin, with many protesters dressed in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukraine flag
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@odd_andersen @AFPphoto The EU has scrambled to coordinate a welcome for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, talking notably about offering them temporary protection status u.afp.com/wA8J

@odd_andersen @AFPphoto VIDEO: Several hundred people, many decked out in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, gather in Place Saint-Michel in the heart of Paris to support Ukraine and denounce the invasion of the country by Russian forces

@odd_andersen @AFPphoto The IAEA says it is calling an extraordinary meeting next week to ensure the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
Ukraine has four active nuclear power plants, as well as stores of nuclear waste such as the one at Chernobyl
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@odd_andersen @AFPphoto #BREAKING EU shutting airspace to Russian planes: von der Leyen

@odd_andersen @AFPphoto #BREAKING EU to ban Russian state media RT and Sputnik: von der Leyen

@odd_andersen @AFPphoto #BREAKING EU to impose new sanctions on Belarus over Ukraine: von der Leyen

@odd_andersen @AFPphoto #BREAKING EU to finance weapons deliveries to Ukraine: von der Leyen

@odd_andersen @AFPphoto #UPDATE The EU has announced swingeing new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, closing its airspace to Russian aircraft and banning Russian state media outlets broadcasting in the bloc