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#BREAKING Ukrainian military says Russian troops have slowed down "the pace of the offensive"
#UPDATE Ukraine says Russian troops have slowed down "the pace of the offensive" as Moscow's assault enters fifth day.

"The Russian occupiers have reduced the pace of the offensive, but are still trying to develop success in some areas"

📹 A destroyed building in Okhtyrka
VIDEO: Police detain protesters in St Petersburg on Sunday as Russians rally against Putin's invasion of Ukraine
#BREAKING Russian army says Ukraine civilians can 'freely' leave Kyiv: news agencies
#BREAKING Russian military claims air superiority in Ukraine: news agencies
#UPDATE Russian army says Ukrainian civilians can "freely" leave Kyiv and claims it has air superiority over Ukraine as its invasion goes into its fifth day.

"All civilians in the city can freely leave ... along the Kyiv-Vasylkiv highway. This direction is open and safe" A Ukrainian soldier patrols in Maidan square in Kyiv on Febr
Ukrainian refugees in European countries.

#AFPgraphics map of Europe showing the influx of Ukrainian refugees into European countries, as of February 27 at 1100 GMT, according to the UNHCR

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