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#BREAKING Ukraine delegation arrives for talks with Russia: Kyiv

#BREAKING Zelensky demands 'immediate' EU membership for Ukraine

#BREAKING Ukraine leader urges Russian soldiers to lay down arms

#UPDATE Ukraine's president Volodymr Zelensky has urged Russian soldiers to lay down their weapons and desert as Ukrainian and Russian delegations were set to hold talks on Moscow's invasion

#UPDATE The UN human rights chief said Monday that at least 102 civilians, including seven children, had been killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion five days ago, warning the true numbers were likely far higher

#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the European Union to grant his country immediate membership, as Russia's assault against the pro-Western country went into its fifth day

The latest on the #Ukraine crisis from @DaveClark_AFP & Sergey Bobok
▶️ Russian ruble hits all-time low
▶️ Russian, Ukrainian negotiators set to meet
▶️ Russian troops besiege key cities
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@DaveClark_AFP Maps of Ukraine comparing areas under Russian control as of February 24 to February 27 at 2000 GMT

@DaveClark_AFP VIDEO: Rescuers and volunteers with Ukraine's State Emergency Service attend to the scene of a destroyed building in the city of Okhtyrka in northeastern Ukraine

@DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING Russia, Ukraine start first talks since Moscow assault: Belarus state media

@DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING More than 500,000 refugees flee Ukraine conflict: UN

@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE More than half a million people have fled #Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion five days ago, with more than half fleeing into Poland, the United Nations says

@DaveClark_AFP #BREAKING Top EU official says 'different opinions' on enlarging bloc as Ukraine asks for membership

@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Top European Union official Charles Michel said Monday there were disagreements among the 27 member states on enlarging the bloc, as Kyiv appealed for membership in the face of a Russian invasion

@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Russian and Ukrainian delegations on Monday began their first talks since Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine last week, Belarusian state news agency Belta reported

📸 A woman walks past a destroyed building in the Ukrainian town of Vasylkiv

@DaveClark_AFP Berlin-based street artist Arte Vilu works on a mural featuring a Ukrainian woman in traditional dress
📸 John MacDougall for @AFPphoto

@DaveClark_AFP #UPDATE Where are the talks being held?
Map shows part of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Pripyat River region (Ukraine) and Gomel (Belarus) -- where the delegations are meeting

@DaveClark_AFP @AFPphoto #BREAKING Belarus nuclear status shift 'very dangerous': EU's Borrell

@DaveClark_AFP @AFPphoto #UPDATE The EU has warned that Belarus could start hosting Russian nuclear weapons after a "very dangerous" decision at a referendum to drop the country's non-nuclear status

@DaveClark_AFP @AFPphoto Map of Europe showing the influx of Ukrainian refugees into European countries, as of February 28 at 1050 GMT, according to the UNHCR

@DaveClark_AFP @AFPphoto #BREAKING US suspends operations at Belarus embassy and authorizes voluntary departure of non-emergency staff from Moscow embassy: State Dept

@DaveClark_AFP @AFPphoto #UPDATE The United States said Monday it is suspending operations at its embassy in Belarus and allowing the departure of non-emergency staff from the American embassy in Moscow

@DaveClark_AFP @AFPphoto #BREAKING Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov cancels trip to UN in Geneva due to EU airspace ban: Russian mission

@DaveClark_AFP @AFPphoto #UPDATE Delegations from Russia and #Ukraine met on Monday for their first talks since the outbreak of war last week, with Kyiv demanding an "immediate ceasefire" as the number of refugees fleeing the country hit more than 500,000 u.afp.com/wAac