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Talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials could begin in hours, the ruble sinks, and Russia's central bank responds to sweeping Western sanctions

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Belarus is preparing to send soldiers into Ukraine in support of Russia as soon as Monday, the Washington Post reports

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Latvia amends its national security law to allow citizens to voluntarily go to Ukraine to fight in its war with Russia, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's plea for foreigners to join Ukraine's forces

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U.K. Treasury bans people and companies from doing business with Russian institutions including the Bank of Russia, with further prohibitions to be announced later this week

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Airbnb is offering free short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees who are fleeing the Russian invasion

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"I am sure we deserve this" — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asks the EU to immediately accept his country into the bloc

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Ukraine government denies reports that Russian forces have surrounded Kyiv, as UN says more than 500,000 refugees have fled the country

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Ukraine begins talks with Moscow in a long-shot bid to end President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

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Russia banned airlines from 36 countries from its airspace in retaliation to a similar move by European states.

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The Swiss government announced it will enforce EU sanctions against hundreds of Russian lawmakers and other officials including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “with immediate effect”

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French President Emmanuel Macron called Russian President Vladimir Putin to urge him to back an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, according to the French presidency

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned that Russia may attempt an attack from Belarus down the inside of Ukraine’s western border to block the country off with Poland, saying “we must act quickly” to deliver humanitarian aid

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President Vladimir Putin has now committed almost 75% of his pre-staged forces in Ukraine, according to a senior U.S. defense official

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Russian forces moved in on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, where local television footage showed missile strikes on a residential neighborhood.

At least 11 people were killed and dozens wounded, the regional administration said

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LATEST: Russia and Ukraine have agreed to continue talks aimed at ending the war after consulting with their presidents, the Interfax news service reported

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LATEST: The Biden administration is asking crypto exchanges to help ensure that Russian individuals and organizations aren’t using virtual currencies to avoid sanctions leveled on them by Washington, sources say

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NEW: The EU adopted sanctions on some of Russia’s wealthiest tycoons as the bloc ratchets up penalties on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine

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LATEST: Karim AA Kham QC, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, said he’s decided to open an investigation into “the situation in Ukraine”

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The U.S. has ordered 12 Russian diplomats to the United Nations to leave, UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia said during a UN Security Council meeting, calling it a “gross violation by the host country”

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Elon Musk fulfilled a promise to get additional SpaceX satellite dishes into Ukraine, drawing thanks from the deputy prime minister who had pleaded for the tools to keep internet communications working amid Russia’s invasion

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Stocks almost wiped out their losses, with energy producers joining a rally in oil.

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