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Feb 28 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Ukrainian and Russian officials arrived at the Ukraine-Belarus border for peace talks, as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the next 24 hours would be "crucial" to Ukraine's fate.

Catch up on the latest. trib.al/63MKjqc
In his latest address, Zelensky called for Ukraine's immediate accession to the EU — one day after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Ukraine is "one of us and we want them in." axios.com/ukraine-russia…
Zelensky's office called for an "immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine" ahead of peace talks, but expressed little optimism that the negotiations would result in an end to the attack. axios.com/ukraine-russia…
Zelensky: “When I planned to become a president, I said that each of us is the president. Because we are all responsible for our state...And now it has happened that each of us is a warrior.

And I am confident that each of us will win." axios.com/ukraine-russia…
LATEST: An adviser to Zelensky tweeted a few minutes ago that a third round of talks were getting underway, nearly four hours after negotiations began.
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Ukrainian officials say dozens of civilians had been killed and hundreds wounded by indiscriminate shelling in Kharkiv — a city on the border with Russia — as peace talks were ongoing.

More updates ➡️ axios.com/ukraine-russia… Image
LATEST:

• The first round of peace talks concluded
• Zelensky signed an application for Ukraine to join the EU
• Ukrainian cities including Kharkiv face some of the heaviest shelling of the war thus far, with reports of significant civilian casualties.
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French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone call with Putin, in which Putin said a deal "is possible only if Russia’s legitimate security interests are unconditionally taken into account," according to the Kremlin. axios.com/ukraine-russia…
Ukraine's defense minister Oleksii Reznikov wrote in a Facebook post:

"We offer Russian soldiers a choice: to die in an unjust war or full amnesty and 5 million rubles of compensation if they put down their guns and voluntarily surrender to prison." axios.com/ukraine-russia…
LATEST:

A Russian convoy stretching over 17 miles — comprised of hundreds of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and logistics support vehicles — continues to move toward Kyiv from the north.

More updates ➡️ trib.al/XZo2tDJ Image
LATEST:

A Russian convoy stretching an estimated 40+ miles continues to move toward Kyiv from the north, according to satellite imagery.

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LATEST: More than 2,000 civilians have been killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.

Attacks on civilian areas have increased in the last 48 hours, but the death toll is impossible to verify. trib.al/mWIIE9N
In a defiant address as a seventh day of war began, Zelensky said the war unified Ukrainians like nothing before.

"We forgave each other. We started loving each other. We help each other. We are worried for each other." axios.com/ukraine-civili…
The Russian plan to sprint to Kyiv and force a swift capitulation has faltered under stout Ukrainian resistance.

But Russian forces are taking towns and cities, particularly in the south, and intensifying bombardments of cities like Kharkiv in the east. axios.com/ukraine-civili…
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HAPPENING NOW: Biden is minutes away from starting his first #SOTU2022 address.

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Biden will emphasize the U.S. and NATO's prepared response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's "premeditated and unprovoked" invasion of Ukraine in his #SOTU2022 address tonight, according to excerpts from his speech.
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Ukrainian ambassador Oksana Markarova is one of First Lady Jill Biden's guests at the State of the Union address tonight.

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LATEST: Zelensky released a new video accusing Russia of war crimes for its siege of civilian areas in Kharkiv, a mostly Russian-speaking city near the border.

"It is a conscious destruction of people. Russians knew where they were shooting." axios.com/ukraine-russia…
The southeastern port city of Mariupol has been surrounded and "has practically no electricity and centralized heating," according to the mayor.

U.S. officials say Russia wants to seize Mariupol and Kharkiv to section off eastern Ukraine. axios.com/ukraine-russia…
Norway has become the latest NATO country to commit to sending military aid to Ukraine, pledging up to 2,000 M72 anti-tank grenade launchers. axios.com/ukraine-russia…
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Some European allies had previously expressed concern that disconnecting Russian banks' access to the primary system for global financial transactions would cause collateral economic damage. axios.com/eu-expels-russ…
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🧵: Zelensky has emerged as a unifying leader for Ukraine during the first days of the Russian invasion.

When he won the presidency, his closest qualification was playing a president on television.

Here's what to know about the actor-turned-leader ⬇️
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Zelensky was a comedian and actor before soundly defeating Petro Poroshenko with more than 70% of the vote in 2019.

He had no political experience and named his political party after the TV sitcom on which he played a president, "Servant of the People."
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Zelensky: "Throughout my entire life, I’ve tried to do everything so Ukrainians smiled. In the next five years, I will do everything so that you, Ukrainians, don’t cry."
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