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Feb 28 51 tweets 18 min read
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE LATEST: nbcnews.to/3tiooR0

• Ruble falls to historic lows as Russia's central bank hikes interest rates to 20%

• Ukrainian delegation at Belarus border for Russia talks

• Facebook, Twitter remove disinformation accounts targeting Ukrainians
NEW: U.S. is expanding sanctions on Russia’s central bank in a move that will block Americans from doing any business with it and freezing any assets it holds in the U.S. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Green Day say they will no longer be playing their May 29 concert in Moscow.

"We are aware that this moment is not about stadium rock shows, it’s much bigger than that," the band said in a statement. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
JUST IN: US suspends operations at its embassy in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and authorized the voluntary departure of non-emergency employees and family members at its embassy in Moscow. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
BP, HSBC and the world's biggest aircraft leasing firm AerCap join a growing list of companies looking to exit Russia as Western sanctions tightened the screws on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
NEW: IOC recommends banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the Games amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.

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JUST IN: Switzerland announces it will sanction Russia over the war in Ukraine, breaking its traditional neutral status.

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Volunteers sort through donations at the White Eagle Club in south London ahead of their convoy leaving to deliver aid to those fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

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📷 Henry Nicholls / Reuters
A woman from Mirhord, Ukraine reacts after her 12 and 8-year-old sons and her 66-year-old mother have been waiting on the Ukrainian side of the border for four days to cross at the Medyka border crossing in Poland.

500,000+ people have fled Ukraine, UN says.

📷 Visar Kryeziu/AP
Children in Kyiv are treated in the basement of a pediatrics hospital, which is being used as a bomb shelter.

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📷 Aris Messinis / AFP
Ukraine pushes for cease-fire in talks as fighting rages in key cities; sanctions from West send Russia’s economy reeling. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Newborn twin brothers sleep at a basement used as a bomb shelter at the Okhmadet children's hospital in central Kyiv on Monday.

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📷 Emilio Morenatti / AP
Russian delegation says discussions with Ukraine have concluded. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
A child patient whose leukemia treatment is underway hugs his father as they walk the hallways of the basement floor of Okhmadet Children's Hospital in Kyiv.

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📷 Umit Bektas / Reuters
A view of Khreshchatyk, the main street, empty due to curfew in the central of Kyiv on Sunday.

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📷 Efrem Lukatsky / AP
LATEST: Video shows explosions across Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million people, shaking apartment buildings and sending smoke billowing into the air. Others show bodies lying outside apartment blocks and fires burning in the street. nbcnews.com/news/world/rus…
About 75% of the combat power that Russia amassed at the Ukraine border is now inside the country, a senior US Defense official says. The Russians' main objectives appear to be the capital of Kyiv as well as the city of Kharkiv, the official says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
A school destroyed as a result of fighting near the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine on Monday.

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📷 Sergey Bobok / AFP
Interior view shows a destroyed Russian Army all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle on a road in Kharkiv on Monday.

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📷 Vitaliy Gnidyi / Reuters
JUST IN: FIFA and UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from international soccer competitions. nbcnews.to/3BXWvSt
Twitter announces it's adding labels to content from Russian state-affiliated media. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
NEW: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy signs application for Ukraine to join the EU. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Hungary will not send troops or weapons to Ukraine and will not allow lethal weapons to transit its territory in order to keep the country safe, Foreign Minister Szijjarto says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
An air raid was carried out in a small city near Kyiv, wounding multiple people, the town's mayor said in a Facebook post. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
500,000+ Ukrainians are fleeing their country.

Where they are going: nbcnews.to/3tojXo6
LIVE: UN Security Council meeting.

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LATEST: International Crime Court to open investigation into Russia over alleged war crimes.

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LIVE: Ukraine ambassador speaks at UN Security Council meeting. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
NEW: U.S. has begun the process of expelling 12 Russian intelligence operatives from the Russian Mission to the United Nations, White House says.

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Dramatic video shows the aftermath of heavy bombing in Kharkiv and Chernihiv that left dozens of people dead and wounded, according to an adviser for the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
"Fair negotiations can only happen when one side is not shooting at the other one during the exact time the negotiations are happening," Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
The Walt Disney Company takes a stand with Ukraine by holding off on putting new movies in Russian theaters because of "the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis."
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Canadian PM Trudeau says Canada is sending antitank weapons systems and "upgraded" ammunition to Ukraine as it fights Russia's invasion. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Satellite images captured by an American firm, Maxar Technologies, show what it said was a roughly 40-mile military convoy approaching Ukraine’s capital on Monday. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
WarnerMedia, the corporation behind movies set in the DC Comics universe, announces it will "pause" the release of a new Batman film in Russia because of the invasion of Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Taekwondo's governing body strips Russian President Putin of an honorary grand master black belt, saying it condemns the country's invasion of Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, the sons of a Soviet major general, are both former heavyweight champions.

Now they’re in a fight unlike any they ever imagined. The prize for this one isn’t a championship belt but the survival of their country. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Satellite images captured by US firm Maxar Technologies show what it says is a military convoy along a highway, north of Ivankiv.

Ivankiv is located around 50 miles northwest of Kyiv and around 33 miles northwest of Chernobyl. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
@NBCNews has verified a video of an explosion hitting central Kharkiv.

In the video, shared by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the blast can be seen at the Kharkiv Region State Administration Building on Freedom Square. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Google blocks YouTube channels of Russian state-backed media outlets across Europe. nbcnews.com/news/world/blo…
40-mile long Russian military convoy moves toward Kyiv on Tuesday, threatening Ukraine's capital as increasingly heavy shelling hit major cities across the country. nbcnews.com/news/world/rus…
Head of a maternity hospital near Kyiv says the facility was hit in an attack on Tuesday. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Some 500,000 people have entered Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and other countries since the invasion, UN refugee agency says. nbcnews.com/news/world/ukr…
Australia pledges another $50M in "defensive support" to Ukraine, PM Morrison says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
India says one of its citizens has died during an attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
President Zelenskyy says defending Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, is his priority as he appoints a new head to the city's military administration amid Russia's invasion. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Ukraine has recalled its ambassadors from Kyrgyzstan and Georgia over the countries' responses to the Russian invasion, President Zelenskyy says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
At least 10 people were killed, with at least 20 others wounded, in a fresh shelling in central Kharkiv, Ukrainian interior ministry adviser and state emergency service officials say. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
President Zelenskyy receives a standing ovation after European Parliament address that came hours after he submitted an application to the European Union to grant Ukraine immediate membership into the E.U.
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Diplomats at the UN Human Rights Council stood up and walked out as Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov began to speak to the gathering via video from Moscow. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
More than 660,000 people have fled from Ukraine into neighboring countries over the past 6 days, UN human rights agency says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

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• President Biden to meet with allies to impose "severe sanctions" on Moscow
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U.S. senators in both parties condemned Russia’s military action against Ukraine on Wednesday night and called for further sanctions against Moscow. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
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Ukrainian airspace is almost entirely clear of commercial air traffic on Wednesday night, with flight tracking services showing many jets making dramatic U-turns. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
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