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Russia-Ukraine war: 1 March updates ⤵️

It's day six of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as the US rejects Ukraine's appeal for a no-fly zone, saying the move could lead the US to war with Russia.

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Ukraine says hundreds of people have been killed in Russia's ongoing invasion, including more than a dozen children.

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Reports of air raid alerts in Ukraine's Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities.

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Cryptocurrency alone will not save Russia from sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, experts say aje.io/t6n8h3

Mayor of Mariupol says the city is being ‘pounded’ by Russian attacks, as a Kharkiv official says Russian missiles have struck residential areas.

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As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its sixth day, we take a look at the major developments ⤵️ aje.io/tjc86a

A huge Russian military convoy is edging closer to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv after high-level talks fail to produce a ceasefire.

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A crowd of people in Berdyansk, in southern Ukraine, shouted defiant slogans at Russian forces, after Russia claimed it had taken control.

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NATO chief urges Russia to end the war in Ukraine immediately.

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Shelling and blasts across Ukraine — in pictures aje.io/2qzheu

This Ukrainian journalist made an emotional plea to UK PM Boris Johnson, and NATO, for a “no-fly zone” during a press conference in Poland ⤵️

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Ukraine claims Russia is planning to spread fake news to suggest senior military and political figures have surrendered ⤵️

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Kyiv residents and reservists are digging trenches and preparing Molotov cocktails as the Russian army bears down on the Ukrainian capital ⤵️

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Russia will strike sites in Kyiv belonging to Ukraine’s security service and a special operations unit, reports say.

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Ukraine asks China to use its ties with Moscow to stop Russia’s military invasion.

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Residents of Ukraine’s breakaway regions recount their joy over Russia’s recognition of their independence – and what came next aje.io/bdkvr5

"Nobody is going to break us."

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a standing ovation at the European Parliament just hours after he submitted an application to immediately admit Ukraine into the European Union.

UN agencies have launched an emergency appeal to respond to the rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, calling for $1.7bn to help people who have fled the country and those still trapped inside.

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EU must prepare for millions of refugees from Ukraine, official says.

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At the Romanian border, the refugees fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war carry their lives in their luggage — in pictures aje.io/xbjmgq

Watch the moment Russian missiles struck the regional administration building in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said the Russian attacks were acts of state terrorism and called on the international community to recognise them as such ⤵️

“These sanctions are really affecting ordinary people, not just some rich oligarchs.”

Ordinary Russians in Saint Petersburg say they are feeling the effects of the global blowback to Moscow’s attack on Ukraine.

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British PM Boris Johnson says the United Kingdom’s troops will not fight Russian forces in Ukraine.

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Russian attack hits Kyiv television tower, Ukrainian official says.

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A huge Russian convoy, around 60 kilometres in length, is making its way to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.

Experts fear that it could be part of Russia’s “mediaeval” tactic to place the city under siege and into “submission”.

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Turkish President Erdogan calls on Ukraine and Russia to immediately stop fighting and to 'contribute to world peace', adding that Ankara is not opposed to NATO enlargement.

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Russian strikes on Kyiv’s TV tower kill five people and wounded five others, Ukrainian emergency services say.

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Zelenskyy tells Russia “just stop the bombing” ahead of second talks.

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The cultural backlash against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has intensified.

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UN head condemns Russia’s use of heavy weapons.

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Russian forces have entered the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, Ukrainian official says.

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In eastern Ukraine, volunteers have converted a soviet-era cinema into a shelter.

Once a home for arts and culture, it’s now a distribution centre for essentials like food and medicine.

Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford visited the cinema in Dnipro ⤵️

More than 85,000 people have crossed from Ukraine into Hungary since the start of Russia’s invasion, as refugees receive a warm welcome aje.io/e7spcr

Facebook and Instagram are demoting posts from Russian state-controlled media aje.io/3d2zvd