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EXCLUSIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy tells Russia: stop bombing before ceasefire talks can start reut.rs/3vtx3mt
The U.S. government is set to announce a ban on Russian flights from American airspace following similar moves by the European Union and Canada, government and industry officials told @Reuters reut.rs/3Izpz5e
Russia said it was placing temporary restrictions on foreigners seeking to exit Russia assets, as it tried to stem an investor retreat driven by crippling Western sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3tmdWbh
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke to the European Parliament, appealing for help against Russia, at least one man was audibly moved by his speech: His interpreter reut.rs/3hwLTQU
Some of America's best-known companies including Apple, Google, Ford and Harley-Davidson rebuked and rejected Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, under steady pressure from investors and consumers decrying the violence reut.rs/3IzqTVK
Warnings that pro-Russian ransomware gangs would snarl networks in Ukraine and its allies have so far failed to materialize amid disarray among the criminal underworld often behind such attacks and fears insurers would not pay out reut.rs/3K6kD8a
A Ukrainian cyber guerrilla warfare group plans to launch digital sabotage attacks against critical Russian infrastructure such as railways and the electricity grid to strike back at Moscow over its invasion, a hacker team coordinator told @Reuters reut.rs/3Meokue
The U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration said orders blocking Russian aircraft and airlines from entering and using all U.S. airspace will be fully in effect by end of Wednesday reut.rs/3htrNHt
The World Bank is pushing for 'fast-track' approval of an additional $350 million loan for Ukraine within days, to provide emergency cash for its efforts to defend against Russia's invasion, people familiar with the plans said reut.rs/3tp6rQS
Days after visiting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to film scenes for his documentary on Russia's invasion, Hollywood actor-director Sean Penn found himself among thousands of refugees fleeing to Poland, joining the exodus on foot reut.rs/3pwqNGW
Exxon Mobil said it would exit Russia oil and gas operations that it has valued at more than $4 billion and halt new investment as a result of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3IzJm4w
Canada will refer the situation in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court to probe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russian forces reut.rs/35nIZeL
A MassMutual ad featuring NHL Washington Capitals' Russian captain Alexander Ovechkin is no longer on the air, the U.S. life insurance company told @Reuters reut.rs/3KqDD1x
U.S. President Joe Biden vowed that Russia's Vladimir Putin will pay dearly over the long run even for his invasion of Ukraine, even if his military campaign succeeds in the short term, saying 'He has no idea what's coming,' without elaborating reut.rs/3ptIu9U

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Russian troops entered the Ukrainian city of Kherson, forcing their way into the council building, the mayor said, after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had made the first major gain of a city in its eight-day-long invasion reut.rs/3toxVpY ImageImageImageImage
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U.S. President Biden will seek to unite Americans in solidarity with Ukraine in his State of the Union address reut.rs/3pwi9rX #SOTU Image
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: As fighting continues in Ukraine, @Journotopia is live from the ground in Lviv on @Reddit to answer your questions about the situation.
Ask here 👉 reut.rs/3HFBr4s Image
Q: How are people finding ways to rest since the attack began?

A: Ukrainians seem to be sticking close to home and family if they can.

@Journotopia answers questions from Ukraine in our Reddit AMA: reut.rs/3JYG2Aa Image
Q: Ukrainian losses are still a mystery. How much damage has been done?

A: Accurate accounts of losses on both sides are hard to independently assess. Neither army wants to advertise them.

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Moscow faced increasing isolation as President Vladimir Putin showed no sign of stopping his invasion of Ukraine, where fierce fighting and Russian bombardment have killed dozens and sparked a refugee crisis reut.rs/3K68QH2
Here's what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis right now reut.rs/3C1Ienz
Markets were steady, after days of volatility with Asian shares edging up and gold slipping slightly as investors watched the conflict in Ukraine unfold, and weighed its economic implications reut.rs/3sr9DMG
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When Percy Ohene-Yeboah peered down from his high-rise apartment in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine last week, the street below was clogged with traffic. People hurried along the sidewalks, wheeling suitcases behind them reut.rs/3ItiD9v 1/5
The Ghanaian engineering student went to a window on the other side and discovered why: Russian planes were flying low above the city, trying to evade missiles that rifled through the sky 2/5
As reality dawned, and with nowhere to turn, the 24-year-old, packed a bag and ran to the nearest underground train station for shelter, one of thousands of African students stranded in Ukraine during a Russian invasion, with no idea of how to escape 3/5
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