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Ukraine's south-eastern port of Mariupol was under constant shelling from Russia and unable to evacuate the injured while Kherson, on the Black Sea to the west, was completely surrounded by invading forces, Ukrainian authorities said reut.rs/3vBb50S

Russia said its forces took control the first sizeable city, seizing Kherson, in the south, as fighting raged around the country and Western nations tightened an economic noose around Russia reut.rs/3puikE5

Boeing suspended maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines and U.S. energy firm Exxon Mobil said it would exit Russia, joining a growing list of Western companies spurning Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3vx6I7a

U.S. President Joe Biden assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, barred Russian flights from American airspace and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display of unity in a State of the Union speech reut.rs/3hu6t4D

Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian armed forces have taken control of the Ukrainian city of Kherson reut.rs/35gvxJX

Russia is aiming to erase Ukraine, its history and people, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video reut.rs/3vxnbZ5

Ukraine's ambassador to Britain received a standing ovation from lawmakers in the House of Commons who applauded him as he watched proceedings from the public gallery twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

What you need to know about Ukraine and Russia 👇
- Invasion kills more than 2,000 Ukrainians, Ukraine's emergency service says
- Ukrainians said they were fighting on in the first sizeable city Russia claims to have seized
- Moscow steps up attacks reut.rs/345l7vQ

Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete as neutrals at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said, despite calls to ban them following Russia's invasion of Ukraine for which Belarus has been a key staging area reut.rs/3sy0bqT

Japan is ready to take in Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, adding that he had made the pledge during a phone conversation with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki reut.rs/3htsLn3

On a phone call with the head of the European Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy provided an update on Russia’s advance, saying he was proud of his country’s efforts but worried about a dwindling supply of arms, a senior EU official says reut.rs/345BgBs

Russians in St. Petersburg demonstrate against the invasion in Ukraine after jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on Russians to stage daily protests. Navalny depicted President Vladimir Putin as an ‘obviously insane tsar.’ Watch live: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body reut.rs/3MsfPfs

People living in Yasynuvata and Horlivka, two towns in the Donetsk region, are counting their losses after shells hit the towns reut.rs/35j8RZx

The U.S. is preparing a sanctions package targeting more Russian oligarchs as well as their companies and assets, sources tell @Reuters, as Washington steps up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3K8woLk

From Canada Goose parkas and the latest iPhone to spare parts for aircraft engines and even some of the planes themselves - the list of goods, consumer and industrial, that will no longer be sold in Russia is growing longer with every day reut.rs/3vyQ0En

Nestle, the world's largest food group, said it has reopened its factories and warehouses in central and western Ukraine in a bid to ensure essential food and drink deliveries in the war-torn country reut.rs/3tqXztY

Russian businessman Roman Abramovich said he had decided to sell Chelsea Football Club and promised to donate money from the sale to help victims of the war in Ukraine reut.rs/3hxWqLN

Exclusive: Ukraine plans to urge about 50 more tech companies, including in gaming, esports and internet infrastructure, to take action against Russia, a top Ukrainian government tech official tells @Reuters reut.rs/3vDUNVf

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying the U.S. is working to support frontline countries including Poland, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. Watch: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Protesters in Saint Petersburg were detained by police for attending a rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3syQmsM

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland played a key role in getting sanctions on Russia's central bank in place, two sources said, and has been a leading voice against Russian aggression as a vocal member of the country's large Ukrainian community reut.rs/35LmYX5

The European Union said it was excluding seven Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system, but stopped short of including those handling energy payments reut.rs/3vvAHfG