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RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE LATEST: nbcnews.to/3IDKtAb

• Invasion enters 7th day with heavy attacks on Kharkiv and Kherson

• Kyiv preparing to defend city as the Russian forces move closer to the capital

• Biden says Putin "now isolated from the world more than ever"

Russian money flows through U.S. real estate.

At a minimum, from cases reported in the last five years, more than $2.3 billion has been laundered through U.S. real estate, according to a report in August by Global Financial Integrity.

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Ukraine's president appeals to Jewish community for support:

“It is very important that you, millions of Jews, do not remain silent right now."

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A couple with their newborn baby take shelter in the basement of a perinatal center in Kyiv on Wednesday as air-raid sirens are heard amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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📷 Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters

Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, faced fresh shelling and an overnight attack from paratroopers on Wednesday.

“We can’t stand this anymore,” says a 33-year-old resident, adding that the strikes come constantly, and residential areas are being hit.

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The Biden administration is "very open" to the idea of sanctioning Russia's oil and gas industry but wants to "minimize the impact on the global marketplace," the White House press secretary says. nbcnews.to/3tkyQrr

More than 1 million sign a petition launched by prominent Russian activist to "stop the war" in Ukraine. nbcnews.to/3Cb9TCD

The first shipment of medical aid for Ukraine, with supplies to meet the needs of 150,000 people, will arrive in Poland on Thursday, the World Health Organization says. nbcnews.to/3C7xYKx

"Go home!"

Video shows residents of Melitopol, a city in southeast Ukraine, resisting military vehicles as a solider fires into the air.

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A woman cries outside houses damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside of Kyiv on Wednesday.

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📷 Vadim Ghirda / AP

Residential building destroyed by recent shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues in the city of Irpin in the Kyiv region on Tuesday.

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📷 Serhii Nuzhnenko / Reuters

China will not join in sanctions on Russia, the country's banking regulator says. nbcnews.to/3MfHIak

The Swiss company behind Nord Stream 2 announces employee terminations, but cannot confirm bankruptcy reports. nbcnews.to/3szWG30

Katerina Belash is one of many who have fled from the explosions in Kharkiv.

"My whole city is just dust," she says after her house was "burnt by a bomb."

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Moscow has drawn international condemnation after Ukraine said one of the Russian airstrikes hit near a historical memorial site where Nazis massacred tens of thousands of Jews during WWII.

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People walk next to a row of cars waiting to pick up family members and refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, in Palanca, Moldova on Tuesday.

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📷 Aurel Obreja / AP

How Russia's war in Ukraine came back to bite Putin at home.

“Everyone is scared. We don’t know what’s going to happen,” says one Moscow resident.

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People gather in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter on Tuesday.

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📷 Efrem Lukatsky / AP

Africans living in Ukraine are reporting racist discrimination and abuse at the border. Videos show officials appearing to threaten to shoot groups of African students, a woman shielding an infant from the cold and officials chasing groups of people. nbcnews.to/3szigVj

Almost 500 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine, Russia's defense ministry says in its first report of military casualties since the country invaded Ukraine last week. nbcnews.to/3C6p8gj

A Russian law enforcement officer detains a demonstrator in Saint Petersburg during an anti-war protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday.

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📷 Reuters

A woman sits in a tent as people take shelter in a Kyiv subway station that has has been turned into a bomb shelter.

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📷 Chris McGrath / Getty

The president of the European Parliament says she's banning Kremlin representatives from parliament grounds. nbcnews.to/3sx7zTj

White House announces new sanctions Wednesday on Russia and its ally, Belarus, for "enabling Putin's invasion of Ukraine." nbcnews.to/3C7nqem

Nearly 900,000 people have already left Ukraine, a number that the U.N. estimates could grow to 5 million. nbcnews.to/3sC0ocy

JUST IN: US has delivered hundreds of stinger missiles to Ukraine this week, including more than 200 on Monday, according to two Congressional officials briefed on the deliveries.

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A Russian woman burns her passport at a vigil in Edinburgh in protest of her home country’s invasion of Ukraine: “I feel ashamed of being associated with this country.” nbcnews.to/3K5unPY

People stand above a shell crater in front of the remains of residential building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues in Zhytomyr on Wednesday.

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📷 Viacheslav Ratynskyi / Reuters

U.S. imposes sweeping sanctions on Russia's defense sector, Sec. Blinken says. nbcnews.to/3KahUuy

NEW: Sen. Manchin says he's planning to introduce legislation with Sen. Murkowski that would prohibit the U.S. and domestic companies from importing Russian crude oil and petroleum. nbcnews.to/3pwoW4C

The U.S. military has postponed a ballistic missile test scheduled for this weekend in wake of Russian President Putin saying he was putting his country's nuclear forces on alert, a Pentagon spokesperson says. nbcnews.to/3vwqeAH

8 people, including two children, killed after Russian strikes in the Ukrainian city of Izyum, Ukraine's parliament says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Independent Russian radio network Echo of Moscow shuts down after its board of directors voted to liquidate its station and news site. nbcnews.com/card/independe…

Column of tanks advancing towards Kyiv has made "little discernible progress" since Tuesday and remains more than 18 miles from the centre of the capital, British Ministry of Defence says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

International Paralympic Committee to refuse the entry of athletes from Russia and Belarus for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games. nbcnews.com/card/russian-b…

Russian forces are "regrouping" in an effort to reach the capital city of Kyiv after they failed to succeed in northern cities, Ukrainian military says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

1 million people have fled Ukraine after a week of war. nbcnews.com/news/world/1-m…

Hundreds of protesters detained in St. Petersburg at a protest rally against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine is expected to begin today, head of the Russian delegation says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

EU must be prepared to host millions of refugees from Ukraine as the conflict develops, European Commissioner for Home Affairs says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Russia's FM Lavrov says the idea of nuclear warfare is "not in the heads" of Russians, Russian state media RIA Novosti reports. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Kherson's regional council will continue to operate and provide help to its citizens despite Russian forces taking control of the city's regional state administration building, the council's head says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

F1 terminates its contract with the Russian Grand Prix official promoter Ano Rosgonki, statement says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

"I'm worried about the psychological state of the civilians, especially women and children," former advisor to President Zelenskyy says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Biden administration asks Congress for $10B in humanitarian and defense assistance for Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Despite Russia facing a tougher resistance than expected during the first week of its military offensive in Ukraine, US and European officials warn that the darkest days of the invasion lie ahead. nbcnews.com/politics/white…