#UPDATE Here is the latest on the situation in #Ukraine from @dmitryzaksAFP and @DaveClark_AFP
➡️Russia, Ukraine to discuss ceasefire Thursday on Poland-Belarus border
➡️Moscow says 498 Russian troops killed in Ukraine u.afp.com/wdYm
#BREAKING France's Macron says Europe in 'new era' after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
#BREAKING US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Poland, Baltics, Moldova in support of Ukraine, State Dept says
#BREAKING Blinken says US 'will support diplomatic efforts' for ceasefire in Ukraine
#BREAKING Blinken calls Putin's nuclear rhetoric the 'height of irresponsibility'
@dmitryzaksAFP@DaveClark_AFP Built after World War II, Kyiv's 52 metro stations and tunnels were built with the dual purpose of moving people and sheltering them should bombs start falling again. Now, Ukrainians are seeking refuge in the capital's deepest and safest bomb shelters u.afp.com/wdfM
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#BREAKING Russian forces enter territory of Ukraine nuclear power station: Kyiv
#UPDATE Russian forces have entered the site of Ukrainian nuclear power plant that caught fire overnight during clashes, Ukrainian nuclear inspectorate says.
The statement said plant staff were continuing to operate the reactor and supply power according to normal safety rules
#BREAKING Ukrainian nuclear regulator says no leaks of radiation have been detected at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant
#BREAKING Fire at key Ukrainian nuclear power plant -- Europe's largest -- after Russian strikes: plant spokesman
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Russian troops to stop attacking Europe's largest nuclear power plant after a fire broke out.
"If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire," Kuleba tweeted.
#BREAKING IAEA warns of 'severe danger' if Ukrainian nuclear reactors hit
#BREAKING Facebook and multiple media websites were partially inaccessible in Russia early Friday, AFP reporters and a monitor group said, as authorities crack down on critical voices as fighting escalates in Ukraine
Google and Tripadvisor block war news in reviews of maps, restaurants, hotels in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
Both services were being used to supply news of the war to Russians who only have access to information from the government
#UPDATE Facebook and multiple media websites were partially inaccessible in Russia on Friday, as authorities crack down on voices critical of fighting in Ukraine.
AFP journalists in Moscow were not able to access Facebook, Meduza, Deutsche Welle, RFE-RL and BBC's Russian service
#BREAKING Russian and Belarus athletes banned from Winter Paralympics: IPC
#BREAKING Germany to deliver 2,700 further anti-air missiles to Ukraine: govt source
#UPDATE Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee announces, citing the war in Ukraine.
"To preserve the integrity of these Games... we have decided to refuse the athlete entries from RPC and NPC Belarus"