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RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE LATEST: nbcnews.to/35pcq09

• 1,000,000+ flee Ukraine

• Kherson mayor says Russian troops have "captured" city

• Russian convoy near Kyiv makes "little discernible progress"

• Kharkiv continues to face heavy shelling
Displaced people line up for food rations outside Lviv railway station in western Ukraine on Thursday.

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📷 Bernat Armangue / AP
Putin and Macron share "not-so-friendly" 90-minute phone call.

Putin initiated the call and was attempting to "maintain his justifications for the invasion on Ukraine," per French presidential source. "Putin's goal is to take control of all of Ukraine." nbcnews.to/36T6g8N
NEW: Speaker Pelosi says she supports a ban on Russian oil imports:

"I'm all for that. Ban it. ... Ban the oil coming from Russia."

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France seizes a yacht linked to a Russian oligarch, the country's finance minister says. nbcnews.to/3MkUCDZ
7 of the 8 members of the Arctic Council, which Russia is the current chair of, say they are “temporarily pausing participation in all meetings of the Council” and condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine. nbcnews.to/3pz5XGC
WATCH: Dashcam video captures explosions in street in Chernihiv, north Ukraine nbcnews.to/3IHLZky
A father cries over his teen son's body lying on a stretcher at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine on Wednesday.

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📷 Evgeniy Maloletka / AP
Thousands of demonstrators in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday.

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📷 Daniel Reinhardt / AP
A Ukrainian serviceman waves goodbye to his family evacuating Kyiv.

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📷 Pierre Crom / Getty
Volunteers assemble flak jackets in a warehouse as a part of a shipment to Ukraine in Prague, Czech Republic on Wednesday.

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📷 Eva Korinkova / Reuters
The last remaining independent television channel in Russia temporarily suspends operations, with journalists walking off set declaring, "No war." nbcnews.to/3ttiwVm
"It's not about I want to talk with Putin. I think I have to talk with Putin. The world has to talk with Putin because there are no other ways to stop this war," President Zelenskyy tells @RichardEngel.

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Those fleeing the war in Ukraine will be granted temporary protection in the E.U. and given a residence permit, it says. nbcnews.to/3vCoLJc
The U.S. military has established channels to communicate directly with the Russian military as a way to deconflict tactical movements around Ukraine, a senior defense official says. nbcnews.to/3pBlQfN
A refugee child fleeing Ukraine gestures while waiting for transportation in Budapest, Hungary.

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📷 Marton Monus / Reuters
Biden administration announces new sanctions against additional Russian oligarchs and their families in which yachts, luxury apartments, money and other assets in U.S. jurisdiction will be seized. nbcnews.to/3Cfmll4
A father says goodbye to his family as they leave for Poland on a bus Thursday in Lviv, Ukraine.

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📷 Dan Kitwood / Getty
Ukrainians receive CPR training in Lviv, western Ukraine on Thursday.

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📷 Bernat Armangue / AP
People hold signs offering accommodation for Ukrainian refugees who arrive at Berlin's central train station in Germany on Thursday.

"1 mother, 1 child for 2 weeks"

"We want to help. We have 1 room."

"3 people, 2 weeks"

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📷 Annegret Hilse / Reuters
WATCH: Drone footage shows battle aftermath in town of Borodyanka nbcnews.to/3sCIh6o
Russian military forces have occupied Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine after a night of heavy shelling, State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation says. nbcnews.com/card/russian-f…
Russian troops have encircled Mariupol, UK's Ministry of Defence says. nbcnews.com/card/russian-t…
3 Ukrainian soldiers killed after Russian forces shelled the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, National Nuclear Energy Generating Company says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Russian lawmakers vote unanimously in favor of legislation that would punish the spreading of 'fake information' about Russian armed forces with up to 15 years in jail. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy says Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant could have led to a tragedy for Ukraine and for Europe. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
A woman stands next to rescuers amidst the debris of a school building destroyed by shelling in Zhytomyr on Friday.

📸 Viacheslav Ratynskyi / Reuters
President Putin says Russia's neighbours should not escalate tensions, 8 days after Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Citizens in Lviv - about 40 miles from the Polish border - are preparing to fight the Russian invasion in any way they can. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Ukrainian lawmaker says Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant could have killed as many as 3 million people and affected more than 51 million. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Pentagon press secretary says there was "no radioactive leakage" from Zaporizhzhia power plant and that the damage has been "fairly limited." nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
NEW: Lawyers from around the world to file appeal to the UN on behalf of Black refugees facing discrimination while trying to flee Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/be…
More explosions heard in Kyiv in apparent sign Russian missile strikes on and around the capital are intensifying. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

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• Facebook, Twitter remove disinformation accounts targeting Ukrainians
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• Ukraine agrees to talks with Russia at Belarus border

• Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces to be on "high alert"

• Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands after fierce fighting

• 368,000+ Ukrainians flee westward
WATCH: Ukrainian TV channel broadcasts from underground parking lot nbcnews.to/3Hrn8jB
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• Ukraine fights to hold Kyiv as Russian army closes in

• Zelenskyy vows "we will protect our country," urges his people to join him in defiance

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