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Russia-Ukraine war: 7 March updates ⤵

Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy, says news agency citing Russia’s defence ministry.

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New Zealand and South Korea announce new sanctions on Russia aje.io/gwk44c

Around 1.067 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since the start of the Russian invasion, including 142,300 on Sunday, says Polish Border Guard.

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accuses Russia of targeting civilians, saying Kyiv will ‘punish everyone who committed atrocities’ aje.io/qthp6c

Russian gymnast faces disciplinary action after showing Z symbol in support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine aje.io/y3qxfg

China’s friendship with Russia is 'rock solid' and the prospects for cooperation between Moscow and Beijing are very broad, says foreign minister.

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An 11-year-old Ukrainian boy was forced to travel over 1,000km to Slovakia alone to flee Russia shelling in Zaporizhzhia.

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Humanitarian corridors unlikely while Russia keeps attacking, says Kyiv.

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Russia says it is opening new humanitarian corridors across multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, to allow civilians to evacuate. But most of the routes lead into Russia or its ally Belarus.

@natachabut is in Lviv and describes the Ukrainian reaction to Russia’s proposal.

@natachabut Netflix and TikTok suspend most of their services in Russia as the gov't cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine aje.io/jtdcex

@natachabut Police in Russia detained more than 4,300 people on Sunday at anti-war protests across different cities, according to an independent protest monitoring group.

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@natachabut Ukraine to hold next bond auction on Tuesday:

After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian government said it hoped to raise about $1.36bn through new bond issues.

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@natachabut “This is not a humanitarian act that Israel is carrying out. Israel is a settler-colonial state. It is a state that is obsessed with demography and ensuring demographic superiority by Jewish people over Palestinians.”

- Lana Tatour, University of NSW ⤵️ aje.io/mdrc82

@natachabut Russia snubs UN International Court of Justice hearing in case brought by Ukraine aje.io/73q25g

@natachabut An Al Jazeera team was able to enter the devastated city of Kharkiv in Ukraine after Russia announced a pause in fighting to allow people to leave.

Reporter @stratfordch was shocked by what he saw ⤵️

@natachabut @stratfordch Hungarian PM Viktor Orban allows deployment of NATO troops in western Hungary aje.io/sd4vc2

@natachabut @stratfordch Military situation in Ukraine unchanged over weekend, says analyst:

“There is a general feeling that after 12 days of fighting both sides exhausted their resources.”

- Nikolay Mitrokhin, Russia expert/researcher.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba to meet in Turkey aje.io/h8y6hs

@natachabut @stratfordch "Russia must be stopped, and the Court has a role to play."

Russian representatives boycotted a hearing at the UN's International Court of Justice on Monday as Ukraine sought an emergency order to halt hostilities ⤵️

@natachabut @stratfordch EU nations have agreed to start examining membership bids submitted by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.

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@natachabut @stratfordch US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells nervous Baltics NATO will protect them from Russia aje.io/6jxy76

@natachabut @stratfordch More than 1.7 million people have so far fled the war in Ukraine, according to he UN’s refugee agency, as thousands more stream across the borders.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for an oil embargo against Russia on Monday, but how much would an embargo actually hurt Russia? ⤵️

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@natachabut @stratfordch “The total amount of Tajikistan’s external debt exceeds $3bn,”

Far from Putin’s Russia, Tajikistan’s people feel sanctions pain aje.io/e7xd3r

@natachabut @stratfordch Russian forces have stepped up their shelling of Ukrainian cities in the centre, north and south of the country — in pictures aje.io/jycpn4

@natachabut @stratfordch “I think it’s sensible given what’s going on in Ukraine to make sure that we have some basic ability to check who is coming in.”

PM Boris Johnson rejects calls for the UK to ease visa requirements for Ukrainian refugees.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accuses the Russian army of scuppering the evacuation of civilians through humanitarian corridors agreed after talks with Moscow.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN says Russia blocked 'numerous attempts' to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, Pentagon says.

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@natachabut @stratfordch World Bank approves a $723m package of loans and grants for Ukraine, providing government budget support.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Russia’s UN Ambassador says his country will carry out a cease-fire on Tuesday morning and open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Ukraine's Odesa prepares its defences amid fears of Russian attack — in pictures aje.io/cnz576

@natachabut @stratfordch Second Russian general killed in war, Ukraine says.

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@natachabut @stratfordch Estee Lauder to suspend all commercial activities in Russia.

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