#AFPgraphic showing key developments in Ukraine as of March 10, 06:00 GMT
#BREAKING Russia accuses US of funding biological weapons research in Ukraine
#UPDATE Russia accuses US of funding research into biological weapons in Ukraine, as Moscow steps up campaign to gain control of key Ukrainian cities.
Russian defence ministry spokesman says the aim "was to establish a mechanism for the stealthy spread of deadly pathogens"
#BREAKING Russian, Ukrainian foreign ministers begin talks in Turkey: Moscow
#UPDATE Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba begin talks in Turkey in the first such high-level contact since Moscow invaded its neighbour.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has joined the talks, a Turkish official tells @AFP
#BREAKING Kremlin to ask military for information on Ukraine hospital strike
#BREAKING Abramovich, Deripaska among seven oligarchs in new UK sanctions: govt
#UPDATE The Kremlin said it would approach the Russian military for details of a strike on a hospital in the Ukrainian city of #Mariupol, which Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky called a "war crime"
#UPDATE Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has been hit with an assets freeze and travel ban as part of new UK government sanctions targeting seven Russian oligarchs
VIDEO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says at least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged cities on Wednesday
#BREAKING Ukraine, Russia make 'no progress' on ceasefire at Turkey talks: Kuleba
VIDEO: Police in Ukraine have released images showing devastation at a children's hospital in the besieged port city of #Mariupol
#UPDATE Ukraine and Russia made no progress towards agreeing a ceasefire after the Russian invasion at tense talks in Turkey, the Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday
#UPDATE Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has repeated his vow that the country "will not surrender" following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Turkey
#BREAKING Russia criticises 'dangerous' arms deliveries to Ukraine: Lavrov
#BREAKING Mariupol hospital was base for Ukraine nationalists, says Russian foreign minister
#BREAKING Chelsea sale on hold due to UK sanctions on Abramovich: British govt
#UPDATE Roman Abramovich's hopes of selling European champions Chelsea were put on hold on Thursday after the UK government hit the Russian billionaire with an assets freeze
#UPDATE Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed that a hospital which was attacked in the southern Ukrainian port city of #Mariupol had been serving as a military base for nationalists
#UPDATE Russia is ready to continue talks with Ukraine within the framework of the existing format in Belarus, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after negotiations with his Ukrainian counterpart
#BREAKING UK to simplify Ukraine refugee process amid outcry: govt
#UPDATE UK authorities are to simplify the much-criticised visa process for refugees fleeing Russia's war in Ukraine from next week, Home Secretary Priti Patel told parliament on Thursday
Map of #Ukraine locating areas where major explosions, strikes and fighting have been reported and under Russian control.
Updated latest developments as of March 10, 0700 GMT
Map of Kyiv locating Bilohorodka -- the last bridge linking Kyiv to the western regions -- and the principal areas under recent attack
Russia's war in Ukraine: latest developments
▶️ Ukraine accuses Russia of "war crime" over Mariupol hospital attack
▶️ Russia claims hospital was a military base
▶️ "No progress" in peace talks in Turkey
▶️ Britain freezes assets of Russian oligarchs u.afp.com/wPza
#BREAKING Macron, Scholz to Putin: Any solution to crisis must stem from Ukraine-Russia talks
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine have held their first face-to-face talks, after two weeks of war, amid international outrage over Moscow's bombing of a children's hospital that Kyiv says killed three people, including a young girl u.afp.com/wP7y
#UPDATE Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue with diplomacy over the war in Ukraine, German government sources said
📸 Ukrainian soldiers help an elderly woman evacuate the city of Irpin
Who is Roman Abramovich?
He rose from a penniless background in Russia's frozen north to become a multi-billionaire and a celebrity football tycoon, but his empire is teetering on collapse after Russia's invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wPKf
The future of European champions Chelsea has been plunged into doubt after Russian owner Roman Abramovich was hit with UK government sanctions in response to the invasion of #Ukraine u.afp.com/wPKP
#BREAKING Russia bans export of some foreign products, equipment after sanctions
#UPDATE Half the population of Kyiv has fled since the Russian invasion began, its mayor Vitali Klitschko said Thursday, as Moscow's forces press ever closer to the Ukrainian capital
📸 Ukrainian civilians cross a blown up bridge as they flee Kyiv’s northern front
#UPDATE Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced an export ban on more than 200 types of foreign products and equipment until the end of 2022, as part of Moscow's response to sanctions imposed over the Ukraine conflict
#BREAKING NATO is 'stronger' and Russia 'weaker' because of Putin: US
#UPDATE US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin has only made the NATO Western defence alliance "stronger" through his country's invasion of Ukraine
#BREAKING Russian bombing of Ukraine maternity hospital 'a heinous war crime': EU's Borrell
#UPDATE European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned Russia's bombing of a maternity hospital in Ukraine's Mariupol and demanded Moscow allow aid into the besieged city
Map of Europe showing the influx of Ukrainian refugees into European countries, as of March 10, according to the UNHCR #AFPgraphics@AFP
VIDEO: At a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, US Vice President Kamala Harris says that "the NATO alliance is stronger and Russia is weaker because of what Putin has done."
#BREAKING Chelsea press for talks with UK govt to amend sanctions: club
#UPDATE English Premier League club Chelsea said Thursday they were pressing for talks with the UK government after their billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich was hit with a UK assets freeze and travel ban
VIDEO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims that a hospital which was attacked in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol had been serving as a military base for Ukrainian nationalists
#BREAKING Bank for International Settlements suspends Russian central bank
#UPDATE The Bank for International Settlements, considered the central bank of central banks, has announced it is suspending the Bank of Russia, deepening Moscow's financial isolation following its invasion of Ukraine
#BREAKING Putin says Russia continuing all energy exports, including through Ukraine
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is continuing to export oil and gas, including through Ukraine, where the Kremlin sent troops three weeks ago spurring a wave of costly Western sanctions
Five shivering Ukrainian soldiers and a Javelin anti-tank missile stood by the last checkpoint separating the northeastern edge of Kyiv from advancing Russian armoured vehicles u.afp.com/wPVi by @dmitryzaksAFP
@dmitryzaksAFP#UPDATE The Russian invasion has so far destroyed about $100 billion in roads, bridges and businesses in Ukraine, dealing a huge hit to its economy, a Kyiv government official said Thursday u.afp.com/wPVx
@dmitryzaksAFP#BREAKING Putin warns sanctions on Russia could send global food prices soaring
@dmitryzaksAFP#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Western sanctions on Moscow for its actions in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, as Russia was one of the world's main producers of fertiliser, which is essential to global supply chains
@dmitryzaksAFP#BREAKING Further Russia sanctions possible amid 'intensifying' atrocities: Yellen
@dmitryzaksAFP#UPDATE Amid signs Russia has ramped up attacks on Ukrainian civilians, the United States and its European allies could impose additional penalties on Moscow, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says
@dmitryzaksAFP#UPDATE Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin will "lose" the war in Ukraine that he began by invading Ukraine
@dmitryzaksAFP#UPDATE The Russian army has claimed that an attack on a children's hospital in the southeastern Ukrainian port of #Mariupol, which killed three including a child and caused global outrage, was a "staged provocation" by Ukraine
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco