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Russia-Ukraine war: 10 March updates ⤵️

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he believes Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will eventually enter negotiations after seeing Russia's forces encounter fierce resistance.

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The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine are set for face-to-face talks in Turkey today, in the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow invaded Ukraine ⤵️ aje.io/dtfd5z

More than 1.4 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since Russia's invasion, says the Polish Border Guard.

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Ukraine is opening seven humanitarian corridors through which civilians can evacuate cities besieged by Russian forces, says Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.

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We've mapped the areas in Ukraine under Russian control since the invasion began ⤵️

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Ukraine’s FM Dmytro Kuleba has said he raised the prospect of a 24-hour ceasefire during his talks with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, but the pair did not make progress on the issue.

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“Bombs are hitting houses,” says Mariupol's city council as aid convoy turned back due to fighting.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renews call for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as a Russian airstrike destroys a children’s and maternity hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol ⤵️

A first round of talks between the FM of Russia and Ukraine has failed to yield progress on a ceasefire, Ukraine says ⤵️

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Zelenskyy’s top economic adviser says war damage tops $100bn.

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Russia’s gov't claims that it has found military biological labs in Ukraine. The US has labelled it 'preposterous'.

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President Vladimir Putin has denounced sanctions imposed on Russia as 'illegitimate'.

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Russia says that Belarusian specialists restored electricity supply to the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

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Russia: We have enough oil and gas buyers even with sanctions.

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The Russian army has claimed an attack on a children’s hospital in Mariupol was a 'staged provocation' by Ukraine.

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UN says two other maternity hospitals had been attacked and destroyed in Ukraine before Russia’s strike in Mariupol on Wednesday.

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EU leaders are set to agree to cut their reliance on Russian fossil fuels.

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Russia and Ukraine are known as the 'breadbasket' of Europe - making up 30% of global wheat exports.

But the effects of the ongoing war are being felt around the world as food prices surge ⤵️

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Over 400,000 civilians have so far been evacuated from conflict areas, Ukrainian minister says

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