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Mar 11 22 tweets 10 min read
Russia-Ukraine war: 11 March updates ⤵️

Ukraine tells UN nuclear watchdog IAEA it has lost all contact with facilities at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, which is now held by Russian forces.

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Facebook allows posts urging violence against invading Russians aje.io/rpj3d6
The World Health Organization says it advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs aje.io/ms63qf
We map who controls what areas in Ukraine two weeks into Russia's full-scale military invasion ⤵️

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The EU’s executive arm aims to double the bloc’s military aid to Ukraine and has proposed earmarking another 500 million euros ($550m) for this purpose, said the EU’s foreign policy chief.

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Finland mulls joining NATO after Russia’s war in Ukraine aje.io/4rmqew
"The price of some goods has doubled and even tripled in some cases.”

Russia-Ukraine war poses new threat to global food security ⤵️
Which countries buy the most Russian weapons? aje.io/mrtw8w
“It’s a business calculation. On the stay side: How much revenue do they earn in Russia? Do they provide an essential service?”

- Mary Lovely, Peterson Institute for International Economics ⤵️ aje.io/jxkzkb
The UK has imposed asset freezes and travel bans on 386 members of the Russian Duma [the lower house of the Russian parliament] who voted in favour of recognising the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has reached a strategic turning point in its war with Russia and will overcome Moscow’s offensive.

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Putin says Russia should allow volunteer fighters from Syria and other countries to join Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.

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UN says 564 civilians killed in Ukraine.

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Ukraine says Russian aircraft fired at Belarus from Ukrainian air space, attempting to 'involve the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus in the war with Ukraine'.

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Russian armed forces have made no progress in Ukraine in the last 24 hours, Ukrainian presidential adviser says.

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The Russian Olympic Committee has made an urgent appeal to overturn a ban on its athletes competing at a European winter sports festival in Finland.

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Ukraine accuses Russian forces of hitting a psychiatric hospital near the eastern Ukrainian town of Izyum aje.io/rg5jzm
Biden announces US ban on Russian vodka, diamonds and seafood, as Washington tightens sanctions against the Kremlin.

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International Criminal Court opens an online portal to gather evidence of war crimes in Ukraine.

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Footage captured by journalists shows Ukrainian soldiers coordinating an operation on the front lines and battling to push back Russian forces as they inch closer to the capital, Kyiv ⤵️
Ukraine urges Belarus to stay out of war.

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YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally.

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