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#BREAKING Russian prosecutors up oversight of foreign companies leaving country

#BREAKING Putin backs plans to send volunteer fighters to Ukraine

#UPDATE Russian prosecutors say they are ramping up control of foreign companies that decided to leave the country after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin backs plans to allow volunteers to fight in Ukraine, where he has sent thousands of Russian troops in what he calls a "special military operation"

#BREAKING 2.5 million people have now fled Ukraine: UN

#UPDATE 2.5 million people have fled #Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, the United Nations says

Map of #Ukraine locating areas where major explosions, strikes and fighting have been reported and under Russian control.
Updated latest developments as of March 11, 0800 GMT

#UPDATE The UN Refugee Agency said some 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded two weeks ago, and another two million have been internally displaced by the war
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Russia's war in Ukraine: Latest developments
▶️ Russian forces attempt to encircle Kyiv
▶️ UN says 2.5 million have fled Ukraine
▶️ Putin backs plans to allow foreign volunteers to fight for Russia
▶️ A kindergarten is hit in the first air strikes on Dnipro

#BREAKING Ukraine must not become 'full-fledged' NATO war with Russia: Stoltenberg

#UPDATE NATO must not allow Russia's invasion of Ukraine to spill over into a war between the alliance and Moscow, its chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday, again ruling out a no-fly zone

#UPDATE The Kremlin said Friday that fighters from Syria and the Middle East would be allowed to fight for Russia in Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin backed a plan to send volunteers to battle there

#BREAKING Biden, with G7 and EU, will call for Russia trade status to be revoked: source

#UPDATE US President Joe Biden will announce on Friday that he wants to strip Russia of its "most favored nation" trade status, according to a source familiar with the matter, a move that would pave the way for tariff hikes

#BREAKING Putin sees some 'positive shifts' in Russia-Ukraine talks

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that there were some "positive shifts" in talks between Russian and Ukraine, two weeks into Moscow's military campaign in the country

#BREAKING Moscow opens case against Meta for calling for 'murder' of Russians

#UPDATE NATO must not allow Russia's invasion of Ukraine to spill over into an open conflict between the alliance and Moscow, its chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday, warning a no-fly zone would likely lead to full-scale war
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Map of Kyiv locating Bilohorodka -- the last bridge linking Kyiv to the western regions -- and the principal areas under recent attack

#UPDATE Russia says it is opening a criminal case against Meta for "calling for the murder" of Russians, saying the parent company of Facebook and Instagram had relaxed its rules on violent messages aimed at the Russia's army and leaders

VIDEO: NATO must not allow Russia's invasion of Ukraine to spill over into a war between the alliance and Moscow, its chief Jens Stoltenberg tells @AFP

#BREAKING Zelensky says EU 'should do more' for Ukraine

#BREAKING Zelensky slams Russia for hiring Syria 'murderers' to fight in Ukraine

#BREAKING Russian media regulator restricts access to Instagram

#BREAKING Ukraine war to 'deeply destabilise' food supply in Europe, Africa: Macron

#BREAKING Canada slaps new sanctions on Russian oligarchs including Abramovich

#BREAKING French President Macron threatens further 'massive sanctions' against Russia over Ukraine

#BREAKING President Biden says US and allies will revoke Russia's favored trade status

#BREAKING US President Biden says Russia would pay a 'severe price' if it uses chemical weapons in Ukraine

#BREAKING US bans exports of American luxury goods to Russia, Belarus

Russia is piling huge pressure on foreign companies fleeing the country following Moscow's decision to send troops to Ukraine even as some tycoons warn that the seizure of assets would take the country "back to 1917" u.afp.com/wWUh

Ukraine's capital #Kyiv risks being surrounded, with Russian forces moving in on areas north and west of the city, the Ukrainian military says, with some suburbs heavily bombarded. Three other major cities are effectively besieged. Latest developments: ➡️ u.afp.com/wWUa