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1/10 Russian troops continue siege of Kiev and Kharkiv, and bombed the city of Dnieper, and Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine. Mariupol remains cut off from humanitarian aid. Russians abducted the mayor of Melitopol unian.ua/war/viyna-ukra…

2/10 The Polish Border Guard confirmed that from February 24, nearly 1.6 million refugees from Ukraine crossed the border with Poland.

https://twitter.com/Straz_Graniczna/status/1502311726922051585

3/10 Russia's failure to achieve its main goal – capitulation of the Ukrainian authorities or their overthrow – increases the risk it would expand use of thermobaric and cluster weapons, a much greater threat to Ukrainian defenders and civilians:

https://twitter.com/PISM_Poland/status/1502309465084895239

4/10 Leaders at the European Council summit in Versailles called on the European Commission to evaluate EU membership candidacies of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova. Also announced increase in defense spending and limiting dependence on exports from Russia consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

5/10 Ukrainian President Zelensky said he felt that Ukraine had formed an "extremely strong alliance with Poland" in a speech to a National Assembly convened in the Polish Parliament to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of Polish membership in NATO.

https://twitter.com/KancelariaSejmu/status/1502339079647678468

6/10 Sec. General of NATO @jensstoltenberg also addressed the participants of the National Assembly in the 🇵🇱 Parliament. He declared that the Alliance would ensure Poland's security. On the same day, he met in-person with Turkey's president Erdogan

https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1502312106863042563

@jensstoltenberg 7/10 Belarusian leader Lukashenka met with Putin in Moscow. Cooperation in circumventing sanctions and Belarusian support for the Russian military actions against Ukraine were among the topics discussed during the several-hour conversation
bit.ly/3I3GCv1

@jensstoltenberg 8/10 U.S., other G7, and EU agreed on new sanctions on 🇷🇺: stripping of trade and borrowing privileges, new individual sanctions, a ban on the export of luxury goods to🇷🇺 and import of seafood, alcohol and diamonds, among other products whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

@jensstoltenberg 9/10 UN Security Council convened at Russia's request to discuss Russian accusations of alleged production of chemical weapons in 🇺🇦. The U.S. warned that 🇷🇺 was using the forum to spread disinformation, and in fact is preparing to use such weapons itself

https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1502384186266685444

@jensstoltenberg 10/10 YouTube announced a global ban on all channels associated with the Russian state media, including RT and Sputnik, on the base of a rule that prohibits publishing content, which "denies, belittles or trivializes well-documented events".

https://twitter.com/YouTubeInsider/status/1502335030168899595

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