Ukrainian Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak says Kyiv is already effectively “under siege” as Ukraine's army and volunteers prepare to defend the city, street by street.
Russian troops have launched multiple air raids on a large Ukrainian military facility outside the western city of Lviv near the Polish border, say Ukrainian officials ⤵️ aje.io/kjqqd7
Russian natural gas company Gazprom has said that it was continuing gas shipments via Ukraine.
Al Jazeera’s @stepvaessen has asked Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the mental strain he’s under after more than two weeks of war.
He took questions from journalists in a secure compound in Kyiv ⬇️
@stepvaessen More than 750 people have been arrested in cities across Russia for protesting against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, which is now in its third week aje.io/q98ndx
@stepvaessen Power has been restored to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which means cooling systems can operate normally, says Ukraine’s atomic energy ministry.
@stepvaessen Russia says it is banking on China’s help to withstand the crippling economic sanctions placed by Western nations over the war in Ukraine aje.io/y52whe
“A worst-case scenario.”
Mariupol city council says more than 2,000 people have been killed since the city was besieged by Russian forces aje.io/jj5qs9
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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tough sanctions on Moscow caused oil prices to reach unprecedented highs not seen since the 2008 financial crisis.
Biden’s ban on Russian energy imports means the effects will be felt worldwide.
The countries that rely most on Russian oil include: Belarus, Cuba, Curacao, Kazakhstan and Latvia – each importing more than 99% of their crude oil from Russia.
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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he believes Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will eventually enter negotiations after seeing Russia's forces encounter fierce resistance.
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.