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🔴 Russian accusations that Kyiv has biological and chemical weapons are false and illustrate that Putin is considering using them himself in his war against Ukraine, the US President has said.

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🚢The £500m vessel, called Scheherazade, could be sanctioned as investigation reveals staff are from Russia’s security service
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Key developments from overnight:

🔴Russian forces shell along humanitarian corridor

🔴Zelensky: Ukraine would be 'destroyed' before surrender

🔴Russia considering chemical weapons, says Biden
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🇺🇦More than 8,000 people were evacuated from conflict zones on Monday, Ukraine's deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said...

...including about 3,000 from the embattled southern port city of Mariupol
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🚨Russian troops have been forced out of an important Kyiv suburb after Ukraine regained control.

Ukraine's Defence Ministry said its troops retook the strategically important Makariv district early on Tuesday after an intense battle
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🇮🇪The Irish Government is planning for the potential arrival of 200,000 Ukrainians into the country.

The Irish Government has already welcomed about 10,000 Ukrainian refugees into the country but is preparing for tens of thousands more
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🚢A superyacht linked to Roman Abramovich was held up by a protest in support of Ukraine as it tried to dock in Turkey.

Activists waved Ukrainian flags from a small boat positioned in front of the oligarch's Solaris vessel, as it was docking
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands have announced they will host up to eight Ukrainian families at their country retreat

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Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Pope Francis to mediate in his country's conflict with Russia to help alleviate human suffering

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🇬🇷Greece's foreign minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday that he wants to lead a humanitarian mission into the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukraine where thousands of ethnic Greeks live
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🚨Russia has "lost its offensive potential" and has been forced to retreat and call in extra troops.

The general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said Russia had suffered "large irreversible and sanitary losses of personnel, including command"
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🗣️Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, has urged people to take action against the "deceitful and thievish" regime of Putin after being sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison
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🔴Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov may have put many of the UK properties and assets he owned out of the law’s reach before being sanctioned over the invasion of Ukraine
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➡️Volodymr Zelensky has said there was "nothing left" of the city of Mariupol after weeks of Russian bombardment
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🔴An undercover journalist has exposed the inner workings of Russia's “troll factory” which aims to boost domestic support for Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

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➡️Ukrainian world champion Vasyl Lomachenko has turned down multi-million dollar title to fight in Ukraine
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The Ukraine-Russia evening briefing:
1⃣Bombs rain down on Mariupol
2⃣Putin ready to use chemical weapons, Biden warns
3⃣Navalny urges people to take action
4⃣Euronews says it's blocked in Russia
5⃣Ireland plans to welcome up to 200,000 refugees
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🔴Against the odds, Ukraine’s air force has kept flying a month since the Russian invasion started. Nobody gave the pilots more than a few days.

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🔴They called her the Angel of Mostar. A British woman driving an old Renault across the front line in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sally Becker was like a character in a film, writes @RosaSilverman

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Ukraine's peace negotiators may not be prepared for the belligerent KGB tactics of their Russian counterparts, a senior government adviser has warned

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🇫🇷Emmanuel Macron's government has come under fire for backing Renault's decision to buck a Western boycott of Russia.

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🔴 NEW: Russia could use nuclear weapons if facing 'existential threat', says Kremlin.

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Russian forces have been beaten back in several areas as Ukrainian troops launched a valiant fightback to regain key slices of territory across their country.

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