🔴An agreement has been reached to try to evacuate civilians trapped in Ukrainian towns and cities through nine "humanitarian corridors" on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said
🔴Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has said that nearly 100,000 people remain trapped in Mariupol under “inhumane conditions”, as he renewed calls for additional humanitarian corridors
🔴Russian helicopters appear to have been pulled back from an airport in the key city of Kherson, satellite images suggest, as the invading force struggles to quell ferocious resistance to its Black Sea offensive
🔴 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.
🇺🇦Kyiv said on Wednesday that talks with Russia to end nearly one month of fighting were encountering "significant difficulties" after Moscow accused the United States of hindering peace efforts
🔴Poland on Wednesday said it had expelled 45 Russian diplomats for espionage, an allegation immediately dismissed as baseless by Russia's ambassador to Poland
🔴Nato leaders are set to agree extra support for Ukraine to deal with chemical and nuclear threats as it battles Russia, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg has said
Western spy agencies are getting ready to examine one of Russia’s most potent electronic warfare systems after a unit was captured in Ukraine.
The Krasukha-4 system, designed to jam large radars and satellites, was recovered from the battlefield near Kyiv telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🗣️Russia’s foreign minister has accused the United States of hampering peace talks between Moscow and Ukraine.
He alleged that a swift end to the talks would be “disadvantageous for the Americans”, citing unnamed US sources telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🚨Ukrainian forces have pushed back Russian troops in several areas around Kyiv, the city’s mayor said, as he vowed to retain control.
“We would rather die than kneel in front of the Russians or surrender to the invaders," said Vitali Klitschko telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇺🇦🇬🇧Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the UK and Ukraine will "win together", after he spoke to Prime Minister Boris Johnson via telephone telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🚨The Russian crew of a £500 million superyacht reportedly owned by Vladimir Putin disappeared without explanation days after the invasion of Ukraine and were replaced by British staff telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🗣️Renault must “stop sponsoring murder” Volodymyr Zelensky has said as he demanded more weapons from French MPs telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇷🇺Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will only accept payment for gas in roubles from "unfriendly countries", which includes all EU members telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🔴 Google will pause all ads containing content that dismisses or condones the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing war.
🇷🇺Russia’s usually high-profile defence minister has not been seen in public for almost two weeks amid reports he is suffering from ill health as the Kremlin’s invasion suffers setbacks in Ukraine telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
Today's key developments:
🔴Nato vows to support Ukraine against 'chemical, biological and nuclear' attacks
❌Russia has blocked access to Google News in retaliation for the company's earlier announcement that they would ban ad payments to websites and YouTube videos that dismiss or condone the war in Ukraine telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🚨Volodymyr Zelensky personally appealed to Joe Biden not to sanction Roman Abramovich in the hope that the billionaire could act as an intermediary in peace talks with Russia, it has been reported telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
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As office workers return en masse, returning employees are preparing thrifty lunch box meals in the face of the anxiety-inducing price hikes of the cost of living
🗣️“You can’t reduce your council tax, but you can make little savings on everyday meals which add up to a significant difference, and help you to feel more in control,” says Lesley Negus, an East Sussex-based frugal cookery blogger
So, is it possible to eat delicious, varied, nutritious packed lunches five days a week for less than £10 (and still commute to the office with a steaming hot cup of coffee in hand)?
🔴 Tory MPs have issued a last-ditch plea to Rishi Sunak to scrap a planned National Insurance hike as the Chancellor prepares to deliver his #SpringStatement at lunchtime
🔷 5p per litre fuel duty cut till March 2023 from 6pm tonight
🔷 Widening of the VAT relief for energy saving materials
🔷 Doubling of the Household Support Fund to £1bn
🔴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 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
The Ukrainians deployed devastating hit-and-run tactics against enemy tanks, while some of the Kremlin's ill-prepared forces suffered frostbite and could no longer fight, according to US officials
Ukraine's defence ministry said its forces retook Makariv, a strategically important town west of Kyiv, after a fierce battle.
They regained control of a crucial highway and prevented Russian troops from surrounding the capital from the north-west
🚨Vladimir Putin could use chemical weapons to break the siege of Mariupol.
Warnings from the US of “clear signs” Russia is considering using chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine have raised the spectre of gas attacks🧵👇 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
⚠️There are fears Ukraine may soon experience scenes all too familiar from Syria…
…where witnesses described watching helplessly as their loved ones choked to death after chemical weapons were used
🗣️“The thing about Putin is, if he has an instrument, he wants to use it. Why have it if you can’t?” Fiona Hill, the British-born Russia expert and former White House advisor said last month
I’ve been speaking to a dozen female police officers in the last year for a documentary called Bad Apples, writes @cjmcgoogan
They have told me male cops aren’t just assaulting members of the public – but also their own.
🔴Female police officers describe being the target of misogyny from their colleagues along a spectrum from sexist banter to bullying, domestic abuse and sexual assault, including rape
🚢Italy has been urged to seize a superyacht allegedly owned by Vladimir Putin after an investigation by the anti-corruption unit of Alexei Navalny, Russia's jailed opposition leader