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#BREAKING War in Ukraine on top of Covid 'crisis' slowing economic growth worldwide: IMF chief

#BREAKING Two Russian villages bordering Ukraine evacuated, shelling came from 'Ukrainian side': regional governor

#BREAKING Russian officials accuse Ukraine military helicopters of air strikes on southern border town

#BREAKING Kyiv rejects Moscow's claim that it struck Russian border region

#BREAKING Ukraine's parliament calls Russian army's actions 'genocide'

#UPDATE The war in Ukraine has undercut the global recovery, slowing expected economic growth in most countries in the world while also exposing fractures in the international system, #IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday u.afp.com/w7hr

#UPDATE The latest on the situation in #Ukraine
➡️ Kyiv claims to have hit Russian warship in Black Sea
➡️ Moscow accuses Ukraine of helicopter strikes on its territory
u.afp.com/w77M by @JoeAFP

@JoeAFP Ukrainian academic Nazar Danchyshyn may not have much fighting experience, but to help his country since war erupted, he has deployed his knowledge of language and poetry

u.afp.com/w77u by @alicehackman