Ukraine

The Ukrainian crisis roundup

Here's what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis so far: HEADLINES A second attempt to establish a humanitarian corridor out of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol failed.…

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Russian oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachts

The massive superyacht Dilbar stretches one-and-a-half football fields in length, about as long as a World War I dreadnaught. It boasts two helipads, berths for more than 130 people and…

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Kyiv digs in for battle as fighting flares in areas nearby

KYIV, March 6 (Reuters) - Ukrainian soldiers bolstered defences around Kyiv on Sunday, digging trenches, blocking roads and liaising with civil defence units as Russian forces bombarded the surrounding areas and attacked…

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Bennett says Israel will try to mediate on Ukraine even if prospect slim

JERUSALEM, March 6 (Reuters) - Israel will continue trying to mediate between Russia and Ukraine even if success seems unlikely, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday after returning from surprise talks…

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UPDATED: Pope Francis says Ukraine conflict is “not military operation but a war”

Pope Francis on Sunday rejected Russia's assertion that it is carrying out "a special military operation" in Ukraine, saying the country was being battered by war. "In Ukraine rivers of…

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UPDATED: Ukraine president says Russian rockets have destroyed Vinnytsia airport

LVIV, Ukraine March 6 (Reuters) - LVIV, Ukraine March 6 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian rockets had completely destroyed the civilian airport of the central-western region capital of Vinnytsia on…

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UPDATED: Russia’s detains more than 2,000 people at anti-war protests – monitor

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Police detained more than 2,034 people at anti-war protests in cities across Russia on Sunday, the OVD-Info protest monitor said. Reuters was not able to independently verify…

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UPDATED: US considers sending planes to Poland if Warsaw sends fighter jets to Ukraine: Blinken

CHISINAU, March 6 (Reuters) - The United States is considering sending planes to Poland if Warsaw decided to send fighter jets to Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a…

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UPDATED: Russia and Ukraine blame each other as Mariupol evacuation fails again

LVIV, Ukraine March 6 (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine’s National Guard accused each other of failing to establish a humanitarian corridor out of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Sunday,…

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Ukraine says over 11,000 Russian troops killed in war

LVIV, March 6 (Reuters) - More than 11,000 Russian troops have been killed since Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, the Ukrainian armed forces' general staff said on Sunday.…

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UPDATED: Ukraine exodus is fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since WW2 – UNHCR chief

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighbouring countries in the space of 10 days, the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World…

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UPDATED: Ukraine health centres have been attacked, WHO chief says

GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has confirmed "several" attacks on health care centres in Ukraine and is investigating others, the agency's chief said on Sunday. The attacks caused…

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UPDATED: Ukraine conflict to last months, if not years -UK deputy PM Raab

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - The conflict in Ukraine is set to last months, if not years, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, adding international allies would need to…

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Russia demands that Baltic countries protect its embassies, Canada tells citizens to leave Russia

Moscow demanded that authorities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania take measures to protect Russia's embassies after a Russian diplomat was attacked in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, the Russian RIA news…

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Russia, without evidence, says Ukraine making nuclear “dirty bomb”

March 6 (Reuters) - Russian media cited an unnamed source on Sunday as saying that Ukraine was close to building a plutonium-based "dirty bomb" nuclear weapon, although the source cited no evidence.…

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UPDATED: Israel’s Bennett, returned from Moscow, speaks again to Ukraine’s Zelenskiy as Russian assault enters 11th day

JERUSALEM, March 6 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday, their third conversation in two days, a Bennett spokesperson said, without giving further details.…

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Ukrainians swarm Irpin train station as they try to reach Kiev

Women look out from inside an evacuation train to the city of Kiev (Kyiv), at the train station in Irpin, Ukraine, 04 March 2022. People, mostly women, and children, were…

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Watch – The Pianist of Lviv playing Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World at Train Station

A video of an accomplished pianist playing Louis Armstrong's song “What a Wonderful World” outside Lviv station has gone viral on social media. Thousands of people fleeing the Russian invasion…

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Russia-Ukraine talks to resume on Monday, negotiator says

March 5 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine will hold a third round of talks on Monday about ending hostilities, Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia said in a Facebook post on Saturday, without providing…

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Clutching plastic bags and suitcases, Ukrainians flee to safety abroad

SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania/WARSAW, Poland, (Reuters) - At the Sighetu Marmatiei crossing on Ukraine's border with Romania, women and children arrived by car, bicycle and on foot on Friday, clutching plastic bags and…

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More than 350 civilians confirmed killed in Ukraine so far, U.N. says

ZURICH, March 5 (Reuters) - At least 351 civilians are confirmed to have been killed in Ukraine since Russian troops invaded on Feb. 24, and another 707 wounded, although the true numbers…

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Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians

LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, March 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western sanctions were akin to war on Saturday as his forces pressed on with their assault on Ukraine, where planned civilian…

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FACTBOX-European and U.S. companies mobilize to help Ukrainians fleeing war

March 4 (Reuters) - Companies across Europe and North America have begun offering aid to Ukrainian authorities and people fleeing war following Russia's invasion, as over a million leave their homes and…

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Putin says Western sanctions are akin to declaration of war

March 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Western sanctions on Russia were akin to a declaration of war and defended Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying Moscow needed to…

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Erdogan will tell Putin to stop Ukraine war during call on Sunday -spokesman

ANKARA, March 5 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will tell his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday to stop Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an Erdogan spokesman said, while adding that it…

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Ukraine accuses Russia of continuing assault during agreed evacuation ceasefire

LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, March 5 (Reuters) - Russia said its forces had stopped firing near two besieged Ukrainian cities on Saturday to allow safe passage to civilians fleeing fighting, but officials in one…

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UPDATE – Italy seizes oligarchs’ villas and yachts in initial swoop

ROME, March 5 (Reuters) - Italian police have seized villas and yachts worth at least 140 million euros ($153 million) from four high-profile Russians who were placed on an EU sanctions list…

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Rush for iodine in Central Europe over nuclear fears

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's comments that Moscow's nuclear deterrent is on high alert have unleashed a wave of anxiety in Central Europe, with people rushing to buy…

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Zara owner Inditex closes Russian stores and online platform

MADRID, March 5 (Reuters) - Spanish fashion retailer Inditex ITX.MC has halted trading in Russia, closing its 502 shops and stopping online sales, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The Zara owner…

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Photo Story – Ukrainians swarm Irpin train station as they try to reach Kiev

Oleg (R), who decided to remain in Irpin, passes his son Maksim over a fence to his wife Yana, before the arrival of an evacuation train to the city of…

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Over 66,200 Ukrainian men have returned from abroad to fight, says defence minister

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Saturday that 66,224 Ukrainian men had returned from abroad to join the fight against Russia's invasion. "That's how many…

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‘Hedgehogs’ v tanks, as Kyiv braces for Russian onslaught

As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, a muddy construction site in a local neighbourhood was teeming with workers and welders of the KAN real estate developer. Instead…

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PayPal shuts down its services in Russia citing Ukraine aggression

March 5 (Reuters) - Payments company PayPal Holdings Inc PYPL.O shut down its services early on Saturday in Russia, citing "the current circumstances," joining many financial and tech companies in suspending operations there after…

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Russian forces to open Mariupol humanitarian corridor for 5 hours

March 5 (Reuters) - A partial ceasefire by Russian forces around the Ukrainian city of Mariupol will allow civilians to leave the city during a five-hour period from Saturday morning, the city…

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Singapore sanctions Russia over ‘unprovoked attack’ on Ukraine

SINGAPORE, March 5 (Reuters) - Singapore announced sanctions against Russia on Saturday that include four banks and an export ban on electronics, computers and military items, in a rare move by the…

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Russia declares partial ceasefire to allow humanitarian corridors in Ukraine – UPDATE

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Russia declared a partial ceasefire on Saturday to allow humanitarian corridors out of the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha, Russia's defence ministry said. "From 1000 am Moscow time…

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Global news media on defensive after Putin signs ‘fake news’ law

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) - Global news media said they were suspending reporting in Russia to protect their journalists after a new law that threatened jail terms of up to 15…

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FACTBOX-European and U.S. companies mobilise to help Ukrainians fleeing war

Companies across Europe and North America have begun offering aid to Ukrainian authorities and people fleeing war following Russia's invasion, as over a million leave their homes and head to…

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U.S. Embassy in Ukraine calls nuclear power plant attack ‘war crime’

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine said that attacking a nuclear power plant is a war crime, after Russia on Friday seized a Ukrainian nuclear facility that is the biggest…

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German extremists going to Ukraine are isolated cases -ministry

BERLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - There have been "significantly fewer" than 10 recorded cases of Germans from the right-wing extremist spectrum who have traveled to Ukraine to take part in combat operations…

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Five facts about Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

VIENNA, March 4 (Reuters) - Below are five facts about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the biggest in Europe by capacity, which Russian troops have seized, according to the regional…

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U.S. providing intelligence to Ukraine

The United States is continuing to provide real-time intelligence to Ukraine to help it counter Russia's invasion, U.S. officials said, but a lawmaker said it did not include precise targeting…

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The Ukrainian crisis roundup

Here's what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis so far: HEADLINES No damage has been done to the reactors at the Zaporozhzhia plant after a projectile hit a…

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President Zelensky survived three assassination attempts in last days

President Volodymyr Zelensky has survived at least three assassination attempts in the past week, The Times has learnt. Two different outfits have been sent to kill the Ukrainian president —…

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NATO wary as Ukraine calls for no-fly zone to hinder Russia

BRUSSELS, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said NATO would defend "every inch" of members' territory but emphasized the alliance was defensive, as foreign ministers resisted…

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Belarusian forces will not take part in Ukraine war, Lukashenko says

MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that the Belarusian armed forces were not taking part and would not take part in Russia's military operation in Ukraine.…

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EU to bar more Russian banks from SWIFT – Irish foreign minister

DUBLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - The next round of European Union sanctions will exclude more Russian banks from the SWIFT system and likely ban Russian ships from entering ports as well as…

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More than 90,000 crossed into Slovakia from Ukraine since invasion

Slovakia has registered 90,329 people crossing its border from Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24, police said on Friday. In the previous 24 hours to Friday morning,…

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UPDATED: Russian advance on port city of Mykolayiv has been halted, says Ukrainian official

LVIV, Ukraine March 4 (Reuters) - A Russian advance on the Ukrainian port city of Mykolayiv has been halted, an adviser to Ukraine's president said on Friday, after local authorities reported Russian…

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UPDATED: No damage to reactors at Ukraine’s Zaporozhzhia nuclear plant -IAEA chief

VIENNA, March 4 (Reuters) - No damage has been done to the reactors at Ukraine's Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant after a projectile hit a nearby building on the site overnight, U.N. nuclear…

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Malta among countries seeking UN meeting over shipping dangers after Ukraine invasion

Over 15 countries have called for a special meeting with the UN's shipping agency to discuss the safety of ships and their crews sailing through the Black Sea and Sea…

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Ukraine says talks with Russia agreed on humanitarian corridors

March 3 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian negotiator said on Thursday that a second round of ceasefire talks with Russia had not yielded the results Kyiv hoped for, but the sides had reached…

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Tens of millions in ‘potentially mortal danger’ in Ukraine – UN

GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people in Ukraine are in "potentially mortal danger" as military operations escalate with bombings of major cities and reports of cluster weapons striking…

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The Ukrainian crisis roundup

Here's what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis so far: HEADLINES * A Ukrainian delegation is on its way to talks with Russia by helicopter and negotiations will…

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Britain must have solid case to sanction Russian oligarchs, government says

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Britain must have a solid legal case before sanctioning individuals, a government spokesman said on Thursday, following a Times newspaper report it will not designate Roman Abramovich…

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Kremlin hails Russian troops in Ukraine as heroes

MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday praised Russian troops fighting in Ukraine as heroes who would go down in history and described the deaths of soldiers there as a tragedy.…

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China says reports on Chinese-Russian coordination on Ukraine ‘fake news’

BEIJING, March 3 (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that reports on Chinese and Russian coordination ahead of Russia's attack on Ukraine are "fake news." Such practices of diverting…

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