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Russia announces limited ceasefire in Ukraine to allow evacuations but continues broad offensive

Published On: March 5, 2022 02:24 PM NPT By: Reuters

LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, March 5: Russia said its forces had stopped firing near two Ukrainian cities on Saturday to allow safe passage to civilians fleeing fighting, but was continuing its broad offensive in Ukraine, where the capital Kyiv came under renewed assault.

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Russia blocks Facebook, passes 'fake news' law; LVMH, Microsoft halt sales

Published On: March 5, 2022 12:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

March 5: Russia said it would block Facebook for excluding state media and CNN said it would stop broadcasting in Russia after a new law punishing "fake news" raised the stakes in Moscow's fight with foreign corporation.

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Russia seizes Europe's biggest nuclear plant and blocks media websites

Published On: March 5, 2022 07:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV, March 5: Russia blocked Facebook and some other websites on Friday and passed a law that gave Moscow much stronger powers to crack down on independent journalism, prompting the BBC, Bloomberg and other foreign media to suspend reporting in the country.

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At least 56 killed in suicide bombing at Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan

Published On: March 5, 2022 07:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, March 5: A suicide bombing at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque during Friday prayers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 56 people and injured nearly 200, police and hospital officials said.

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Russian forces seize huge Ukrainian nuclear plant, fire extinguished

Published On: March 4, 2022 01:46 PM NPT By: Reuters

LVIV, Ukraine, March 4: Russian forces seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe after a building at the complex was set ablaze during intense fighting with Ukrainian defenders, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday.

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Russian troops enter strategic Black Sea port city of Kherson, mayor says

Published On: March 3, 2022 07:51 AM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine, March 3: Russian troops are in the Ukrainian city of Kherson and forced their way into the council building, the mayor said after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had make the first major gain of a city in its invasion that began eight days ago.

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U.N. General Assembly in historic vote denounces Russia over Ukraine invasion

Published On: March 3, 2022 06:17 AM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, March 3: The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for invading Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body.

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Ukraine-Russia talks to resume on Wednesday -TASS cites Ukrainian official

Published On: March 2, 2022 05:52 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, March 2: A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place on Wednesday, Russia's TASS news agency cited an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as saying.

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Russia says it controls Ukraine's Kherson, Biden closes U.S. airspace

Published On: March 2, 2022 03:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON/KYIV, March 2: A week after launching its invasion of Ukraine, Russia said its forces took control the first sizable city on Wednesday, seizing Kherson, in the south, as fighting raged around the country and Western nations tightened an economic noose around Russia.

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Russia interested in reaching agreement with Ukraine at talks, says negotiator

Published On: February 28, 2022 03:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, Feb 28: Russia is interested in coming to an agreement that is in the interests of both sides at talks with Ukraine, Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said on Monday, as officials prepare to meet near the border.

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Ukraine's delegation has arrived at border for talks with Russia, says presidency

Published On: February 28, 2022 03:28 PM NPT By: Reuters

LVIV, Feb 28: A Ukrainian delegation has arrived at the border with Belarus for talks on Monday with Russian representatives that will focus on achieving an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces, the Ukrainian presidency said in a statement.

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Ukraine-made giant air cargo Mriya burnt in Russian shelling

Published On: February 28, 2022 12:48 PM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Feb 28: The world's largest cargo plane, the Ukrainian-made Antonov-225 Mriya, was damaged in a attack by Russian forces on Hostomel airport near Kyiv, Ukrainian state arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom said on Sunday.

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Russia's isolation deepens as Ukraine resists invasion

Published On: February 28, 2022 11:29 AM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV/MOSCOW, Feb 28: Russia's political and economic isolation deepened on Monday as its forces met stiff resistance in Ukraine's capital and other cities in the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two.

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Ukrainian oil, gas infrastructure burns as West tightens sanctions

Published On: February 27, 2022 04:04 PM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Feb 27: Huge explosions from Russian attacks on oil and gas installations lit up the night sky in Ukraine early on Sunday, while Western allies tightened sanctions to banish major Russian banks from the main global payments system.

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Western allies to expel key Russian banks from global system; Ukraine vows to fight on

Published On: February 27, 2022 06:51 AM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Feb 27: Western allies announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow on Saturday, including kicking key Russian banks off the main global payments system, as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian troops advancing on Kyiv.

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Russia stripped of major events as invasion of Ukraine intensifies

Published On: February 26, 2022 03:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

Feb 26: As Russian forces moved deeper into Ukraine on Friday, sports bodies moved quickly to strip Russia of events, with St Petersburg losing the Champions League final while the Formula One Grand Prix will not be held in Sochi.

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Russian forces launch missile strikes on Ukrainian cities; president defiant

Published On: February 26, 2022 12:19 PM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Feb 26: Russian forces launched coordinated missile and artillery attacks on Ukrainian cities on Saturday including the capital, Kyiv, where gunfire erupted near government buildings in the city centre, military officials and a Reuters witness said.

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Russia vetoes U.N. Security action on Ukraine as China, India and UAE abstain

Published On: February 26, 2022 07:53 AM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25: Russia vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Friday that would have deplored Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, while China abstained from the vote - a move Western countries view as a win for showing Russia's international isolation.

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Fighting reaches the outskirts of Kyiv

Published On: February 26, 2022 07:50 AM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Feb 26: The Russian and Ukrainian governments on Friday signalled an openness to negotiations even as authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian forces in the worst European security crisis in decades.

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Russian troops advance on Kyiv as Ukrainian leader pleads for help

Published On: February 25, 2022 03:49 PM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Feb 25: Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were not enough.

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