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US President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian energy imports to the US as Ukraine's President urged the UK Parliament to strengthen sanctions against ...

Windows are cracked and pieces of wood and building debris lie scattered in the streets. Though much of Irpin had been left without water supply, electricity, and heating, Perebeinis was hesitant to leave the city because she had been taking care of her sick mother. Khirvonina said she did not know where Perebeinis and the children were planning on fleeing to, but that it likely would have been a western Ukrainian city. Her family became the victim of the unprovoked fire on civilians, which under any law is a crime against humanity," the company said in the statement. Ksenia Khirvonina, a PR manager for SE Ranking, said Perebeinis was originally from Donetsk and fled to Kyiv in 2014 following the city's occupation. The city council of Bucha said 50 buses had been blocked by the Russian military in nearby Stoyanka. Why were they a threat to Russian Federation? What kind of country is the Russian Federation that is afraid of hospitals, afraid of maternity wards and destroys them?" “From day to day, we are seeing a worsening situation at the Chornobyl NPP, especially for radiation safety, and for the staff managing the facility under extremely difficult and challenging circumstances,” Grossi said. to evacuate to safe places of free Ukraine. And I'm sure that every Ukrainian that knows these people need help will make sure these people feel cared for," he said. The site also has reserve emergency power supplies with diesel generators and batteries," IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a statement. Residents have been cut off from water and electricity for days, and on Tuesday Ukraine's Foreign Minister accused Russia of committing war crimes by holding 300,000 civilians “hostage.” Photos show bodies being placed into a mass grave in the city. Grossi said they have been effectively living there, working around the clock and unable to rotate shifts.

Russia proposed evacuation corridors from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol. Ukraine also announced escape routes.

The moment underscored the degree to which battle lines have shifted, as Russia ramps up its campaign in Ukraine’s east. World leaders are trying to ensure that the war does not expand beyond Ukraine’s borders or escalate into a direct confrontation between powers armed with nuclear weapons. BRUSSELS — The invasion of Ukraine has convinced the European Union that it is time to wean off cheap and abundant Russian energy. They gave statements of contrition — one said he was ashamed to look into the eyes of Ukrainians. Ukraine has pleaded with The Hague-based International Criminal Court to make Russia end its encroachment on its land. Ukrainian courts are taking steps to declare these individuals “internationally wanted,” according to Venediktova. Others said their ability to make it out perhaps had depended on nothing more than the person manning the Ukrainian exit booth. What’s clear, among the men who escaped, is that their decisions have had the capacity both to save them and shatter them. CHISINAU, Moldova — The historic stream of refugees from Ukraine — 2 million people in two weeks — is mostly composed of women and children, who have been forced to separate from husbands and fathers, in one of the most excruciating aspects of this war. Russian officials have also raised the possibility of lifting restrictions on some trademarks, according to state media, which could allow continued use of brands such as McDonald’s that are withdrawing from Russia in droves. They took buses to Zaporizhzhia, a 75-mile drive from the nuclear power plant that was attacked and seized by Russian forces a week ago. The debate over equipping Ukraine with warplanes has grown more urgent in recent days, as President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed to NATO member countries for help establishing a no-fly zone — or at least supplying Kyiv with the means to better police its skies alone.

Russia's Central Bank limited withdrawals of foreign currency, hoping to shore up the plunging ruble as Western economic penalties take a serious toll.

The promise not to send conscripts to fight in Ukraine has been one of Mr. Putin’s key stances since the start of the war nearly two weeks ago. When fuel is newly removed from a reactor, there is a lot of decay and thus a lot of heat, so plants need power to run pumps that circulate the storage water to remove excess heat. For three days, the prospect of relief reaching the city though a “humanitarian corridor” fell apart in a hail of mortar and artillery fire. Russia has narrowed its demands to focus on Ukrainian “neutrality” and the status of its Russian-occupied regions, and declared on Wednesday that Russia was not seeking to “overthrow” Ukraine’s government. It has become an important hub for soldiers heading to frontline cities and for hundreds of thousands of refugees seeking to escape violence in other parts of the country. She added that the United States also speaks to Mr. Putin’s interlocutors “before and after all of these conversations.” “The Russian position has been formulated and relayed to the Ukrainian negotiators,” Mr. Peskov said. With Russia escalating its bombardment of Ukrainian cities in recent days, there are few signs on the ground that the Kremlin is ready to back down. But the problem is not so much a lack of food as it is the ability to pay for it. Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia leaves open the door to a meeting between President Vladimir V. Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky. “I hope that this will become necessary at some point,” he said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, host of the meeting, said Wednesday that he hoped it would “crack the door open to a permanent cease-fire,” but such a prospect remained uncertain at best. For now, the plant has backup power and no radiation leaks have been detected, the agency said, but its warnings signaled that Chernobyl, site of the worst nuclear accident in history, could once again pose a threat to the region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged his country's backers to shore up its aerial defenses or share responsibility for “humanitarian catastrophe” ...

“After that, cooling systems of the storage facility for spent nuclear fuel will stop, making radiation leaks imminent,” he said. The bombardment on Mariupol comes as roughly 200,000 civilians have attempted to evacuate the city in recent days without success amid days of intense shelling and as the death toll mounts. Operating staff have been held hostage for four days, according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko. But forces encircling other major cities, including Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol, have subjected residents to heavy shelling. Residents from Irpin, a city just outside Kyiv, have been evacuated throughout the past few days as Putin's troops press their advance on the capital. Russia and Ukraine agreed to daylong cease-fires and “humanitarian corridors” in six areas after days of largely failed efforts to free civilians trapped without vital supplies. In Chernobyl, where Russian troops seized control weeks ago, officials raised new alarm about the plant’s safety Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it had lost data transmission from its systems to monitor nuclear material at Chernobyl and another Ukrainian power plant under Russian control. Evacuations from some areas outside Kyiv progressed Wednesday afternoon, but departures from at least three other places appeared to stall, with Ukrainian officials accusing Russian forces of continued shelling. The city has been without electricity, heat, water or food for many days and Ukrainian officials have called the situation there catastrophic. “It’s a scary situation.” She added that she watched several people in their group die. Video provided by local leaders showed a charred building missing windows and surrounded by piles of debris.

The Pentagon said Poland's offer to give its MiG-29 fighter jets to the U.S. so they can be passed to Ukraine raises serious concerns for NATO. Latest news.

As of Tuesday morning, the cost of regular gas in the U.S. is $4.17, according to AAA, up from $4.06 on Monday. Last week, the average cost was $3.60. According to a Facebook post from the Slovak Embassy in the U.K., the boy crossed the Slovakian border with just a plastic bag, a passport and a phone number written on his hand. Poland has been the escape point for more than 1.2 million of the refugees. Officials were able to contact his mother from the phone number written on his hand. We await the day to love on you as a family." He said it’s not clear to the U.S. that there is a substantive rationale for it. CIA Director Bill Burns said during testimony to Congress that Putin has “no sustainable political endgame in face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from Ukrainians.” Cherelle T. Griner, the wife of the seven-time all-star, wrote Monday in an Instagram caption "there are no words to express this pain. Britain, more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, announced that it would phase out the import of Russian oil over the next year. He suggested setting up a hotline between Russia and Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation. During a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., urged Victoria Nuland, the State Department’s under secretary for political affairs, to ensure the fighter jets are transferred as quickly as possible. Ukrainian officials said the corridors still were impossible for civilian use due to continued Russian shelling.

Russia has launched “nearly 670” missiles since the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine, a senior US defense official told reporters on Tuesday.

“It’s very contested air space, and as I’ve said before, Russians have not achieved air superiority over the whole country,” the official said. “A little bit more than 70” missiles have been fired from Belarus, and “only a half dozen or so” are coming from the Black Sea, the official added. Putin has “nearly 100 percent” of the combat power that he amassed for this invasion inside of Ukraine and Putin “still has 95 percent of the combat power that he started with,” the official added.

Russian forces disrupted humanitarian escape corridors established around the cities of Mariupol and Sumy, according to a U.K. Defence Ministry intelligence ...

"We have had a team of journalists in Ukraine and the region bearing witness to the unfolding conflict," he wrote. A child died of dehydration in the city." The White House and the Department of Energy did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment. The BBC, however, reversed its decision to cease reporting from inside Russia. "We will tell this crucial part of the story independently and impartially, adhering to the BBC's strict editorial standards," a representative for the UK outlet said. "As an immediate first step, the company will stop all spot purchases of Russian crude oil. "And it makes me so proud that so many Americans are willing to pay a little bit more at the pump in order to accelerate the end of this war." "I don't have a specific number for days of supply that the population has but with supplies being cut off it will become somewhat desperate. "The company has also ceased to sell and service simulators for Russian airlines as well as healthcare distributors." Approximately 70 missiles have been fired from inside Belarus and less than 10 missiles have been launched from naval assets in the Black Sea. "We will fight till the end at sea, in the air. The company, which makes 9% of its revenue from Russia, had taken heat for staying silent on the war. Civilian casualties continue to rise in Ukraine amid continuous Russian attacks on cities across the country.

Naftogaz CEO warns of grave dangers to pipelines and Ukraine's nuclear power plants. Gas prices are displayed at a gas station.

Vitrenko said Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has discussed the concerns with French President Emanuel Macron and with Biden, despite the fact that Russian strikes near power plants seem to have fallen off. ... Some of them were saying, we are not firing at the reactors,” he said. Some Russian soldiers, he added, have struggled to understand warnings from Ukrainian personnel about the damage they could do. Vitrenko said the U.S. ban on Russian oil and gas imports signals to Putin that the West is determined to combat his aggression, at least economically. Naftogaz handles exploration, production, and distribution of oil and natural gas in Ukraine, and its website says it’s the biggest state-owned company in the country. “Because when it’s heavy bombing, then of course there’s nothing they can do.”

A U.S. ban on imports of Russia's oil ratcheted up punishment for the invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday as McDonald's and Starbucks closed outlets and Moscow ...

The main Russian assault force heading towards Kyiv has been stuck on a road north of the capital. Many tried to leave on Tuesday along a safe corridor but Ukraine's foreign ministry said Russian forces violated a ceasefire and shelled it. The real toll is likely higher, it said. Reuters could not verify the incident. Russia's defence ministry could not be reached for comment. Police made no comment. It was unclear if the proposed routes would pass through Russia or Belarus. Up until now, oil and natural gas had been excluded. Britain, however, said it would also phase out the import of Russian oil and oil products by the end of 2022, while the EU published plans to cut its reliance on Russian gas by two thirds this year. The United States is not a leading buyer of Russian oil and Europeans, who are far more reliant on it, have been reluctant to follow suit. "In order to ensure the safety of civilians and foreign citizens, Russia will observe a regime of silence from 10 am Moscow time (0700 GMT) on March 9 and is ready to provide humanitarian corridors," he said. WASHINGTON/LVIV, Ukraine, March 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. ban on imports of Russia's oil ratcheted up punishment for the invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday as McDonald's and Starbucks closed outlets and Moscow promised safe passage for some people to flee.

Biden announced a Russian oil ban, a move likely to raise gas prices, while more than 2 million refugees have left Ukraine. Zelenskyy said he will stay in ...

“What you see is that the oil industry is imposing a de facto ban on oil from Russia, so, in essence, that takes oil off the market,” he said. "They will only be even angrier, more cunning, more effective and more painful to hit the enemy!" The findings also noted a rise from late February to early March in the share of people in Moscow who believe "conflicting parties should immediately cease all military operations and engage in peace talks." "You will not break the resistance of the defenders of Sumy by killing civilians!" "Whether Russians actually support the hideous war that Putin has waged against Ukraine is a matter of utmost political importance. President Joe Biden is expected to announce Tuesday morning that the U.S. will ban imports of Russia oil. He said the transition will give the market, businesses and supply chains more than enough time to replace Russian imports, which make up 8 percent of U.K. demand. Macron continues to be one of the few leaders keeping an open line of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We will continue to monitor and assess the situation as circumstances evolve." Ukraine is proud of its resistance, he said, and continues to hold out hope as it pushes back against Russian forces. Amazon announced Tuesday that it would no longer allow new customers in Russia and Belarus to sign up for Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company’s cloud computing service. In a memo to employees obtained by CNBC, CEO Ramon Laguarta said Pepsico was suspending the sale of its soft drinks in the country but would continue manufacturing some other goods there.

Russia has proposed a new ceasefire starting 10 a.m. Moscow time Tuesday (or 2 a.m. ET) in five Ukrainian cities. Ukraine has yet to formally agree to the ...

Germany, for example, on Tuesday said over 64,000 refugees from Ukraine had arrived since the beginning of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24. “This concerns, for example, the towns of Volnovakha, Mariupol, Izium where there are allegations of hundreds of civilian casualties. We need to act now to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices, diversify our gas supply for next winter and accelerate the clean energy transition.” CNN has been unable to verify the status of the convoy. Those eligible, will receive protective status similar to that of a refugee, in any EU country for a one-year period which may be reviewed. The European Union depends on Russia for about 40% of its natural gas. Notably, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters yesterday that Biden had yet to make a decision on this front. An Interior Ministry spokesperson said the number could be much higher because there are no border controls. The occupiers do not give humanitarian corridors, do not give guarantees," Kuleba said. The evidence can then be used in future criminal proceedings against individual suspects, Germany's federal prosecutor explained to CNN. We will promptly and immediately send help and evacuate our people," he said. "The main issue today remains humanitarian aid.

US rejects Polish offer of fighter jets to help Ukraine as Russia claims it is opening humanitarian corridors from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, ...

Civilians have been unable to leave Izyum because of continued Russian shelling in the eastern Kharkiv region, said the regional governor, Oleh Synyehubov, adding that buses intended to evacuate them were still waiting at the entrance to the town. Ukrainian authorities have said the power supply has been cut to the defunct Chernobyl power plant. A children’s hospital and maternity ward in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol has been destroyed by a Russian airstrike this afternoon, Ukrainian officials say.

U.S. analysts believe as many as 4000 Russian troops may have been killed in the 13 days since Russia invaded Ukraine.

"We assess Putin feels aggrieved the West does not give him proper deference and perceives this as a war he cannot afford to lose," Haines said. "He has no sustainable political endgame in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from Ukrainians," Burns added. But its defense ministry said last week that 498 Russian soldiers had died and 1,597 had been injured. "I think Putin is angry and frustrated right now. Despite initial U.S. assessments that Ukraine's capital could fall to Russia in a matter of days, Ukrainian forces have held onto Kyiv, and a Russian military convoy said to be 40 miles long remains stalled about 15 miles outside the city due to a mix of what American officials describe as Russian logistics failures and Ukrainian attacks. Russia, which has outlawed reporting that calls the war a war, has been hesitant to acknowledge deaths in the conflict, which it describes as a "special military operation."

Russia and Ukraine struggle to establish humanitarian corridors to evacuate Ukrainian civilians. Moscow set a new deadline for Ukraine to agree to humanitarian ...

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Combat went on around the strategic town of Izyum, eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces advanced as they attempted to encircle some of the country's most ...

Mr. Hochstein added that the best alternative is to help the continent accelerate its long-term push to boost the supply of clean energy.\n\n“Where we are going to work together in this regard is to see how Europe can diversify away from its dependence on Russian fossil fuels,” Mr. Hochstein said. HOUSTON—Amos Hochstein, the State Department's energy envoy, says Russia’s attack on Ukraine shows the West should accelerate its push for cleaner energy as a way to avoid reliance on Russia and other hostile nations that supply oil and gas.\n\n“This conflict has made it clear to us that we should double down and triple down on the transition, and to make it broader, bigger and faster,” Mr. Hochstein said on a panel at CERAWeek by S&P Global, an annual energy conference in Houston. In the short term, he said, the federal government should also work to ensure the supply of fossil fuels is large enough to meet demand.

Russia has proposed a new ceasefire starting 10 a.m. Moscow time Tuesday (or 2 a.m. ET) in five Ukrainian cities. Ukraine has yet to formally agree to the ...

Following US President Joe Biden's announcement today that his administration is banning Russian energy imports, Pelosi said in a letter to colleagues that the House would vote on a bill that follows similar steps. "The US action is a unified message to Mr. Putin that his invasion and indiscriminate killing in Ukraine will result in consequences that will be harsh and protracted. Yes, the action will increase gas prices in the US and that is why I call upon the Biden administration to return the US to complete energy independence so we don’t have to depend upon despots for our energy supply." Now the House is moving ahead tomorrow on a different anti-Russia bill that would instead review Russia’s status in the World Trade Organization, while reauthorizing the Magnitsky sanctions law and banning Russian energy imports. But a Democratic leadership aide says that Republicans would not commit to giving them enough votes to get the bill through under suspension. The time is now to make America energy independent — again." "Importantly, we have to recognize we can't drill our way out of confrontation with authoritarian states. He is not one of the so-called "CITGO 6." In the future, if any among these foreign nationals would like to become Ukrainian citizens, our legislation provides a pathway for that," he said, according to Ukrinform. On Feb. 25, Ukrainian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Valery Zaluzhny said a ship sailing under the flag of Moldova, 12 miles (19 kilometers) south of the port of Yuzhny, had been "damaged by a Russian ship." “Every step we take is intended to deter aggression and reassure our allies.” Some 21 people were reported killed in the city in an airstrike Monday night.

CIA director says Putin's assumptions about Ukraine before the invasion turned out to be 'profoundly flawed'.

The CIA’s Burns predicted an “ugly next few weeks” of fighting. “We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy. The war has forced two million people to flee the country and devastated areas across Ukraine with major cities, including the capital Kyiv, facing Russian bombardment and siege.

Ukraine evacuated a besieged city's humanitarian corridor Tuesday as President Joe Biden moved to ban Russian oil imports in the wake of Putin's invasion.

Around 3 percent of U.S. oil imports came from Russia last year, according to the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers trade association. Civilians have increasingly borne the brunt of Russian airstrikes, with hospitals, schools, residential buildings and vital infrastructure coming under fire. The exact figures are likely to be much higher, it added. Those on board waiting to depart for the Ukrainian city of Poltava wore masks and sat surrounded by bags. Biden announced the U.S. ban on Russian oil imports Tuesday morning. Failed efforts to evacuate people trapped in other hard-hit areas across the country have left them without heat, electricity, water and food. “It is like a nightmare for them,” he said. Elderly and vulnerable people were among those fleeing nearby Russian forces, although a humanitarian corridor there was not officially in effect, officials said. We will fight on the seas, in the air and defend our land at any cost. We will fight in the forests, fields, beaches, cities, villages, on the streets. We will fight till the end. “I think Putin is angry and frustrated right now,” Burns said.

The U.S. average gas price hit $4.17 per gallon. The Ukrainian president spoke to the British Parliament by telelink, as many of his people remained trapped ...

That move is expected to further tighten the availability of crude oil on the global market, and could raise gas prices at a moment when inflation has climbed at its fastest pace in 40 years. The White House initially asked for $6.4 billion for Ukraine, but quickly increased the amount to $10 billion as Russian forces continued to bomb the country and millions of refugees fled. Details of the spending had yet to be unveiled as of Tuesday evening. In recent days the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces has crept from outlying towns to the edge of Kyiv, and closer to his hospital. A year later, the Justice Department indicted Mr. Maduro and more than a dozen other Venezuelan officials on drug trafficking charges, accusing them of facilitating cocaine shipments to the United States. Poland has become a critical piece in NATO’s efforts to help Ukraine and contain Russia. More than 10,000 American soldiers are now stationed there as part Washington’s attempt to shore up the alliance’s eastern flank. He added that Poland was not a party to the war. But a Pentagon spokesman, John F. Kirby, said Poland’s proposal to send the planes to a U.S. base in Germany, which caught American diplomats by surprise, was not workable. In return, Poland expected the U.S. to provide it with used aircraft of comparable capabilities, the statement said.` McDonald’s, which has invested millions of dollars into building restaurants in Russia and is a symbol of American culture, has felt the impact of geopolitics before. Vice President Kamala Harris will begin a three-day trip to Poland and Romania on Wednesday, amid questions over how the United States and NATO allies will help Ukraine fight Russia without getting pulled into a wider war. Amid mounting pressure to act, McDonald’s announced on Tuesday that it was temporarily closing its nearly 850 locations in Russia and halting operations in the country.

"He's likely to double down and grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties," CIA Director Bill Burns testified, describing Putin ...

- The situation in Kyiv could become desperate as Russia ramps up its assault, Berrier warned. Why it matters: The estimated number of casualties is "far in excess" of what Russia anticipated or has publicly acknowledged, according to U.S. intelligence officials. Between the lines: Burns said that China's leadership appears "unsettled" by the brutality of Russia's invasion, as well as by the degree to which the U.S. and EU have been united at a time when Beijing believed it was driving a wedge in the trans-Atlantic alliance. - Burns stressed, however, that Putin "has no sustainable political end game in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from Ukrainians," and that the CIA feels it's unlikely he can install a stable puppet regime in Kyiv. - What remains "unclear" is whether Russia will continue to pursue a "maximalist plan to capture all or most of Ukraine," which will require more resources and be especially challenging given the likelihood of a "persistent and significant insurgency," Haines said. - The U.S. intelligence community also assesses that Putin did not anticipate the rapid and united global response to the invasion, especially from Europe and the flood of private companies that have pulled out of Russia.

US president says move aims to put pressure on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end deadly attacks on Ukraine.

“We will commit profits from the limited, remaining amounts of Russian oil we will process to a dedicated fund. Biden acknowledged that on Tuesday, saying the US understands that many of its European allies “may not be in a position” to impose a similar ban. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said the move could more than double the price of oil to about $300 a barrel. The company’s CEO, Ben van Beurden, also apologised for buying Russian crude last week, saying the decision “was not the right one” amid the continuing war in Ukraine. That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at US ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin’s war machine,” he told reporters. “Encourage other countries and leaders to follow,” Zelenskyy tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.

A Russian military convoy opened fire near a checkpoint in the besieged northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, interrupting evacuations in violation of a brokered ...

- Saks Fifth Avenue:$20 off sitewide + free shipping - Saks Fifth Avenue coupon You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. In many cities, Russia continued to obstruct civilians fleeing violence by firing in their vicinity and fighting nearby established humanitarian corridors.

President Biden described the move as a critical step to punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, but said as a result, ...

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In a brief response to Russia's new ceasefire announcement, the Ukrainian Armed Forces noted that "the Russian side announces a 'silence regime' for the ...

In a Telegram post, the Armed Forces said that "Russia will request that Ukraine agree on the routes and opening hours of humanitarian corridors and notify representatives of foreign embassies, the UN, the OSCE, and the Red Cross by 02:00 in Kyiv on March 9." Russian media reported the ceasefire parameters quoting the Russian Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine. In a brief response to Russia's new ceasefire announcement, the Ukrainian Armed Forces noted that "the Russian side announces a 'silence regime' for the opening of humanitarian corridors tomorrow, March 9, from 9:00 am in Kyiv."

Attack on March 3 killed people as they queued for bread Lethal air strike may constitute a war crime A Russian air strike that reportedly killed 47 ...

Footage from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine also showed damage and the rescue effort. Amnesty International was not able to identify a legitimate military target at, or close to, the scene of the strike. The Chernihiv Regional Administration reported that 47 people (38 men and nine women) were killed in the strike. “This shocking attack is one of the deadliest that the people of Ukraine have endured yet. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court should investigate this air strike as a war crime. This was a merciless, indiscriminate attack on people as they went about their daily business in their homes, streets and shops,” said Joanne Mariner, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Director.

British American Tobacco PLC said Wednesday that it had suspended all business and manufacturing in Ukraine, but that its business in Russia continued to ...

Ukraine has announced its first successful mass evacuation of civilians from the city of Sumy, after days of disruptions due to Russian cease-fire ...

"The second evacuation convoy of 39 buses is already in the Poltava region. The military actions are in progress, so there is no possibility to restore the lines." The wind can transfer the radioactive cloud to other regions of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Europe," the SSSCIP said on Twitter. "The first convoy of 22 buses has already arrived in Poltava ... Now everyone is safe and fed," Tymoshenko said. "Children are under the wreckage," Zelenskyy said in the tweet, which also called on allies to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine skies. "Russia has been and will be a reliable guarantor of world-class energy security, and it values this reputation." The official added that the U.S. has no indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pulling troops from other parts of Russia to fight in Ukraine. "They appear to have gained about 20 kilometers (12 miles) worth of distance," the official said. But he maintained that putting any U.S. troops in Ukraine, even if on a limited basis, "would expand the conflict." On Tuesday, the Pentagon declined Poland's proposal to transfer its Russian-made MiG-29 combat aircraft to the U.S. government. We intend to enforce them against any company and any country." "These tactics are an obvious ploy by Russia to try to justify further premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attacks on Ukraine," he said.

Experts analyse the Russian president's claims of 'genocide' as justification for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

How would the state perpetrate a genocide on the territories it doesn’t even have access to?” So, answering your question, only genocide is committed with the intent to erase a group,” she said. If it had proof, you can be sure Russia would have provided it long ago.” None. Russia has made vague references to mass graves and civilian attacks. The definition of genocide, according to the UN, is “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such”. Russia has been arguing that what was happening to the residents of the Donbas region was a genocide, and it had a responsibility to step in and help them.

Russia and Ukraine agreed to open evacuation routes in a half dozen Ukrainian cities Wednesday morning. Ukrainian officials said that several towns west of Kyiv ...

“If you are going to export natural gas and it's going to reduce coal-fired generation in Poland, for instance, that actually is a net-positive,” Mr. Glick said while speaking to reporters. Mr. Glick disputed those claims, saying the agency is trying to craft a better permitting process that is both faster and likely to avert lengthy legal disputes. The impulse to stigmatize and disavow all things Russian is an understandable reaction to brazen aggression; it is a gesture of solidarity with besieged counterparts. He also said FERC had never rejected a terminal application and that of 18 approved, only nine have been built. He added that if Democrats can't hold the House and the Senate, "it's going to be a sad, sad two years." Industry officials have questioned whether the Biden administration’s commitment to cleaner fuels would hinder the development of gas-export terminals at a time when Europe wants more Western fuel as a bulwark against Russian aggression. Congress has included measures in the fiscal 2022 spending bill to ease the transfer of the jets. The president of the United States is doing an exceptional job in uniting the world to support Ukraine," he said. That started at the first appearance Monday, when presidential climate adviser John Kerry endorsed gas as an important export to the developing world. "The idea of all-of-the-above capabilities to enable them to create a no-fly zone is actually quite strong," he said. "Any lawless decision by Russia to seize the assets of these companies will ultimately result in even more economic pain for Russia," she wrote. Mr. Sullivan said that the pressure from Congress was similar to the push from Capitol Hill to ban imported Russian oil.

The fight for the Black Sea port could influence the outcome of the war and affect regional security, experts say.

The document, which both Romania and Bulgaria are signatories to, restricts the passage of navy ships that do not belong to the Black Sea. Defence analysts have pointed out that controlling the city would enable the Russian forces to open a land corridor to the breakaway region of Transnistria, which has sought independence from Moldova since the 1990s. Founded in 1794 by Russian Empress Catherine the Great, Odesa became a crucial seaport and a cosmopolitan urban centre, home not only to Russians and Ukrainians, but also to Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Jewish and other communities. “For Russia, the complete control of the Ukraine’s Black Sea and the Sea of Azov coasts may [be more important] than the seizure of Kharkiv or western Ukraine combined.” Ukraine does not have any other large ports to rely on in case it loses control of its third largest city, allowing Russia to effectively dominate the whole of the northern Black Sea coast. The Ukrainian military has already established defensive positions across Odesa, imposed a curfew and set up roadblocks at all entrances to the city of one million people.