On the seventh day of the conflict, Russian forces continued their offensive on several towns in Ukraine.
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Nearly 836,000 Ukrainian refugees have fled the country since the start of the war, the UN estimates.
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Here are the latest developments of the day, minute by minute
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7:15 am | Boris Johnson accuses Russia of ‘war crime’ in Ukraine, calls on all UN members to demand Russian withdrawal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on UN member states to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Wednesday’s General Assembly vote and to “demand” a withdrawal.
6h48 | | Russian economy hit by series of sanctions
Closure of airspace, freezing of assets of personalities or companies, questioning of financial or commercial links: since the start of hostilities in Ukraine, Western countries have increased economic sanctions once morest Vladimir Putin, his relatives, as well as the Russian economy.
READ | Ukrainian cities under fire from Russia, accused of wanting to “erase the country”
Russian forces continue their offensive on Wednesday on several cities in Ukraine, including Kharkiv, with the dispatch of airborne troops and bombardments, while the Ukrainian president accused Moscow of wanting to “erase” Ukraine.
6h45 | Seven Russian banks excluded from Swift
The Twenty-Seven have excluded seven Russian banks from the Swift international financial system, but spared two large financial establishments closely linked to the hydrocarbon sector, according to the decision published on Wednesday in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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Eighty years following the site of Babi Yar served as a mass grave for 30,000 Jews murdered by Nazi occupiers in Ukraine, five bodies lie on the ground, covered in a thin layer of snow, following a Russian strike.
6h43 | Alex Ovechkin strongly criticized for his support for Vladimir Putin
Russian National Hockey League (NHL) star Alex Ovechkin has come under heavy criticism in the United States for his longtime support of Vladimir Putin.
6:42 | Ban on Russian media RT and Sputnik comes into force in the European Union
The ban on broadcasting in the EU of Russian state media RT and Sputnik, considered instruments of “disinformation” by Moscow in its war once morest Ukraine, came into force on Wednesday, following publication of the decision of the Twenty -Seven in the Official Journal of the EU.
6:23 am | Paralympics 2022: Russian and Belarusian athletes allowed to compete
5h42 | The UN lists nearly 836,000 refugees from Ukraine
The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine for neighboring countries jumped once more to almost 836,000 people in 1is March, according to a census by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees released on Wednesday.
5h25 | The main Russian bank Sberbank leaves the European market
Sberbank Group, Russia’s main bank, announced on Wednesday that it was withdrawing from the European market, following being hit by massive financial sanctions in retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
5h18 | UN General Assembly urged to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine
The UN General Assembly is called to vote on Wednesday, following two days of speeches by its members, on a draft resolution aimed at condemning Russia for the invasion of Ukraine and asking for an “immediate” withdrawal from his troops.
The West and the UN accuse Moscow of violating Article 2 of the United Nations Charter requiring its members to refrain from threats and the use of force to settle a crisis. Russia, for its part, claims to exercise its right to self-defence, provided for in Article 51 of the Charter.
5h05 | The Russian army claims to have conquered the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine
The Russian army said on Wednesday morning that it had seized the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, located in the south of the country, near the Crimean peninsula, following fierce fighting in recent hours.
“Russian army units have taken full control of the regional capital of Kherson,” Russian armed forces spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
4h30 | Intrusion of a Russian helicopter in the North of Japan according to Tokyo, which protests
Tokyo protested to Moscow on Wednesday following an alleged violation of Japanese airspace by a Russian helicopter in the north of the Japanese archipelago amid international tensions around Ukraine.
WAR NOTEBOOK | Putin is going all out
What is happening now in Kyiv and Kharkiv is an indication that Putin now seems determined to resort in Ukraine to the tactics used by the Russians in Chechnya.
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READ | Russian army troops parachuted into Kharkiv
Russian airborne troops parachuted into Kharkiv late last night. Fighting was then raging in this city in eastern Ukraine.
READ | Here’s why we’re dropping the name ‘Kiev’ in favor of ‘Kyiv’
From now on, Quebecor media will use the spelling “Kyiv”, rather than “Kiev”, to designate the capital of Ukraine.
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The withdrawal of bottles of Russian vodka from the shelves of the SAQ has made many Quebecers laugh, for whom the initiative seems as ridiculous as it is useless. Others, on the contrary, believe that this symbolic gesture deserves to be made, in the same way as a solidarity march 7000 km from the conflict or a small flag affixed to their Facebook profile picture.
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