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Smoke rises from the territory of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry's unit, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Russia warns Kyiv residents to flee homes as tactics shift to bombarding cities

With an armoured column miles long bearing down on the capital, Russia's defence ministry said it was planning to strike targets in Kyiv used by Ukraine's security service

New members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces train with newly received weapons in Kyiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022. REUTERS
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Russia says it will hit security service sites in Kyiv

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Russia to spend up to $10 bln from rainy-day fund on buying Russian shares

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell appears on a screen as he delivers a remote speech during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland March 1, 2022. Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTERS
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EU must increase capacity to prevent war, says EU foreign policy chief

Pleas to stop buying Russian oil and gas go unheeded
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Pleas to stop buying Russian oil and gas go unheeded

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the European Parliament special session, from a screen, to debate its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium on 1 March 2022.Photo: Reuters.
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges EU: 'Do prove that you are with us'

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Strange symbols, feared to be Russian targets, appear on Kyiv buildings' rooftops

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Vladislav Deinego, head of the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, and Sergei Peresada, deputy head of the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in Moscow, Russia February 25, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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No military bases in ex-Soviet countries, Russia tells West

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Reuters.
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Russia's Lavrov says there is a danger of Ukraine acquiring nuclear weapons

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. File Photo: Tass
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No immediate plans for Putin-Zelensky talks - Kremlin spokesman

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: Reuters.
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Lukashenko says Belarus deploying more forces to Ukraine border

A satellite image shows an additional part of a military convoy, near Invankiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/REUTERS
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Huge Russian column bears down on Kyiv raising fear for civilians

HSBC's building in Canary Wharf is seen behind a City of London sign outside Billingsgate Market in London, Britain, August 8, 2018. REUTERS
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Corporate ties to Russia uprooted as sanctions tighten