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Kherson airbase after being hit by Ukrainian forces

Ternopil, Kharkiv(01:51). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

British intelligence: Russia is redeploying its forces from as far away as the eastern region, the Pacific Fleet and Armenia

"First of all, there's going to be a Ukraine, an independent Ukraine a lot longer than there's going to be Putin. One way or the other, Ukraine will be there and at some point Putin won't," Sec Blinken tells @wolfblitzer

Heavy shelling targeting residential districts in Kharkiv for several hours

Poland's PM @morawieckim in Kyiv after talks with @ZelenskyyUa @Denys_Shmyhal: EU has to grant Ukraine the candidate status ASAP, you must get defensive weapons

Today Russian troops arrested alleged organizer of protests against occupation in Berdyansk

Poland's deputy PM Kaczynski after the meeting with Ukraine's president @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv: a NATO peace mission or a wider alliance is needed, which will operate in Ukraine - this mission cannot be defenseless

PACE:The Assembly deplores that, despite the many appeals to cease the hostilities and to comply with international law, the Russian leadership has persisted in its aggression, escalating the violence in Ukraine and making threats should other States interfere. Through its attitude and actions, the leadership of the Russian Federation poses an open menace to security in Europe, following a path which also includes the act of military aggression against the Republic of Moldova and respectively the occupation of its Transnistrian region, the act of military aggression against Georgia and subsequent occupations of its two regions in 2008, the illegal annexation of Crimea, and its role in eastern Ukraine, which culminated in the illegal recognition of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as “independent States”.

Prime Minister Morawiecki after the meeting in Kyiv: Russia's invasion must end. The EU must give you candidate status as soon as possible; you must get defensive weapons. We will not leave you

President Zelensky, PM Shmygal meets PM's of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia (@MorawieckiM, @P_Fiala, @JJansaSDS) in Kyiv

Violent clashes for hours at Bucha, Irpen, Stoyanka, Vorzel

Movement of Military from occupied South Ossetia , unclear if already in Ukraine or heading there or just moving assets

Missile strike targeted Nikopol'

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) overwhelmingly passed the opinion asking Russia to be withdrawn from the Council of Europe

Russian army shelling targeting Saltivka district in Kharkiv

Shelling targeted civilian infrastructure today in Chernihiv

Aide to office of President of Ukraine on talks today: A very difficult and viscous negotiation process. There are fundamental contradictions. But there is certainly room for compromise. During the break, work in subgroups will be continued

The US State Department: We will not allow Russia to use the nuclear agreement to evade the sanctions imposed on it as a result of Ukraine war

Shelling continues in Kharkiv

Dnipro(21:24). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region claim that air defense shot down ballistic missile over Horlivka

A convoy of cars evacuating from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhya was blocked by Russian troops near Vasyliyika (Zaporizhzhya region). People are left in the middle of the road under control of Russian soldiers with no possibility to move in any direction

President Joe Biden signed a bill providing $13.6 billion in additional military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Of the $6.5 billion, $3.5 billion is for replenishment of U.S. stocks for equipment sent to Ukraine through drawdown. DoD will also consider sending Ukraine: Anti-air and anti-armor capability, small arms & ammunition, tactical gear, Meals Ready to Eat and military medical kits

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he was sending his foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, to Moscow and Kyiv this week as part of Turkey's mediation efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine

Some 20,000 residents left the besieged Mariupol through a humanitarian corridor, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian President's Office has reported. Some 570 cars, out of 4,000 private vehicles that left Mariupol since morning, have arrived in Zaporizhzhia

Russian convoy filmed speeding out of Kherson

Russian military convoy near Mariupol

Geolocation of drone footage showing a civilian being shot by Russian soldiers in Myla, Kyiv Oblast

Senior US defense official: Russia ground forces making "limited to no progres in achieving their objectives" in Ukraine

A senior Pentagon official: The Russian military convoy near Kyiv is still stuck and not advancing

Sumy(20:17). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Kropyvnytskyi(20:14). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Ukraine's Foreign Minister: Pressure must be increased on Russia to stop its military operations

Zhytomyr(20:10). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Kyiv Oblast(20:06). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Explosions at Novi Budynki in Kharkiv

Russian ships shelled area of Bazaryanka, Levedivka and Tuzly in Odesa region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to ask for more financial support from the United States as he addresses Congress in a video call, Psaki said

"Our thoughts, our prayers are with his family," says @PressSec, reacting to the death in Ukraine of Pierre Zakrzewski of @FoxNews

Morawiecki: It is here, in war-torn Kyiv, that history is being made. It is here, that freedom fights against the world of tyranny. It is here that the future of us all hangs in the balance. EU supports UA, which can count on the help of its friends - we brought this message to Kyiv today

"We're on Day 19 here" and one of the reasons Ukraine has been able to hold its own and push back Russia invaders is because of the security assistance provided by the US, says @PressSec

President Joe Biden will travel to Brussels, Belgium to for a NATO Summit next Thursday "to discuss ongoing deterrence and defense efforts in response to Russia's unprovoked & unjustified attack on Ukraine as well as to refer reaffirm our ironclad commitment to NATO." -Jen Psaki

White House: Biden will also join a European Council summit to discuss our shared concerns about Ukraine, including transatlantic efforts to impose economic costs on Russia provide humanitarian support to those affected by the violence and address other challenges related to the conflict

[email protected] with travel to Brussels to join an extraordinary NATO Summit on March 24 to discuss "ongoing deterrence and defense efforts in response to Russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine. - @PressSec

Pryluky(19:05). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Russian army targeted Vynohradar district in Kyiv

[email protected] SecGen today: Russia is "making absurd claims about biological labs and chemical weapons in Ukraine. This is just another lie. And we are concerned that Moscow could stage a false flag operation, possibly including chemical weapons

Chernihiv(18:34). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Ukrainian army repelled Russian attacks at Ruski Tyshky and Pyatykhatky

Bila Tserkva, Vasylkiv(18:24). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Kyiv(18:19). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Zhytomyr(18:14). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Vinnytsia(18:11). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova was killed today in Kyiv oblast. The third death of journalists in this war after Russian shells

Zelensky: Russia seeks to exterminate the Ukrainian people and a no-fly should be imposed over Ukraine

Zelensky: Russian forces are bombing the infrastructure in Ukraine on a daily basis

Smoke seen over Russian positions near Kherson

Fox cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed in the same attack that wounded correspondent Benjamin Hall

Zelensky appointed Oleksandr Pavliuk as a head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, Eduard Moskalyov as commander of the Joint Forces Operation

NATO Sec Gen Stoltenberg says defense ministers meeting tomorrow in Brussels are expected to task military planners to come up with longer-term planning to adjust the alliance's defense posture in light of the Russian war on Ukraine

Substantial Russian Navy force, including landing ships, advancing on Odessa area today. Seen 09:47 UTC in satellite imagery

The Verkhovna Rada extended the martial law in Ukraine until April 25. 343 MPs voted in favor

Residents of Mariupol have contacted the Media Human Rights Initiative (MHRI) hotline, saying that since yesterday morning (March 14) the Mariupol Regional Intensive Care Hospital (46 Troitska Street) has been occupied by the Russian troops

Rescue operation continues in Mariupol', about 2000 vehicles left before 2pm, 2000 more awaiting to leave towards Manhush -Beryansk-Tokmak-Zaporizhiye

1 wounded as result of Russian missile strike at Dnipro airport

Lukashenka says Tochka ballistic missile was launched towards Belarus from Ukraine, but it was intercepted

The Ukrainian military claims to have foiled another attempt by Russian forces to breach the defensive line along the Irpin river north of Kyiv, this time in the direction of Huta Mezhyhirska and Lyutizh

Ukrainian drone strike geolocated near Kherson

UNHCR: About 3 million Ukrainian refugees since the start of the Russian military operations

Ternopil(11:47). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Uzhgorod(11:47). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Lviv: air sirens in the city

Dnipro(11:32). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Kryvyi Rih(11:27). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Curfew to be imposed in Kyiv starting 8pm today and before 8am 17th March, "today is difficult and dangerous moment" - Mayor Klitchko

Mykolaiv(11:01). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Zhytomyr(10:57). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

80 people wounded in shelling of Mykolaiv region yesterday, including 2 children

2 Russian missiles targeted airport in Dnipro city, terminal is damaged, runway destroyed

Volyns’ka Oblast’(10:45). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

President Zelensky signed a law on criminal responsibility of cooperation with Russia

Chernihiv(10:30). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Kyiv(10:26). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Kharkiv(10:25). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Widespread damage after Russian shelling targeted Lukyanivska metro station area in Kyiv

Security Service of Ukraine detained suspect in providing mobile communications to Russian army

Destroyed Russian equipment after failed assault on Mariupol

Death toll of Russian missile attack on TV tower near Rivne yesterday morning increased to 19 dead, 9 wounded

Foreign Minister Wang Yi warns China does not want to be impacted by economic sanctions on Russia, state media says, as pressure grows on Beijing to withdraw support from Moscow. "China is not a party to the crisis, still less wants to be affected by the sanctions"

Russian army shelled Kharkiv 65 times yesterday - Head of regional administration

Written procedure now over for the EU's 4th sanctions package on Russia. Should be published in the official journal later today

Today PM's of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia (@MorawieckiM , @P_Fiala @JJansaSDS) along with the Poland deputy PM Kaczyński will visit Kyiv

Russian ministry of Defense in morning briefing claims control over Panteliymonivka in Donetsk region, and reaching Verkhnotoretske and Novoselivka Druha

Kyiv(09:10). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Ukrainian army seized Russian artillery position near Mykolaiv

In Polohy, Zaporizhiye region Russian troops have blown up military enlistment office

Russian army shelling destroyed boarding school, city hospital and 3 schools in Rubizhne, 4 killed

School 7 was damaged as result of shelling by Russian army on Kharkiv