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President Zelensky: We are fighting for the values of Europe and the world That's why today, The American people are helping not just Ukraine but Europe and the world to keep the planet alive, to keep justice in history

EU Commissioner for Energy: The electricity grids of Ukraine and Moldova have been successfully synchronised with the Continental European Grid. This will help Ukraine to keep their electricity system stable & lights on. It is a historic milestone for our relationship – in this area, Ukraine is now part of Europe

Ukraine calls for alliance of countries to stop conflicts outside of NATO: President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky's proposal would aim for nations to provide immediate weapons assistance to countries under attack

"Peace is more important than income" per Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa, asking for all US ports to be closed to all Russian goods

Ukraine's President @ZelenskyyUa says he is grateful to @POTUS for his personal involvement and his commitment to democracy-"however, now, in the darkest time for our country. I call on you to do more"

President Zelensky: "I need to protect our skies." CNN reported this morning that U.S. will provide Soviet-era air defenses to Ukraine in the coming days. President Biden is set to announce $1 billion in new U.S. military aid

Ukrainian President: Kyiv faces Russian missiles and air strikes every day

Happening now: US Congress waiting to hear from Ukraine President @ZelenskyyUa

Moscow is ready to continue communication in a trilateral format between the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Turkey, - Lavrov

Russian missile strike targeted Berdychiv town this morning. 2 injured, several buildings damaged

A meeting of defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance is underway at NATO Headquarters. In talks concerning, among others, the security situation in the region after Russia's aggression against Ukraine

Russian missile strike targeted TV tower in Vinnitsa, broadcast stopped

Russian troops deployed tear gas and opened fire at protesters in Skadovs'k

US and NATO allies are sending several surface-to-air missiles systems to Ukraine. A senior US official tells these systems include Soviet-era SA-8, SA-10, SA-12 and SA-14 mobile air defense systems, with range higher than Stingers, giving capability to hit cruise missiles

Russian troops released city mayor of Skadovsk Oleksander Yakovlev

Russian warships shelled the sea coast in the area of Lebedevka, Sanzheyka, Zatoka and Belenky

Protests in Berdyansk against Russian occupation continue

The hostages taken by the Russian forces in Bucha on the morning of March 16 are alive and well, the Bucha City Council said. People were released

In the Kherson region town of Skadovsk, the mayor and his deputy were abducted by armed men (believed to be Russian). Local residents are pissed off, and protesting outside local administrative offices. (video via @radiosvoboda and local activist who's livestreaming the protest)

The Russian army claims to have foiled a Ukrainian offensive against the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station

Ukraine's President @ZelenskyyUa-speaking in Russian- addresses Russian officials and propagandists and urges them to quit to avoid prosecution for war crimes

In the Khmelnytsky region, a minibus with refugees traveling from Dnipro city to Ternopil was involved in an road accident. As a result 7 people dead and 9 were injured

At least 10 killed when Russian artillery targeted people near local bakery in Chernihiv

Heavy shelling targeting Maryinka village west to Donetsk since morning

Confirmed: Russian units from the 4th Guards occupation base in Tskhinvali are leaving the region through the Roki tunnel and heading to fight in Ukraine. In addition to Russia's 58th Army units, volunteers from the so-called South Ossetia are reportedly also leaving for Ukraine

After visiting Kyiv, Polish, Slovenian and Czech delegations returned safely to Poland, - the government spokesman @PiotrMuller informed

Russian missile shotdown over Cherkasy region

Over 3207 vehicles with over 3000 people, including 772 children were evacuated from Mariupol to Zaporizhiye overnight

Russian missiles targeted Vinnytsia overnight, no information about casualties

Big Russian column at Ushakova street in Kherson

Russian troops kidnapped 6 employees of Bucha city council

Kyiv Oblast(09:55). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

Aide to office of President of Ukraine says that Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting offensive on number of frontlines

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has just arrived at NATO HQ for today's defense ministerial

Russian military grouping in Trostyanets reportedly was destroyed by Ukrainian army

1 killed as result of shelling at Rubizhne, Luhansk region

2 residential apartments blocks damaged as result of Russian shelling targeting Kyiv

In the morning, a shell hit a 12-storey building in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. According to preliminary information, two people were injured. Rescuers are working on the site

Kyiv, (07:42). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

There's a at 3125 N Cicero

Heavy shelling targeting Severodonetsk

Russian missile strike targeted Zaporizhiye-2 railway station in Zaporizhiye

Shelling targeted multiple areas in Kharkiv

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