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Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denied that Russian troops are bombing Ukrainian cities, dismissing such ...

Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces have seized control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest. The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has offered to travel to the site of the 1986 disaster in Chernobyl to ensure the security of Ukraine’s nuclear sites. A fire that broke out at the complex in the southeastern city of Enerhodar when it came under attack from Russian forces in the early hours of Friday has now been extinguished.

Putin forces intensify strikes on civilian areas as Zelenskiy issues furious rebuke to Nato over no-fly zone refusal.

Putin, however, dismissed reports of airstrikes on Kyiv and other large Ukrainian cities as “gross propaganda fakes” in a phone call with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the Kremlin said. Putin told Scholz he hoped “Kyiv will take a reasonable and constructive position” in a third round of talks planned for next week, the Kremlin statement added. “One of which I think has also been in the media shows a father grieving over his dead child,” Blinken said. In Russia, reporting of the war by international and local independent media was put under increasing pressure as the lower house of parliament passed a law punishing the intentional spreading of “fake” news about the military with 15 years in jail. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said the reactors were undamaged but the situation “naturally continues to be extremely tense and challenging”. Russian forces seized the plant after heavy fighting. The UNCHR spokesperson Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams described the rate as “phenomenal”, adding that an equal number were probably displaced inside Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin was "forced to deny reports" that his government will impose martial law in order to stamp out Russian dissent against the war in ...

Earlier Saturday, Russia and Ukraine had announced a temporary cease-fire in the cities to allow the evacuation of civilians. Amazon's biggest customers using AWS in Russia are companies that are headquartered outside of the country and have some development teams there, the company added. Western companies have responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a number of ways. "We managed the situation so that Ukrainian women and children were able to get a safe place," he said, according to an NBC News translation. "I hereby state that Russia has violated [the cease-fire] agreement, failed to fulfill its duty and shells the town of Volnovaksha," she said, according to an NBC News translation. "China is actually restricting some of its banks to provide credit to facilitate energy purchases from Russia, which suggests that much like has been the pattern for years and years, China has tended to respect the force of U.S. sanctions," the person added. "We will continue to choose alternatives to Russian oil wherever possible, but this cannot happen overnight because of how significant Russia is to global supply," the company said in a statement. "As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are not able to comment further on the specifics of her case but can confirm that as we work to get her home, her mental and physical health remain our primary concern." Shell earlier in the week said it would end its "equity partnership" with Gazprom, a Russian state-owned energy company. "This war and the ongoing threat to peace and stability demand we respond in line with our values." Zelenskyy praised the heroism of residents in Kherson, a port city in southern Ukraine that was taken by Russian forces this week. Visa said effective immediately it will work to cease all Visa transactions within Russia in the coming days.

As Friday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: Fighting remains intense in central Ukraine as Russian forces ...

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The Russian president also warned that a NATO declaration of a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be seen as an act of war, making the alliance "participants of ...

It’s an act of intimidation aimed at bringing other social networks to heel. Russia’s Internet censorship agency announced on Friday that it plans to block access to Facebook throughout the country, joining a small handful of the world’s most repressive regimes in cutting off its citizens from the world’s largest social network. While imported Russian crude makes up a small fraction of the U.S. oil market, the move could have broader implications for energy prices if countries in Europe and elsewhere adopt similar sanctions. On Friday, the White House said it is considering a U.S. ban on oil imports from Russia amid growing bipartisan calls from Congress. The list indicates that, as early as December, the Pentagon was equipping Ukrainian fighters with arms and equipment useful for fighting in urban areas, including shotguns and specialized suits to safeguard soldiers handling unexploded ordnance. Visa and Mastercard cards issued outside Russia will no longer work in the country, according to the companies. Voice of America also vowed, in a statement, to “promote and support tools and resources that will allow our audiences to bypass any blocking efforts imposed on our sites in Russia.” In response to the ban, the BBC posted a statement on its website that said “access to accurate, independent information is a fundamental human right which should not be denied to the people of Russia,” attaching instructions on how to circumvent the media blackout by accessing BBC content through two apps: Psiphon, a censorship circumvention tool, and Tor, an anonymous browser. A few hours later, the Mariupol city council asked people who had assembled for the evacuation to disperse and take cover in shelters. An adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said humanitarian corridors were being prepared for both cities. We tried to get free water today but the queue was huge.” “This is not a decision that RFE/RL has taken of its own accord, but one that has been forced upon us by the Putin regime’s assault on the truth,” Jamie Fly, the network’s president and chief executive, said in a statement.

Mariupol evacuation postponed as Russian troops fail to respect ceasefire; Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Nato 'has given green light for further bombing' after ...

Partial ceasefire talks in the cities of Volnovakha and Mariupol are “ongoing” after Ukraine accused Russia of continuing attacksdespite agreeing to allow civilians to flee. An emergency summit of the UN security council was summoned after the attack on Zaporizhzhia. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the worldnarrowly averted a “nuclear catastrophe”and condemned Russia’s actions as “reckless” and “dangerous”. The US embassy in Ukraine says the attack on the nuclear plant is a war crime. The figure is currently above 1.3 million. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest of its kind in Europe, was seized by Russian forces on Friday, after an attack that started a fire close to one of its six reactors.No release of radiation was reported,but Ukrainian officials said workers had not been able to check all the safety infrastructure in the wake of the attack. Britain has urged UK nationals to consider leaving Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “If your presence in Russia is not essential, we strongly advise that you consider leaving by remaining commercial routes,” the Foreign Office said. Ukraine has said attacks on the cities continued on Saturday, meaning the evacuation of civilians had to be halted.