Russia-Ukraine War Latest News: What you need to know right now
A Russian air strike hit a Mariupol children`s hospital on Wednesday, Ukraine said, blaming Russia for breaking a ceasefire at the southern port as Ukrainians elsewhere fled the fighting through safe corridors.
A Russian air strike hit a Mariupol children`s hospital on Wednesday, Ukraine said, blaming Russia for breaking a ceasefire at the southern port as Ukrainians elsewhere fled the fighting through safe corridors.
HOSPITAL HIT
* Local authorities say the hospital was hit several times, causing "colossal" destruction, and that 17 people were wounded.
* A Kremlin spokesman said: "Russian forces do not fire on civilian targets" and blamed Ukraine for the failure of a planned evacuation from Mariupol.
REFUGEES
* Around 35,000 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridors from three cities on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Local officials said civilians had left Sumy in the east and Enerhodar in the south.
* Another six escape routes are planned for Thursday, according to Zelenskiy.
* Over 2 million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion began two weeks ago, the U.N. said.
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Turkey for talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, but Kuleba said his expectations were "low."* Leaders of the 27-nation EU are to meet in Versailles on Thursday and Friday, as Russia`s war against Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation", enters its third week.
NUCLEAR POWER CONCERNS
* Ukraine`s nuclear power plant operator said it was concerned for safety at Chernobyl, mothballed site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, after a power cut caused by the fighting. It warned of a potential radiation leak if the outage continued, although the U.N. nuclear watchdog saw no critical impact on safety.
* The watchdog said it had lost touch with remote monitoring systems at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where there were clashes and a fire last week. Both plants are being held by Russian forces.
SANCTIONS
* The Kremlin accused the United States of declaring an economic war on Russia that was sowing mayhem through energy markets, and said it was considering its response to a U.S. ban on imports of Russian energy.
* The European Union announced more sanctions against oligarchs and lenders in Russia and Belarus.
FOOD CRISIS
* With the conflict threatening grain production, a global food crisis deepened. Indonesia tightened curbs on palm oil exports, adding to a growing list of producers seeking to keep vital food supplies within their borders.
DEATH TOLL
* The United Nations said it had verified 516 civilian deaths and 908 injuries since the conflict began, but the true toll was likely to be "considerably higher."
* Ukraine says its forces have killed more than 11,000 Russian troops. Russia has confirmed about 500 losses. Neither side has disclosed Ukrainian casualties.
AID
* The U.S. Congress agreed to allocate $13.6 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine, alongside a separate package for pandemic relief.
* The International Monetary Fund approved $1.4 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine.
ECONOMIC FALLOUT
* Nestle, Philip Morris, Sony and mining giant Rio Tinto joined the list of multinationals stepping back from Russia.
* European Union leaders will phase out buying Russian oil, gas and coal as Moscow`s war on Ukraine makes them realise they have to be less dependent on Russia, a draft declaration showed, but they are unlikely to offer Ukraine fast EU membership.
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