Here’s
where things stand this hour:
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Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has
demanded a new round of sanctions on Russia, reports Reuters. He has been
discussing the situation with US secretary of state Antony Blinken, who is in
eastern Europe.
The International Monetary Fund has announced it
could approve $1.4 billion emergency funding as early as next week as the body
warns of war’s ‘severe impact’ on the global economy.
The United Nations recorded 351 civilians killed
and 707 injured just on Friday in Ukraine, according to the UN high
commissioner for human rights, as reported by BuzzFeed.
Russia and Ukraine plan another round of talks on
Monday, even though previous talks that produced an agreement to a limited
ceasefire in order to protect corridors for civilian have not been honoured by
Russia.
The US government has warned American citizens
living or travelling in Russia to “depart immediately”, in new guidelines,
published today, by the US state department.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy reportedly made a “desperate
plea” for eastern Europe to provide Russian-made aircraft to Ukraine. In a call
with US senators, he is also understood to have called for a no-fly zone,
lethal aid, a ban on Russian oil and a suspension of Visa and Mastercard in
Russia.
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