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A man reacts on the phone as he stands beside a body lying on the ground after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuhuiv as Russian armed forces attempt to invade Ukraine. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty
 

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Russia has warned that the accession of either Finland or Sweden to the defense alliance NATO would spark a serious response from Moscow. "We regard the Finnish government's commitment to a military non-alignment policy as an important factor in ensuring security and stability in northern Europe," spokesperson Zakharova said during a news briefing in Moscow.
 
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Natali Sevriukova reacts near her home following a rocket attack in the city of Kyiv. Fighting reached the suburbs and historical centre of Kyiv as Russian troops closed in on the Ukrainian capital, while Moscow indicated it was ready to talk and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, pleaded for international help.
Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
 

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People rest in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter.
Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
 

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A man holding a placard reading ‘No occupation of Ukraine’ in Moscow.
Photograph: Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty Images
 
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Russia has warned that the accession of either Finland or Sweden to the defense alliance NATO would spark a serious response from Moscow. "We regard the Finnish government's commitment to a military non-alignment policy as an important factor in ensuring security and stability in northern Europe," spokesperson Zakharova said during a news briefing in Moscow.
 
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Swiss President Ignazio Cassis addresses a news conference after a meeting of the Swiss government Bundesrat in Bern, Switzerland February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Swiss banks will halt new business, but not freeze assets.
 
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“How can I be a Nazi?” President Volodymyr Zelenskiv said, who comes from a family partially wiped out in the Holocaust. “Explain it to my grandfather, who went through the entire war in the infantry of the Soviet army, and died a colonel in an independent Ukraine” he said.
 
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Russian daily Novaya Gazeta said it would publish editions in Russian and Ukrainian. Editor Dmitri Murátov, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, wrote: “Together with pain, we feel a sense of shame. What is the next step? A nuclear war? Only a Russian opposition movement against the war can save the life of this planet.”
 
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From its own stockpile, the German government will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger anti-aircraft defense systems to Ukraine. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. “It threatens our entire post-war order. It is our duty to do our utmost to support Ukraine in defending itself against Vladimir Putin’s invading army. Germany stands closely by Ukraine’s side.”
 
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Communist MP, Mikhail Matveev saying outright: 'I think that the war should be stopped immediately".
Matveev is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) which sits in opposition to President Putin and the United Russia party.
 
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Starlink is now live in the nation, according to Elon Musk. “Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.”

Musk was replying to Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, asked Musk: “while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand.”
 
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Raf Sanchez, NBC News tweeted

My hotel in Moscow asked me to settle the bill early because they aren’t sure if credit cards are going to work once SWIFT sanctions kick in.
 
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Ukraine is creating an international territorial defense legion consisting of foreigners who want to join the resistance to Russian occupiers and protect world security, the Ukrainian President's Office has said.
 
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Hundreds of Ukrainians and their descendants who live outside Ukraine in cities around the world have asked to join the fight, the Ukrainian foreign minister said.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said she “won’t oppose” British nationals who travel to Ukraine to fight the Russians. The new unit is reminiscent of the International Brigades set up by left-wingers in the Spanish Civil War, drawing thousands of foreign volunteers including literary greats from George Orwell to WH Auden.
 
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Switzerland’s neutrality has finally been tested. It is no longer a safe haven for the assets of Russia’s richest and most powerful. Instead, they have said that Russian individuals and companies hit with EU sanctions, will no longer be able to hide them in Switzerland.
 
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A video screen displays the Ukrainian flag during the English League Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley stadium in London
 
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Asher Joseph Cherkaskyi, left, a lieutenant in Dnipro’s Territorial Defence Force, with his son David and Dimtro Wollnets, right
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JACK HILL

Ukraine’s Jews mock Putin’s antisemitism claim and stand their ground
 
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The town of Lismore in Northern NSW has been devastated by the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie. Efforts have been underway to evacuate the entire town as flood waters rise, with hundreds of people trapped in their homes.
 

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