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Serbia reverses course, won’t increase flights to Russia.

kyivindependent.com - 01:05 Mar 13, 2022

Serbia earlier doubled its flights from Belgrade to Moscow in response to higher demand, but has since reversed the decision after sharp criticism. The country has refused to sanction Russia and has been used to circumvent airspace restrictions to Russian flights.

Tags: Serbia Russia
Zelensky: Sergeant Inna Derusova first woman to be awarded the Hero of Ukraine title posthumously.

kyivindependent.com - 00:27 Mar 13, 2022

A field medic, she was killed during an artillery attack on Okhtyrka on Feb. 24, the first day of Russia’s invasion. She saved more than 10 soldiers that day.
Russian troops no longer in Ukraine’s port city of Skadovsk.

kyivindependent.com - 00:25 Mar 13, 2022

According to the city’s mayor, Oleksandr Yakovlev, the situation in Skadovsk is under control and there is electricity, gas and water supply. On March 9, Russian military vehicles entered the city and Russian troops reportedly seized all the computers from the city council.

Tags: Russian Skadovsk
Covid-19 patients face dilemma of infecting others while hiding in bomb shelters

kyivindependent.com - 00:01 Mar 13, 2022

In late February, Kyiv resident Serhii Fokin had a tough decision to make: walk into a bomb shelter during an air raid and risk infecting those around him, or stay at home, risking being killed by a Russian missile. Fokin chose the second option, staying in his apartment’s corridor near […]
Ukraine evacuates 13,000 civilians through humanitarian corridors on March 12, twice as much as the day before.

kyivindependent.com - 22:11 Mar 12, 2022

Around 8,000 people were evacuated from the city of Sumy alone, according to Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk. Fourteen corridors were planned, nine of them worked out.
Eugene Czolij: NATO member states must provide Ukraine with fighter jets without further delay

kyivindependent.com - 20:41 Mar 12, 2022

On 14-16 September 2005, over 170 heads of state and government met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the 2005 World Summit, later described as the “largest gathering of world leaders in history,” and adopted the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document. The UN website states: “In paragraphs […]
Danilov: Lithuania to become Putin’s next target if Russia wins the war against Ukraine.

kyivindependent.com - 20:31 Mar 12, 2022

Ukraine’s intelligence indicates that Putin wants to target Lithuania, according to Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. Lithuania was the first republic of the Soviet Union to proclaim independence.

Tags: Ukraine Putin Lithuania
Survey: Over 80% of Americans see Ukraine as ‘friendly’ or an ally, 70% consider Russia ‘unfriendly’ or an enemy.

kyivindependent.com - 19:35 Mar 12, 2022

According to the survey by the international think tank YouGov, the vast majority of the U.S. now perceive Ukraine as favorably as they perceive France, Germany, and Japan. Only three countries – Britain, Canada, and Australia – are perceived more favorably.

Tags: Ukraine
57 people, mostly killed civilians, buried in mass grave in churchyard in Bucha, local activist reports.

kyivindependent.com - 19:07 Mar 12, 2022

There have been many reports of the Russian forces killing civilians in Bucha, a satellite town near Kyiv. According to a local activist Oleksandr Ostapa, 57 bodies have been buried near a church in Bucha, 53 of them civilians. “They will have to be identified later,” he said.

Tags: Bucha
2 Russian helicopters shot down in Kherson Oblast.

kyivindependent.com - 18:59 Mar 12, 2022

The Ukrainian military reports that one of the pilots survived and will be taken to the hospital.
Russia bombs Kharkiv institute, home to experimental nuclear reactor.

kyivindependent.com - 01:07 Mar 11, 2022

The State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine announced that the facility was struck, damaging the exterior and possibly numerous labs throughout the building.
UN Security Council to meet over Russia’s claims of “military biological activities of the US on the territory of Ukraine.”

kyivindependent.com - 00:58 Mar 11, 2022

Russia requested the meeting to discuss unsubstantiated claims that Ukraine is operating biological and chemical labs with the support of the U.S. The U.S. has denied the accusations. The meeting is scheduled for March 11.

Tags: Ukraine Russia
Russia puts forth new requirements for humanitarian corridors.

kyivindependent.com - 00:37 Mar 11, 2022

Russia is demanding lists of all evacuating vehicles and accompanying officials and forbids any communications equipment, except for Red Cross representatives. The corridors are planned for Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mariupol.

Tags: Russia
Reuters: Facebook to temporarily allow posts calling for violence against Russians, calls for Putin’s death.

kyivindependent.com - 22:25 Mar 10, 2022

According to internal emails seen by Reuters on March 10, Meta will change its moderation policy in some countries to allow for calls of violence against Russians in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The temporary changes apply to Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.

Tags: Reuters Russians
Mayor: Russian troops shell Mariupol every 30 minutes.

kyivindependent.com - 21:58 Mar 10, 2022

Russian invaders have shelled residential areas in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, incessantly with artillery and rocket systems, according to mayor Vadym Boychenko. Russian forces have also prevented the evacuation of civilians from the city, who have been in dire conditions.

Tags: Russian Mariupol
Twitter deletes Russian embassy disinformation posts.

kyivindependent.com - 21:48 Mar 10, 2022

The social network has deleted tweets from the Russian Embassy in the U.K. which attempted to deny Russian involvement in the March 9 attack on a hospital in Mariupol. Twitter said it had removed the posts for denying violent incidents.

Tags: Russian Twitter
Russian invaders shoot at pensioners in their car.

kyivindependent.com - 21:38 Mar 10, 2022

In Makarov, Kyiv Oblast, a Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) fired upon a civilian car containing an elderly man and woman, according to Kyiv police. Both were killed.
Reznikov: Russian forces killed more civilians than Ukrainian service personnel.

kyivindependent.com - 21:17 Mar 10, 2022

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has described Russia’s invasion as a “terrorist war,” stating that Russian troops had acted like “criminals.” According to Reznikov, Russian troops killed more Ukrainian civilians than soldiers.

Tags: Ukrainian Russian Reznikov
Russian forces shell more than 280 schools since the start of the war.

kyivindependent.com - 20:39 Mar 10, 2022

Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet stated that Russian forces had destroyed or damaged 280 educational institutions through bombing and shelling. The ministry has developed an interactive map to track damage to schools.

Tags: Russian
Russia promises to open daily humanitarian corridors, but only to Russia.

kyivindependent.com - 20:35 Mar 10, 2022

From 10 a.m. every day, Russia will open humanitarian corridors, but only towards Russia. This will be done without the permission of the Ukrainian government. Head of the National Defense Management Center of Russia Mikhail Mizintsev states that Kyiv “does not approve the departure of civilians towards the Russian Federation.”

Tags: Russia

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