March 8, 2022
4:28 pm
Zelensky speaks to British MPs
Catch up on the latest headlines as the Ukrainian President addresses the MPs
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Russian troops headed for Hydro-plant
Zelensky says You have left us alone to NATO
The Russian military seized a TV broadcasting tower
It’s now the 11th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which was launched by President Vladimir Putin on February 24
Russian troops headed for Hydro-plant
Russian troops headed for Hydro-plant to dominate and squeeze mos of Ukraine’s power supply. Russian troops are headed towards the Kaniv Hydroelectric Power Plant, about 100 kilometres south of Kyiv, the General staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on March 5.
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Russian forces ‘advancing’ on third nuclear reactor
Russian forces have now seized two Ukrainian nuclear power plants and are advancing toward a third, Ukraine’s president said during a call with US senators Saturday.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the third plant currently under threat is the Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant, located 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Mykolaiv, one of several cities the Russians were trying to keep encircled Saturday.
Also, the Russian troops headed for Hydro-plant are at the same time to divide the Ukrainian army’s resources in multiple zones.
Talked to @elonmusk. I’m grateful to him for supporting Ukraine with words and deeds. Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities. Discussed possible space projects 🚀. But I’ll talk about this after the war.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 5, 2022
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Heavy bombardment around Kyiv
Heavy bombardments have been reported in Irpin – a town on the north-western outskirts of Kyiv
there has been intense fighting to the northwest of the capital Kyiv around the strategic Hostomel airfield, while Russian forces have also been bombarding Irpin– a small town on the outskirts of Kyiv.
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Latest from Ukraine – Day 9 in Ukraine Pictures – Frustration & Despair
NATO refuse to implement a no-fly zone
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeated a call for a no-fly zone to be established over his country during a video call with over 300 US lawmakers.
Nato leaders have repeatedly rejected the request, which they say would bring the west into direct confrontation with Russia.
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Putin says Ukraine’s statehood ‘in jeopardy’
“If they continue to do what they are doing, they are calling into question the future of Ukrainian statehood,” he said. “And if this happens, it will be entirely on their conscience.”
He also hit out at Western sanctions that have crippled Russia’s economy and sent the value of its currency tumbling.
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Zelensky says You have left us alone to NATO
President Zelensky says – You have left us alone to NATO after refusing to impose a no-fly zone. The Ukrainian president furiously condemned NATO leaders for ruling out a no-fly zone over his country.
This is limiting President Zelensky’s options significantly; The Ukrainians can keep fighting and resisting as valiantly as they have or he now needs to negotiate with Russia over a Truce. As he only options to save his country from being taken over by Putin.
Around 74% of Americans – including Republicans and Democrats – said the U.S. and its NATO allies should impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine.
A Reuters poll completed on March 4 found an equally bipartisan 80% of Americans said the U.S. should stop buying Russian oil.
Live Stream: IAEA Director General: There has been no release of radioactive material https://t.co/iJvaWrZgUz
— EU NEWS 🇪🇺 (@wtx_EU_news) March 4, 2022
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Major US news outlets pull out of Russia
Russia’s national parliament passed a new law Friday that criminalises spreading “fake news” about the war in Ukraine. So many of the broadcasters like
CBS News, the BBC’s US broadcast partner, and ABC News have joined the ranks of news outlets suspending their work in Russia before they fall foul of breaking the Russian law.
It comes as a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin that would impose prison terms of up to 15 years on people charged with spreading “fake news” about the war in Ukraine. The law would, in effect, stop independent reporting in Russia, where news outlets are not allowed to refer to the conflict in Ukraine as a “war”.
A CBS spokesperson said it would not broadcast “as we monitor the circumstances for our team on the ground given the new media laws”.
How the world papers reacted to day 9 of the War
