On Sunday, March, this page recaps the news from Ukraine. 6. The latest news and updates from Monday, March 7 can be found here. NATO countries supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion have a "green light" to send fighter jets, according to the U.S. Secretary of State. As Russia battered a string of southern cities in Ukraine, it led to rising numbers of civilian deaths and displacement. Fighter jets, drones and anti-aircraft systems supplied by NATO have been used by the Ukrainian military to down Russian aircraft. We are talking with our Polish friends about what we can do to backfill their needs if they choose to give these fighter jets to the Ukrainians. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants a no-fly zone over his country. Zelenskyy said in a video address on Sunday that the world is strong enough to close our skies. A no-fly zone was ruled out by NATO countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would consider a no-fly zone over Ukraine as part of the armed conflict. Russia supplies about 30% of Europe's oil and 40% of the world's oil. A senior Defense Department official said Sunday that the Russian military continued to try to cut off the major cities of Ukraine. The forces are facing strong resistance in northern and eastern Ukraine. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence findings said that the airspace over Ukraine was stillcontested. Tom Vanden brook is a contributor. There are latest developments. On Sunday,Netflix said it was suspending service in Russia, joining a growing list of companies that have stopped doing business in the country. TikTok and American Express said they would stop operations in the country. State-controlled media accounts will be labeled by TikTok. The State Department is urging Americans to leave Russia because of the unprovoked attack against Ukraine and the potential for harassment of U.S. citizens by Russian government security forces. The price of gas in the US has reached $4 a gallon for the first time in over a decade as the price continues to soar in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The national average for a gallon of gas is $4.09, up 8 cents from Saturday and 40 cents from last week. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett went to Russia to discuss the war with Putin. In coordination with the Biden administration, the trip was the latest attempt at diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Israel has good working relations with both Russia and Ukraine. There are quick links. We will email you the latest news once a day. Tracking and mapping Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Illarion Pavliuk checks in with his family. He is ready to fight. The Russian military will open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities Monday. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians trying to flee to safety were forced to shelter in the north and south of the country. The corridors will open at 10 a.m. The 12th day of the war was for civilians from the capital of Kyiv, the southern port city of Mariupol, and the second-largest city in Ukraine, Sumy. The corridors are being set up at the request of the French President, who spoke to Putin on Sunday. The International Committee of the Red Cross estimated 200,000 people were trying to flee from Mariupol after two failed attempts to evacuate them. Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the failure. Russia's armed forces continued to attack Ukrainian cities with multiple rocket launchers hitting residential buildings despite the announcement. The third round of talks was planned for Monday. Kelly Tyko. New Zealand plans to impose economic sanctions against Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. New Zealand's existing laws don't allow it to apply meaningful measures unless they are part of a larger United Nations effort. Russia has veto power over the UN Security Council. The new legislation will allow it to target people, companies and assets connected to those in Russia who were involved in the invasion. It would allow New Zealand to freeze assets. New Zealand could impose sanctions on countries that are helping Russia if the bill is passed. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee to safety were forced to shelter from Russian shelling that decimated cities in the center, north and south of the country. Ukrainian officials said the shelling only worsened as darkness fell and described a "catastrophic" situation in the suburbs. The third round of talks was planned for Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to fight on, urging his people in a weekend television address to take to the streets to drive this evil out of our cities. Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that he needed to stop all hostilities between Russia and Turkey. Australia's prime minister has described the relationship between Russia and China as opportunistic. Scott Morrison labeled the alliance an "Arc of Autocracy" and said Russia and China would prefer a new world order that has been in place since World War II. Morrison criticized Beijing's failure to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's expansion of trade in Russian wheat while other countries imposed sanctions. Australia last week promised $50 million to fight Russian invaders. Morrison said on Monday that the missiles are on the ground. The price of oil jumped more than $10 a barrel late Sunday as the conflict in Ukraine deepened and calls for harsher sanctions against Russia grew. The price of crude oil jumped over $10 late Sunday. The price of U.S. crude was more than $124 a barrel. Russian forces battered strategic locations as Putin warned that Ukrainian statehood was at risk. Both sides blamed each other for the failed cease-fire in two Ukrainian cities. What can Biden do to lower gas prices? How much oil does the US buy from Russia? Gas prices are rising as a result of the Ukraine invasion. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced in a news release Sunday evening that the Biden administration has requested $10 billion in humanitarian, military, and economic support for Ukraine. The funds that will be part of the federal government's omnibus funding legislation will likely provide military equipment and support to the U.S. allies in Ukraine. She said that the US House of Representatives is considering legislation that would ban the import of Russian oil and energy products into the U.S. Celina Tebor. President Volodymyr Zelensky is appealing for harsher sanctions against Russia as the invaders intensify their shelling. Zelenskyy criticized Western leaders in a video statement on Sunday for not responding to the Russian Defense Ministry's announcement that it would strike Ukraine's military-industrial complex. Employees of the defense plants were told not to go to work by Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy said that the sanctions imposed on Russia are not a signal to the West. The Russian economy has been damaged by Western sanctions, but the country continues to attack its neighbor. The port city of Mariupol is in dire need of food, water, medicine and other supplies after a second attempt at a cease-fire failed. Russian attacks closed the humanitarian corridor that had been negotiated, according to Ukrainian officials. The sick brain of the Russians decides when to start shooting and who to shoot, according to the Interior Ministry adviser. Efforts to evacuate civilians also fell through in Volnovakha in the east as well as the Kyiv suburbs of Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin, where presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich described the situation as catastrophic. The conflict has taken a heavy toll as the invading forces have launched 600 missiles since the war started, although the Ukrainians were putting up stiff resistance and ruining Russian plans for a quick takeover. Dozens of Ukrainian towns and villages in the area are likely to be without gas or heat after Russian airstrikes damaged a gas line. The government said a Russian missile strike hit a gas line in Irpin, cutting off gas and heat to local residents. The commander of the Russian forces that took control of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has ordered the plant's management to follow his orders. Any action of plant management, including measures related to the technical operation of the six reactor units, requires prior approval from the Russian commander. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi expressed grave concern about the reorganization, saying that professional staff must have the capacity to make decisions without being pressured. Russia is preparing a second wave of offensives, but the first wave has survived, according to the Defense Minister of Ukraine. He said that the cities of Kyiv, Dnipro, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Odesa are important for the war in Russia. Russian troops want to encircle key cities, bleed the Ukrainian army and create a humanitarian catastrophe. The myth of Putin's most powerful army in the world has been destroyed and burned on the roads of Mykolaiv. American Express said Sunday that it is suspending all operations in Russia, in light of Russia's ongoing attack on the people of Ukraine. Russian banks will no longer be able to issue American Express cards outside of Russia on the global network. The company said it is ending all business operations in the country. Visa and Mastercard said on Saturday that they will not allow their cards to be used in Russia by Russian banks and that they will not allow their cards to be used outside of Russia. Mastercard, Visa are suspending operations in Russia because credit cards are not accepted there. Microsoft stopped sales in Russia because of the invasion. The United Nations refugee agency said that the crisis in Ukraine was the worst in Europe since World War II. The office of the Polish prime minister said 922,400 people had crossed the border alone. The Secretary of State said that officials have seen credible reports of deliberate attacks on civilians that could constitute war crimes. The U.S. is looking into the reported attacks to determine if war crimes have been committed. Online groups, financial aid, and housing are some of the ways in which Ukrainian refugees are supported. He drove for 12 hours to save us from Ukrainian refugees. The mayor of Kyiv urged the world to rally around the country as it fights to remain independent. He said on ABC that they expect support from the whole world because they are fighting for a better future. We have to stop Putin. In addition to global unity and the weapons Ukraine has requested from its global allies, Klitschko said the country needs more pressure and sanctions on Russia. He said that people are the main power in the country. We were never aggressive to anyone. We have a huge motivation to defend our country right now. It's Ella Lee. The ramifications of the act may not be fully understood by those calling for a no-fly zone. AWACS can be flown 24 hours a day. It means the willingness to shoot down Russian airplanes. That means, if you want to put those planes up there, you have to knock out the anti-aircraft systems that the Russians have deployed, not just in Ukraine, but in Russia as well. If people understand what a no fly zone means, World War III will start. The senator said that the ambassador made a request late into the call that he does not believe, and that he shared pictures of the call with the Ukrainian president. It's Ella Lee. Thousands of people are fleeing the fighting in Ukranian. The person is trying to get in. The United States will not be implementing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as was previously stated by Linda Thomas-Greenfield. She said on ABC that President Biden has made it clear that American troops will not be put on the ground or in the air to escalate the war. Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. is in talks with Poland and NATO to provide jets to Ukraine or crack down on tougher sanctions for Russia but stopped short of saying that help is guaranteed. She said that negotiation is still on the table despite Putin's aggression. We have been working since the beginning of this to bring the Russians to the negotiating table, and that offer is still on the table, not just by us but also by our European colleagues, Thomas-Greenfield said. It's Ella Lee. According to a statement released early Sunday, defense officials in the United Kingdom believe that Russia is targeting populated areas in multiple locations in an effort to break Ukrainian spirits. In 1999 and 2016 Russia has used similar tactics in Chechnya and Syria. The scale and strength of the Ukrainian resistance was credited for slowing the advance of ground forces. There is a chance that Russia is attempting to hide fuel trucks as regular support trucks to reduce losses. Russia's credit rating was slashed again by Moody's on Sunday due to expectations that the Central Bank will further restrict payments across borders. Moody's said in a statement that the Ca rating is closer to junk status because of concerns about Russia's ability to pay its debt obligations. The statement said that concerns about the government's willingness to pay and the unpredictability of government actions could result in larger than average losses for investors. There is a person who says that: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is suspending operations in Russia because of government pressures. RFE/RL, which describes itself as an editorially independent media company supported by a grant from Congress and the U.S. Agency for Global Media, stopped operating in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against RF. The law signed Friday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that could subject journalists to prison sentences if they deviate from Kremlin-approved descriptions of the war was referenced by the media entity. RFE/RL journalists would continue to tell the truth about Russia's invasion of its neighbor. RFE/RL's decision was forced upon it by the Putin regime's assault on the truth, according to President and CEO Jamie Fly. Russia's federal communications agency said Friday that it would block websites of foreign outlets for spreading fake information. RFE/RL, which has maintained a physical presence in Russia since 1991, said nine of its Russian language websites have been blocked in the last week after it refused to comply with demands to remove information about the invasion of Ukraine. Bill Keveney. The Associated Press contributed. Russia holds fire, opens some Ukraine corridors. A British person faces decades behind bars. Kathy Hochul is the governor of New York. Flexbeam is completely hands-free and allows you to stay safe and see farther in the dark. After a three-game sweep of in-state rival South Carolina, the first losing season since 1957 for the Tigers, has quickly been put behind them. The 2002 team opened 13-0 and finished 54-17 with two wins in the College World Series, their best start since then. The Tigers were picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic Division. Daniel Dicker is the founder of The Energy Word and he joins Yahoo Finance Live to talk about the commodities market. Hong Kong authorities are testing the entire population of 7.5 million three times this month. Their platform is going to disrupt the energy market. You can get the details of this stock by clicking here. The UN watchdog has warned that Russian commanders are in control of Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The company decided to suspend all commercial activity in Russia, including closing every store it own and operate, as well as its brand sites and shipments to any of its retailers in Russia. The NHL suspended its dealings with the Russia-based KHL on Monday, a move that could make it more difficult for teams to sign players from there. The NHL told its teams to stop talking to the KHL and Russia-based agents as part of the suspension of the memorandum of understanding between the leagues. Daily Faceoff reported the NHL cutting cites with the KHL. Our Editors chose the Thuma Bed Frames as their #1 choice. Yankees president Randy Levine became the first MLB club official to speak on the record about the negotiations of the MLB labor dispute. Australia's prime minister has described the relationship between Russia and China as opportunistic. Scott Morrison labeled the alliance an "Arc of Autocracy" and said Russia and China would prefer a new world order. Morrison criticized Beijing's failure to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's expansion of trade in Russian wheat while other countries imposed sanctions. A Russian military commander and prisoner of war said that he and his forces were led to believe that they were invading the country because of the Nazis. The price of gas in the US has gone above $4 a gallon for the first time in six years. The Biden administration is considering a ban on imports of Russian oil. Ed O'Keefe reports. Russia has been hit with 2,778 new sanctions in just two weeks, making it the most sanctioned country in the world. Stay on top of the economic and market trends. Russia faced 2,754 sanctions before Feb. 22, making it the second-most sanctioned country in the world. The Republican member of Congress tried to blame President Joe Biden for the invasion of Ukraine. There are 30 hilarious photos of things that happen only in China. A customs officer told the WSJ that French authorities tied up Sechin's superyacht so it wouldn't leave the port. The reporter tried to blame the Biden administration for the rising gas prices. The man who was once the richest man in Russia told CNN that he was convinced that Putin didn't have much time left. Ukraine officials tell Military Times that the International Legion of Territorial Defense is operational. I know it can be inconvenient, but I think they are important in this moment. "I don't see anything heroic about the man," said retired Col. Douglas Macgregor.USA TODAY
Russian military to hold fire, open corridors in several Ukrainian cities
New Zealand will rush through new law to sanction Russia
Ukraine evacuations stall as Russia shelling pummels cities
Australian missiles 'on the ground' in Ukraine
Oil prices jump $10 a barrel
Biden administration to request $10B in aid to Ukraine
Zelenskyy appeals for stronger sanctions as Russians boost attack
Cease-fire in Mariupol collapses as Russians keep up offensive
Ukraine defense minister: 'Myth' of Russian might destroyed
American Express suspends operations in Russia
More than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine
'We have to stop Putin all together': Kyiv mayor says world must unify
Rubio warns 'no-fly' zone over Ukraine means World War III
UN ambassador: Offer to negotiate with Putin is ‘still on the table’
UK: Russian tactics mimic Syria, Chechnya
Moody's slashes Russia's credit rating
Radio Free Europe suspends operations in Russia
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