The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for a while. The energy minister of Ukraine said that the exhausted staff at the nuclear plant are being forced to record an address that will be used for propaganda. Russian troops have been in control of the Zaporizhzhia plant since they seized it on Friday, after an attack that set a building on fire and raised fears of a nuclear disaster. No radiation was released. About 500 Russian soldiers and 50 pieces of heavy equipment are inside the station, according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko. The Ukrainian staff are physically and emotionally exhausted. Russia says it is conducting targeted attacks in the war. Russian efforts to show it is not endangering Ukrainian civilians is what Halushchenko refers to in his reference to propaganda. There is a The Los Angeles City Council approved a resolution condemning the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 to pass a resolution urging the international Divestment of holdings in Russia. The Orange County Board of Supervisors passed a similar resolution Tuesday. The county should sever ties with any Russian-backed bank. There are no direct investments in Russia by the county. In Los Angeles, members of the City Council expressed support for Ukraine, denounced horrible acts against humanity, and expressed concern that history is repeating itself. The situation in Ukraine is close to home for Paul Koretz. I have been sick to my stomach seeing the photos of innocent men, women and children who have been murdered in this invasion, and my mother fled Kyiv a hundred years ago to avoid the Russian pogroms. LA's Russian communities and businesses are important to Koretz. He said that they were not responsible for the actions of the madman. There is a A former Miss Ukraine who fled her homeland after Russian troops invaded it called on countries to do more to arm her countrymen and women. On the first day of the invasion, Veronika Didusenko and her son were woken by the sounds of air raid sirens and explosions, and they joined thousands of others on the road to flee. She said that there was no place where sirens would not sound on her journey to the border of Ukraine. Gloria Allred, a women's rights attorney, said she became friends with Didusenko several months ago. Didusenko and her son traveled through other European countries before reaching Switzerland. Didusenko said she made the heartbreaking decision to leave her son there to travel to the United States to hold the press conference with Allred. Didusenko and Allred decided the situation on the ground in parts of her homeland was an important story to highlight on International Women's Day. Millions of Ukrainian children and their mothers are trembling at every sound in the subway stations and bomb shelters. Didusenko said it was even more heartbreaking that women were giving birth in these shelters. She said that Ukrainians need more help from other nations. There is a The top priority for the Ukrainian military right now is additional air defense capabilities, according to the U.S. defense attache. It can be ground based air defense systems. He said in an interview with The Associated Press that it can be fighter jets. He said that the U.S. government could motivate the countries that have Soviet-produced air defense systems to give them to the Ukrainians. They need more anti-tank, anti-armor weapons and coastal defense capabilities to defend against Russian ships at the south. The U.S. and its allies have helped slow the Russian advance. There is a Natalia Mudrenko, the highest-ranking woman at the U.N. Mission, is accusing Russia of effectively holding civilians. She told the Security Council that civilians, mostly women and children, are not allowed to leave and the humanitarian aid is not allowed in. If they try to leave, Russians will open fire and kill them. The Russian military said that the Ukrainian side was blocking the effort to evacuate. Mudrenko said a 6-year-old girl died Monday in the besieged city of Mariupol on the Azov Sea, in the last moments of her life, as her mother was killed by Russian shelling. She said that on Tuesday in the Mykolaiv region, Russian occupiers fired at a van with a group of female teachers of the local orphanage and three of them were killed. There were 57,000 women in the army at the start of the year, accounting for 22.8% of the force, according to Mudrenko. There is a Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the leaders of the U.S. and Britain for banning Russian oil imports. He said in his daily address to the nation that this is a powerful signal to the world. The 50 Ukrainian children killed in 13 days of war was the scariest figure Zelenskyy said when he spoke to the British Parliament. It became 52 children in an hour. I will not forgive this. You will never forgive the occupiers. Zelenskyy called for negotiations with Russia to end the war. We need to sit at the negotiating table for substantive talks. _____ The plan by Poland to give its fighter jets to the U.S. raises serious concerns for the NATO alliance, according to the Pentagon. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a statement that the prospect of jets departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspacecontested with Russia in the Ukraine war is concerning. It's not clear to the U.S. that there is a substantive rationale for it. He said that the U.S. will talk to Poland about the matter. _____ McDonald's, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Electric all announced Tuesday they were suspending their business in Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine. McDonald's will continue to pay 62,000 employees in Russia despite temporarily closing 850 restaurants there. The Chicago-based burger giant said it will temporarily close 850 stores but still pay its 62,000 employees in Russia. The franchisee of Starbucks will continue to pay 2,000 Russian workers despite the temporary closing of 130 stores. Coca-Cola is suspending its business because of its partner's plants in Russia. Milk and baby formula will continue to be made by PepsiCo. The business of GE was suspended except for medical equipment and electrical service. _____ Russian warplanes have carried out new strikes on residential areas in eastern and central parts of the country. Ukrainian officials said that two people, including a child, were killed in the town of Chuhuiv in eastern Ukraine late Tuesday. At least five people, including two children, were killed in a Russian air strike in the city of Malyn. Yaroslav Moskalenko, an official who coordinates humanitarian efforts in the Kyiv region, said that the Russian shelling forced civilians to hide in shelters while water, food and power supplies were cut. He said that the shelling made it impossible to evacuate the bodies of five people who died when their vehicle was fired upon in Borodianka, and the bodies of 12 patients of a psychiatric hospital there. 200 patients were stuck there without food and medicine, according to him. _____ A group of people living in Ukraine formed a military unit to fight against Russia. After being forced to leave his home country of Belarus for participating in protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, Jan Derbeiko moved to Kyiv. I had a job and I had plans for the future, but the war happened here. I lost my homeland and now my new home is being destroyed. All Belarusians who have a conscience and honor left should support the Ukrainians. He said he was preparing to take control of the squadron when the Russians attacked. _____ Russia's Central Bank has tightened currency restrictions in the face of Western sanctions. The country's commercial banks were ordered by the bank to cap the amount clients can withdraw from their hard currency deposits at $10,000. The current exchange rates would convert any withdrawals above that amount to rubles. Commercial banks were told to stop selling hard currency to clients, a move that will likely cause a black market for foreign currency. Since the Soviet times, the authorities have maintained strict currency controls. The currency controls were tightened because of the Western sanctions, according to the Central Bank. Russia was unable to get foreign cash because of the financial system blow. _____ A senior Ukrainian official said that authorities evacuated thousands of people from the eastern city of Sumy on Tuesday. The deputy prime minister said that 5,000 people, including 1,700 foreign students, were evacuated. Ukraine will only agree to safe exits leading west if Moscow establishes safe corridors for civilians to head toward Russia. Russian troops opened fire on a Ukrainian convoy that was carrying humanitarian cargo to Mariupol that was to be used to evacuate civilians from the city. She said the city was in a "catastrophic situation" and that a child had died of dehydration. The Russian military said that the Ukrainian side was blocking the effort to evacuate. _____ The wife of the Ukrainian president thanked the country's allies for their support and urged them to do more to deter Russia. Olena Zelenska said in an open letter to global media that the Russian invasion was a mass murder of Ukrainian civilians. The most terrifying and devastating of the invasion are the child casualties, she said, mentioning eight-year-old Alice who died on the streets of Okhtyrka while her grandfather tried to protect her. Arseniy was hit in the head by a car and could not be saved because an ambulance couldn't get to him on time. Zelenska said that the war is being waged against the civilian population and not just through shelling. She agreed with President Zelenskyy's call for Western allies to help counter the Russian air superiority. _____ The Russian military offered again on Tuesday to provide humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave five Ukrainian cities after previous attempts to establish safe exits have failed. Russian shelling made it impossible for civilians to use the corridors on Tuesday, despite a deal reached a day earlier. According to the Russian military, the only corridor that civilians have been allowed to use is from the city of Sumy. The Russian military will stop firing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Russian military. civilians can leave safely via the corridors on Wednesday. He suggested setting up a hotline between Russia and Ukraine. _____ Poland said it would give all of its fighter jets to the U.S. in an arrangement that would allow them to be used by the Ukrainian military. Ukraine wants more warplanes. The decision came Tuesday as Washington was looking at a proposal under which Poland would supply Ukraine with Soviet-era fighters and in turn receive American F-16s to make up for their loss. The pilots are trained to fly Soviet-era fighter jets. Poland is ready to deliver the jets to the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany, according to the Polish Foreign Ministry. Poland wants the United States to give it used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities. _____ Ireland's foreign minister saluted the resilience and courage of Ukrainian women. The U.S. ambassador to the UN praised their bravery. The head of the International Monetary Fund told the sisters in Ukraine that they were admired, that they shared their pain, and that they stood with them. International Women's Day was celebrated on Tuesday and the UN Security Council focused on empowering women in conflict areas. The deputy ambassador of Russia lashed out at the sanctions and accused the Western world of looking at the murders committed in his country with indifference. Sima Bahous, the head of UN Women, told the council that the majority of those fleeing the conflict are women and children. She warned of the risk of backsliding on women's rights in the country. Bahous told a separate U.N. Women's Day event that the horrifying situation in Ukraine and its impacts on women also apply to all conflicts. _____ Israel will give temporary refuge to some 25,000 Ukrainians outside of its Law of Return, under which all Jews are eligible for citizenship. The 20,000 Ukrainians who were in Israel without legal status before the fighting began will not be deported until the danger is over. The Israeli Foreign Ministry has a website where Ukrainians can apply for the program. Shaked said that Israel expects to absorb 100,000 Ukrainians through its Law of Return, under which Jews from anywhere in the world can come to Israel and get citizenship. Israel was established in the wake of the Holocaust to be a refuge for Jews fleeing war and persecution. Non-Jewish immigrants, including Africans fleeing conflict and poverty, have been reluctant to be absorbed. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes in what is now Israel during the 1948 war, and it has refused to allow them to return. Israel says allowing the return of Palestinian refugees and their descendants would spell the end of Israel as a Jewish-majority state. _____ Skyrocketing nickel prices are likely to affect the auto industry and raise costs in the market for electric vehicles. Russia is the third-largest producer of nickel, which is used in automotive battery cathodes. The London Metal Exchange suspended trading on Tuesday after nickel prices doubled to an unprecedented $100,000 per metric ton. The suspension of trading could last longer because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The LME shut down electronic and floor trading on Tuesday due to a spike in nickel prices. The nickel supplies haven't been affected yet. A Toyota spokesman in the U.S. said the company is watching the prices. The spokesman said that it was only a matter of time before Toyota felt the increases in precious metals costs. The world's largest electric vehicle maker did not respond to a request for comment. _____ The consumer goods conglomerate said Tuesday that it has stopped all imports and exports of its products into and out of Russia, and will not invest any more capital into the country. The company condemned the war in Ukraine as a brutal and pointless act by the Russian state. It said it will continue to supply essential food and hygiene products to people in Russia, but will keep a close watch on them. Hellmann's and Dove are just two of the brands owned by the multinational company, which has stopped business operations in Ukraine. _____ Zelenskyy told the U.K. parliament that his country would fight the Russians in their cities, fields and riverbanks. Zelenskyy told British lawmakers that they will not give up and that they will not lose. Zelenskyy urged Britain to increase sanctions on Russia and to recognize it as a terrorist country in a video he made for the House of Commons. The first time a foreign leader was allowed to speak in the House of Commons was on Tuesday. Lawmakers in the House of Commons were able to hear him. _____ The US Secretary of State is in Paris to talk with the French President about the war with Russia. Despite global condemnation and severe sanctions being imposed on his country, Russian President Vladimir Putin is pressing ahead with the invasion of Ukraine. The Iran nuclear talks in Vienna are nearing an end with conflicting signals about whether the 2015 deal limiting Iran's atomic program can be salvaged. During his two-hour stop in Paris, Blinken heard firsthand dire concerns about Russia's actions from the leaders of the Baltic states, Moldova and Poland. _____ The Dutch defense ministry says it is working with Germany to place missiles in Slovakia at NATO's request. Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said Tuesday that the Dutch ruling coalition agrees that the deployment on the alliance's eastern flank is a defensive measure. The Cabinet will approve the deployment of the missile system as soon as possible, according to Ollongren. The defense ministry said the missiles can take down airplanes, helicopters and cruise missiles up to an altitude of 20 kilometers. The Dutch military has 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 Last month, Germany announced that it would send a group of fighters to Slovakia. _____ Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will prolong its military mission in Latvia in response to Russia's war on Ukraine. Canada's Operation Reassurance is working with NATO partners in Latvia to deter Russia from attacking any of the Baltic states. Trudeau said that the mission was set to end next year but was renewed ahead of schedule. 130 more Canadian personnel will join it in the coming weeks. Despite some weapons shortfalls at home, Trudeau defended Canada's decision to supply lethal aid to Ukraine. He said that the weapons are in the hands of Ukrainian soldiers fighting for their lives and that they would be in Canadian hands. The Prime Minister of Spain said that his country is going to send around 150 more troops to the Baltic state. _____ President Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil in order to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. He said in the Roosevelt Room at the White House that they wouldn't be subsidizing Putin's war. Biden's announcement came amid rising pressure from Democrats and Republicans, and it reflects a willingness to accept the political risk of rising gas prices to retaliate against Russia. Biden said that defending freedom is going to cost. Although Biden has tried to work in concert with European allies, he acknowledged that many are not announcing a similar ban because they are more reliant on Moscow for oil and gas. He said that they can take this step when others can't. There is a Britain is joining the United States in banning imports of Russian oil. Russia will be phased out of oil and oil products by the end of the year according to Business Secretary Kwarteng. The transition period will give the market, businesses and supply chains more than enough time to replace Russian imports, which account for 8% of U.K. demand. The U.K. would work with other oil suppliers to get more supplies. Russia's economy was hit by the ban on Russian oil imports announced by President Joe Biden. The sanctions put in place against Russia over the invasion were not included in the pleas from Zelenskyy to the U.S. and Western officials. There is a The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call with Naftali Bennett. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to Bennett on Tuesday and thanked him for his mediation. Bennett went to Moscow on Saturday to meet with Putin to try to end the war with Ukraine. Bennett traveled to Berlin on Saturday for talks with the German Chancellor, after meeting with Putin and Zelenskyy. Bennett spoke to Putin on the phone on Sunday. _____ Adidas is the latest Western brand to stop operations in Russia because of the Ukraine invasion. The company said Tuesday that it has suspended the operations of its retail stores and e-commerce website in Russia until further notice, though it continues to pay its employees there. Adidas, based in Germany, said it will make future business decisions and take action as needed. The company said in a statement that they condemn any form of violence and stand in solidarity with those calling for peace. The Global Aid Network for people in Ukraine and neighboring countries will be getting 1 million euros in donations. The Russian Football Union's partnership with Adidas was suspended last week. The stores in Russia have been closed by Nike. According to company data, sales in Russia account for 3% of Adidas revenue. _____ President Joe Biden's top intelligence official said Tuesday the U.S. believes Russia underestimated the strength of the Ukrainian resistance. The Director of National Intelligence told a congressional panel that the US believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want to lose. The escalating costs of the conflict to Russia could change what Putin considers a victory. Despite Putin announcing that he would raise Russia's alert level for nuclear weapons, the U.S. has not observed any changes in Russia's nuclear posture. It is unclear whether Russia will try to conquer all of Ukraine, something that would require more resources than Putin has committed to. There is a The flights from the eastern town of Savonlinna near the Russian border to the capital, Helsinki, have been temporarily suspended due to disruptions in the gps signal in eastern parts of the Nordic country. Traficom confirmed Tuesday that there have been disruptions to the gps system in eastern Finland, but wouldn't say how long or how wide the disruptions were. Transaviabaltika, aLithuanian airline with a small turboprop plane, has been forced to turn back several times when attempting to land at the Savonlinna airport because of the disrupted gps signal. The land border with Russia is 1,340 kilometers. The lakeside town of Savonlinna is close to the border. The country's prime minister acknowledged that it was possible that Russia was disrupting the country's gps location signals. The Norwegian Defense Ministry said that Russian forces disturbed gps location signals during a NATO drill in the country. Russian forces attacked the power plant on Friday, causing fears of a nuclear disaster. The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies said in a report that it had observed early signs of activity at the Punggye-ri site. Few know that Amazon has millions of Prime subscribers. Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko suggests that workers are being used to spread a Russian message that civilians and infrastructure are not in danger. Mitchell Trubisky signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal to back up Josh Allen in Buffalo a year ago, and he is expected to have more choices during free agency. Trubisky will have the chance to compete for a starting job this year. It could be the Giants. Charles Robinson works for Yahoo. Workers in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol hastily buried scores of dead Ukrainian civilians and soldiers in a mass grave. The old cemetery in the heart of the city is filling up with bodies that have been collected by the social service workers. The total in the long grave is now unclear because other city workers are also bringing bodies. The operator of the Chernobyl nuclear plant announced on Wednesday that Russian forces disconnected the facility's power grid. The... The leaders of the U.S. spy agencies said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin may intensify the assault on Ukraine despite military setbacks and economic hardship resulting from international sanctions. You can see indoor and outdoor temperatures. It is an alarm clock as well. Alex Ovechkin had a goal against the Flames. The company is changing its name to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Military analysts say that Vladimir Putin will not be able to take the city without a brutal siege. Putin has a track record of doing just that.Ukrainian and U.S. officials believe that Putin is still focused on the city even after his plan to take the city and force a capitulation from the government was defeated. The city's defenders are very hostile to the invaders. There are 30 hilarious photos of things that happen only in China. Satellite imagery released on Wednesday shows homes, grocery stores and other buildings damaged in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to a space technology company. A lot of people have said that Alice was their gay awakening, according to the actor. An energy expert warns that an attack on the power plant will cause a lot of destruction. You can speak in 43 languages with this invention. The former oil tycoon is giving up his Russian passport because he fled the country 20 years ago. The former press secretary imagined how Trump would respond to an invasion. The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said that some of the conscripts have been captured. Some animal lovers are against the new crossbreed. An Indian student is in Ukraine. According to a report in The Kyiv Independent, a 21-year-old student from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a part of the International Legion. Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government put together a paramilitary force to fight Russian forces. The United States was accused by the Kremlin of declaring an economic war on Russia and putting Washington on notice that it was considering its response to the ban on Russian oil and energy. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the West imposed heavy sanctions on almost the entire Russian financial and corporate system. The West's sanctions were cast as a hostile act that had roiled global markets and it was not clear how far the turbulence would go. The Ukrainian Security Service said in a post that they would be greeting the invaders.Associated Press
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