Biden says the US won't send troops or equipment to Ukraine because of the risk of World War III. With the Russian invasion now in its third week, attention is focused on the West's efforts to arm and re-supply Ukrainian forces against an enemy with vastly superior weaponry. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Friday that other military equipment was continuing to reach Ukrainian fighters, despite the Biden administration rejecting Poland's proposal to give Soviet-built fighter jets to the U.S. He said that they are working with allies and partners to get the kinds of capabilities that the Ukrainians need. Some of that material we don't have but we know others are helping coordinate that and that security assistance is flowing. Russia's deputy foreign minister warned Saturday that convoys transporting foreign weapons into Ukraine will become legitimate targets for attacks. President Joe Biden gave the go-ahead for the State Department to give up to $200 million for arms and equipment to aid Ukraine. The cancer hospital in the southern city of Mykolaiv has been damaged by Russia, which has continued its assault on the country despite sanctions from the U.S. and its allies. The hospital's head doctor, Maksim Beznosenko, said that no one was killed in the attack. More than 80 children and adults were seeking shelter in a mosque in Mariupol when it was hit by Russian forces. Russia is regrouping from recent losses and may be preparing for operations against Kyiv. Doctors are bracing for a lot of casualties from the war in Ukraine. The Ukraine crisis shows why the U.S. needs to become energy independent. Is that possible? The ruble has crashed and the Moscow stock market is closed. The U.S. leaders said the economic pressure was intended to cause Russians to take action against their government. The Ukrainian people will continue to suffer if fighting escalates. William Burns, a former U.S. ambassador and director of the CIA, said that the next few weeks would be an ugly one in which he would double down with scant regard for civilian casualties. There are quick links. We will email you the latest news once a day. You can sign up here. Tracking the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Coverage includes updates, analysis and commentary on Ukraine. There are latest developments. More than 80 children and adults were sheltered in a mosque in Mariupol after it was hit by Russian forces. Russia's deputy foreign minister warned Saturday that convoys transporting foreign weapons will become legitimate targets for attacks. Russia will be banning the social media platform from March 14 because of messages encouraging and provoking violent acts against Russians. President Joe Biden called for the removal of normal trade relations with Russia on Friday in order to increase sanctions against Moscow. The move will be a blow to Russia's economy. At least 81 children have been killed since the invasion began, according to the chief prosecutor. 2.5 million people have left the country according to the UN. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia began its invasion. On Friday, the president of Ukraine accused Russia of kidnapping the mayor of the city. Russian forces launched an air strike on a military range in western Ukraine, moving their offensive closer to the border with Poland. The Russian military fired eight rockets at the Yaroviv military range on Sunday morning, but there were no reports of casualties. The Yaroviv International Peacekeeping and Security Center is located 35 kilometers from the border with Poland. Instructors from the U.S. have been to the Yaroviv military range to train the Ukrainian military. The range hosted international NATO drills. The Ukrainian General Staff said that on Friday, Russian forces fired more than 10 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers at two airfields in the western cities of Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk. The Associated Press Multiple explosions were reported in the northwestern city of Lviv on Sunday morning, according to CNN and journalists in the area. CNN said the explosions were reported at 6 a.m. on the outskirts of the city. The International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in the Yavoriv district, about 20 miles northwest of Lviv, was hit by Russian missiles. Air raid sirens went off throughout the night and into the morning in many regions of Ukraine. If Kyiv falls to the Kremlin, Lviv is seen as a potential capital. The USA TODAY reporters spent 36 hours with a team of overseas nurses, engineers and logistics personnel invited by the authorities to build a field hospital for emergency and specialized trauma car on the outskirts of Lviv. Hundreds of people pour off trains each day as they flee for destinations in western Europe and beyond. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1.5 million people have left Ukraine for other countries. Vehicles, people and pockets of patrolling soldiers crowded the streets of Lviv this week. Art galleries have been converted into distribution centers for humanitarian aid. In Lviv, the government has plans for what might happen in a war with Russia. A group of child cancer patients from Ukraine boarded a medical train in a Polish town Saturday to go to hospitals in Warsaw and elsewhere. Some young patients were carried in their arms, on stretchers and in a wheelchair by medical workers at a station near the Ukrainian border. Some of them will need oxygen, some will need intensive care, and some will have to be kept separate from others, according to an anesthesiologist from Warsaw Hospital. 120 children with cancer have been transported by the train. The United Nations refugee agency says 2.5 million people have left Ukraine since Russia invaded it. The Associated Press Ukrainian officials said a Russian general was killed in fighting. An unusual loss of a high-ranking military official during fighting would be made by the death of Maj. Gen. Andrei Kolesnikov, the third Russian general to die since the invasion of Ukraine began. According to the Ukrainian military, Kolesnikov was the commander of Russia's Eastern Military District. Russia has not shared many details about its military losses during the invasion of Ukraine. The commanding general of the Russian 7th Airborne Division and another general were killed. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said Saturday that seven people, including one child, were killed Friday by Russian soldiers while traveling along a humanitarian corridor. The ministry claimed Russian soldiers shot at a group of civilians, mostly women and children, behind a green corridor. The number of non-fatal injuries is unknown. Russian soldiers would not allow other people to escape after the shooting, according to the defense ministry. It is almost impossible to contact them, as well as to provide humanitarian and medical care, the agency said. -Ella Lee. Russian leaders are unlikely to be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine. After returning from a trip to Poland and Romania, Vice President Harris told Democratic Party officials that the U.S. must do whatever it can to help the people of Ukraine. Harris spoke during an otherwise campaign-style speech at the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee. The ocean that separates us will not leave us untouched by the aggression of NATO, as the vice president told Democratic supporters. She referred to the invasion as Putin's war. President Joe Biden authorized an additional $200 million for arms and equipment to help fight off the Russian military. David Jackson. More than 80 children and adults were sheltered in a mosque in Mariupol after it was hit by Russian forces. The ministry and the first deputy minister of foreign affairs shared pictures of the mosque. The Russian army is bombing a mosque that was built in memory of a sultan and a foreign minister. The Ukrainian Embassy in Turkey confirmed that Turkish citizens were hiding in the mosque when it was shelled. A group of 86 Turkish nationals, including 34 children, sought safety in a mosque, according to the embassy. The person isElla Lee. The Russian armed forces will use convoys transporting foreign weapons into Ukraine as legitimate targets, according to the deputy foreign minister. Russia warned the United States that pumping weapons from a number of countries was not just a dangerous move, it was also actions that turn the corresponding convoys into legitimate targets. Attacks on convoys could make it harder for Western countries to provide weaponry to support the fight against Russia. The British armed forces minister said in a radio interview that they have actually been moving more stuff forward. The New York Times reported on March 6 that NATO and the U.S. shipped more than 17,000 antitank weapons into Ukraine in less than a week. The airspace over the country has become a war zone and the weapons had to make the trip by land. -Ella Lee. Zelenskyy called on world leaders to help get the release of the mayor he says was kidnapped by the Russians. He told reporters that they appeal to all world leaders who speak to Moscow. On Friday night, the Ukrainian president announced that Russian soldiers had kidnapped the mayor of the southeastern city of Melitopol. Zelenskyy said he raised Fedorov's fate in talks with the French and German leaders. Zelensky asked his partners to help in releasing the mayor of Melitopol. We need to stop the other person. - David Jackson The State Department was given the go-ahead by President Joe Biden to give up to $200 million in aid to Ukraine. The funds could be used to finance weapons, education, training and other military services as Ukraine continues to fight back against Russian troops. The emergency military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine was included in the bill. The funds will cover the cost of sending U.S. troops and weapons to allied forces. Other funds will help the U.S. enforce sanctions against Russia. According to the Department of Defense, the U.S. gave Ukraine more than $1 billion in the last year. -Ella Lee. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian news website Hromadske, Zelensky said that 1,300 military people died in our country and more than 12,000 in Russia. I am not happy that 12,000 of them died. This isn't my vision of the world. The number of troops killed in the first day of the attack was not previously stated by the Ukrainian president. Zelenskyy has an estimate of the number of Russian forces killed. Russia has only reported 2,095 casualties, 498 killed and 1,597 wounded, but they haven't been updated by Moscow. The number of Russians killed is closer to 6,000 according to some Western sources. USA TODAY could not independently verify Zelenskyy's claim that 500 to 600 Russian troops surrendered to the Ukrainian armed forces on Friday. -Ella Lee. The German Chancellor and the French President spoke with the Russian President to urge him to agree to a cease-fire. The 75-minute call Saturday was part of international efforts to end the war in Ukraine, according to the office of Scholz. The leaders of Germany and France called on Putin to find a solution to the conflict. The details of the call were not released. President Zelenskyy spoke with Scholz to get his assessment of the current situation. - Associated Press Gas prices are the most expensive in U.S. history, not accounting for inflation. President Joe Biden announced a ban on imports of Russian energy products on Tuesday, but warned that there would be costs at home. Consumer prices will increase by 7% in 2021, the highest level of inflation since 1982. Some Americans told USA TODAY that they have begun to cut down on driving by canceling road trips, giving up side jobs, and shopping online more often. The war in Ukraine could cause the fifth largest one-month disruption in global commodities markets since World War II, according to a report this week. The United States saw increases in crude oil prices in the 1970s due to the Arab oil embargo and the Islamic Revolution in Iran. One expert told USA TODAY that the U.S. is on the verge of a sort of renewable future. Read more. Grace Hauck. The communications agency of Russia announced Saturday that it will ban the photo-sharing website. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office demanded that the Russian government restrict access to the social network because of messages that are encouraging and provoking violent acts against Russians. Congress is looking for ways to punish Russia for invading Ukraine. Meta, the parent company of Facebook andInstagram, will allow users in some countries to call for violence against Russians in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to a report. The company still won't allow calls for violence against Russian civilians, according to a Meta spokesman. Adam Mosseri called Russia's decision to block the social media app wrong. He said that the decision will cut 80 million off from one another and from the rest of the world. This is not correct. Forbes reported that Russia restricted access to social media on March 4. -Ella Lee. The Ukrainian Office of the Attorney General said in a Telegram post that dozens of children have been killed and more than 100 injured since Russia began its invasion. The agency said that 78 children have died in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but the figure is not final due to the inability to inspect locations still under attack. According to the post, most deaths occurred in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson and Zhytomyr regions. Mariupol mother fears for her daughter as Russia lays siege to the Ukrainian city. Nine educational institutions were completely destroyed when they were attacked. In the Donetsk region, 28 institutions were located, and in the Sumy region, 17 institutions were located. The post says ten children's medical institutions were attacked. According to the attorney general's office, 17 educational institutions are destroyed daily by the occupier. -Ella Lee. The USA TODAY fact-check team has the latest on misinformation on social media. Italian financial police seized a Russian-owned superyacht valued at $578 million in the port of Trieste in order to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war on Ukraine. The yacht was identified by Italian police as belonging to a billionaire who made a fortune in coal energy. It was taken away Friday evening. The video shows police in cars with flashing lights approaching the yacht. Russian billionaires had their luxury yachts and villas seized by Italian authorities last week. The Associated Press The Defense Ministry of Britain says the fighting northwest of the city has continued with the bulk of Russian ground forces now 15 miles from the center of the city. An intelligence update says the large Russian military column has dispersed. It believes this will support a Russian attempt to encircle the Ukrainian capital. According to the brief, it could be an attempt by Russia to reduce its vulnerability to Ukrainian attacks, which have taken a toll on Russian forces. The cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol continue to suffer heavy Russian shelling, according to the update. The Associated Press Russia's space agency sent a letter to NASA and other partners demanding an end to sanctions, saying they could threaten the International Space Station. The head of the Russian space agency said on Saturday that a letter had been sent to the space agencies of the United States, Canada and Europe. The appeal was illustrated by a map showing the flight path of the International Space Station and a potential fall zone that is barely touched upon by Russia. There are six people currently on the space station. The Associated Press The Starlink network of internet satellites in Earthorbit continues to make its case during real-world crises, this time with the delivery of more hardware to Ukraine. Mykhailo Fedorov, vice prime minister of Ukraine, this week confirmed his country received its second shipment of Starlink user terminals, each of which include a satellite dish and built-in wi-fi. Satellite-based channels are important during crises like war or natural disasters. Musk agreed to open up the internet service to Ukraine after Russia invaded the country. Starlink's internet connection is less prone to being knocked out by Russian forces because users only need the terminal, power, and a device like a laptop to access the internet. Emre Kelly is on Florida Today. An uneasy calm has settled at the largest downtown hospital as Russian troops accumulate on the outskirts of Kyiv. Conventional injuries such as car crashes and gunshot wounds are being treated by doctors at the Kyiv Hospital of Emergency Medicine. If Russian missiles target the city, things will get worse, according to Krylyuk, who spoke with USA TODAY over a video call. The biggest problem we need to think about is a mass casualty situation. We know this, but not practically. If the number of people with life-threatening wounds outstrips the hospital's capacity to care for them, emergency planners have sought to address gaps. They wanted to figure out which entrance to use to get patients to hospital beds. Government planners drafted documents on how to prioritize patients, ensure patients can breathe, and notify family if a loved one is killed or wounded. Ken Alltucker. If foreign companies shut down production in Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to bring in outside management and transfer them to people who want to work. Russian courts could appoint external administrators for companies that cease operations if a draft law is passed. The first step toward nationalization is if the company's owners refuse to resume operations or sell. The White House press secretary said that the decision by Russia to seize the assets of these companies will result in more economic pain for the country. She said that Russia is not a safe place to invest and do business and that Russia may also invite legal claims from companies whose property is seized. Russia was trying to domesticize its food supply before the invasion of Ukraine because of sanctions it had placed on the European Union. Russia put more focus on domestic food and imports from friendlier countries like Turkey, because there was little to no fresh food imported from those trading partners. Potanin compared confiscating foreign assets to the Russian Revolution of 1917, when the Communists took power. He said in a statement that a step like this one would set us back 100 years to 1917 and that it would hurt us for a long time. The Associated Press The Associated Press contributed. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY. A top Kremlin diplomat warns the U.S. that weapons it is sending to Ukraine are legitimate targets. The State Department said in a statement that Iran launched a dozen missiles at the Iraqi city of Erbil late Saturday night. The professionally-installed gutter guard from LeafFilter keeps you off the ladder. Russian agents came to the home of a top executive at Google in Moscow and told him to take down an app that had angered Putin. According to people with knowledge of the matter, the woman was moved to a hotel where she might be protected by the presence of other guests and hotel security. The same agents are believed to be working for the company. The Evropeisky mall in Moscow used to be a symbol of Russia integrated into the global consumer economy. Hundreds of companies have announced plans to cut ties to Russia, with the pace increasing over the past week as the deadly violence and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine worsened, and as Western governments increased economic sanctions on Russia. If foreign companies shut down production in Russia, Russian President Putin wants to bring in outside management and transfer them to people who want to work, he said Thursday. Poland is worried that Russia is on a dangerous path. The Poles have reason to be afraid. Samuel L. Jackson's family suffered from Alzheimer's. The captured Russian pilot said that the target was not enemy military facilities, but peaceful people. There was a fight between two men. Large-scale battles are realistic. The most famous battles of the war. Become a pilot, crew leader or infantry squad commander. The CEO of a private security contractor hired to extract clients from the region is troubled by what he is seeing. Hundreds of multinational corporations have cut ties with Russia as its military assault on Ukraine intensify, bolstering the effects of western economic sanctions and redirecting their operations to serve desperate Ukrainian refugees. It is getting increasingly difficult for companies to leave Russia, experts say. People watching a humani. The Hokies ran over Duke. A hydra can live until the end of time if undisturbed. There are many animals that have long life spans. Mark Brzezinski, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, said on Friday that Russian President Putin is committing a killing spree. Europe and China account for 90 percent of Russia's oil exports, making it harder for Europe to impose similar bans. Russia is the world's biggest exporter of oil and the second largest. Daylight saving time is about to start. Here are some facts you should know. The experts can't explain the strange things discovered on Mars. Patients can lose their sense of normal due to long Covid symptoms. Private companies are providing solutions. Trump's personal Boeing 757 was a hallmark of his 2016 campaign, but on Saturday he denied reports that his plane had beenmothballed in New York. A US official estimated the death toll of Russian troops. Russia presented its attack on Ukraine as a just and humane war. The AirMini AutoSet is the world's smallest CPAP. For a limited time, you can get a free prescription for the AirMini. The third top Russian general to be killed since the invasion began has been reported as Major General Andrey Kolesnikov. In a new book by ex-ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, she said Trump asked if US troops were in the Donbas region. Western officials said that Russian forces were fighting in Ukraine.
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