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Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed a bill extending martial law in Ukraine, the press service of Ukraine’s parliament said Sunday. The legislation extended the current martial law for 30 days starting March 26. Kiev imposed martial law after Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine on February 24.

The Deputy Defence Minister of Ukraine, Hanna Malyar, has said Ukrainian troops have prevented Russian forces from making progress. She also added that Russia has issues with food and fuel supplies, as well as communication problems, according to Sky News. These claims have, however, not been verified. Details later…

The Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Jens Stoltenberg, said the alliance must not allow Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine to escalate into a confrontational war between the allied countries and Russia. Stoltenberg said this in an interview with AFP on Friday at the Antalya diplomacy forum hosted in Turkey. …

Britain on Friday slapped a fresh wave of sanctions on Moscow, targeting 386 members of Russia’s parliament who supported President Vladimir Putin’s devastating invasion of Ukraine. The new sanctions against members of Russia’s Duma, the lower house of parliament, ban them from travelling to Britain as well as accessing any …

Russian shelling is preventing the evacuation of civilians from Kyiv, Mariupol, Sumy, Kharkiv, Volnovakha and Mykolayiv, Ukraine’s foreign ministry has said. More than 1.7 million Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion have so far crossed into central Europe, the United Nation’s refugee agency said on Monday, as thousands more streamed across the …

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Monday stressed that the friendship between Beijing and Moscow was still very strong, despite international condemnation of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, as he said China was open to helping mediate peace. Beijing has walked a tight diplomatic tightrope throughout the crisis, refusing to condemn …

US president Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to discuss ongoing efforts to impose sanctions on Russia and speed up US military, humanitarian and economic assistance. The White House said during the call the pair also discussed talks between Russia and Ukraine, but offered no additional details. Britain’s …

Russian forces have continued to bombard cities and other sites across Ukraine, launching missiles and artillery attacks. A vast Russian convoy, which is thought to be 40 miles long, remains stalled outside Kyiv, according to Associated Press. The mayor of Mariupol, a strategic port city that has been subject to …

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest of its kind in Europe, was seized by Russian forces on Friday, after an attack that started a fire close to one of its six reactors. No release of radiation was reported, but Ukrainian officials said workers had not been able to check all …

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has urged Russia to cease firing near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. “The Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. “Fire has already broken out; …