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Nato against no-fly zone to avoid having to actively fight Russia, says top US general

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has pleaded for the West to declare the skies above Ukraine off-limits to Russian warplanes.

Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces had seized control of Zaporizhzhia on Friday after setting an adjacent training facility on fire.

UN officials said they expected the wave to intensify further as the Russian army pressed its offensive, particularly toward the capital.

Visa and Mastercard have also announced to suspend all operations in the country in the wake of Ukraine invasion.

Despite its export embargo on Russia, Samsung Electronics will still operate its local factories there.

The heads of 22 diplomatic missions had released a joint letter on March 1 urging Pakistan to support the UN resolution.

A senior US lawmaker criticised New Delhi for abandoning democratic principles for appeasing Russia.

A Ukrainian negotiator said the talks had not yielded the results Kyiv hoped for.

Japan’s daily cap on international arrivals in place because of pandemic measures is not expected to apply to Ukrainian refugees.

The New York Times reported Chinese officials had told senior Russian officials not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics.