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       Building on fire in shelling attack in Kharkiv, rescuers work on the spot

       President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia’s military operations in Ukraine were going according to plan as it fights for the “denazification and demilitarisation” of the country.

       “I want to say that the special military operation is proceeding strictly in line with the timetable. According to plan. All the tasks that have been set are being successfully resolved,” he said during a televised address on Thursday.

       “Now on Ukrainian territory, our soldiers and officers are fighting for Russia, for a peaceful life for the citizens of Donbass, for the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, so that we can’t be threatened by an anti-Russia right on our borders that the West has been creating for years,” he added.

       Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky today called on Putin to meet him for direct talks as his forces continue their relentless bombardment of key Ukrainian cities.

       “Sit down with me to negotiate, just not at 30 meters,” he said Thursday, apparently referring to recent photos of Putin sitting at one end of an extremely long table.

       “I don’t bite. What are you afraid of?” Mr Zelensky said at a news conference.

       He said it would be sensible to have talks, adding: “Any words are more important than shots.”

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       Show latest update 1646331963 More than one million Ukrainians flee country amid Russian invasion

       More than one million people have fled Ukraine over the course of a single week, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

       Since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, European partners have accepted more than 2 per cent of its 44 million population, the UNHCR said.

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 18:26

       1646331306 Watch: Couple in Ukraine get married in Odesa bomb shelter

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       Couple in Ukraine get married in Odesa bomb shelter

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 18:15

       1646330915 Russia agrees to create safe corridors backed by ceasefires to evacuate civilians

       Ukraine and Russia have agreed to create a possible temporary ceasefire to allow for the evacuation of civilians along humanitarian corridors, a Ukrainian negotiator said on Thursday.

       Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said: “That is, not everywhere, but only in those places where the humanitarian corridors themselves will be located, it will be possible to cease fire for the duration of the evacuation,” he said.

       They had also reached an understanding on the delivery of medicines and food to the places where the worst of the fighting was taking place.

       But Podolyak added the outcome of the second round of peace talks had fallen short of Ukraine’s hopes.

       “To our great regret, we did not get the results we were counting on,” he said, adding: “The only thing I can say is that we discussed the humanitarian aspect in sufficient detail, because quite a lot of cities are now surrounded. There is a dramatic situation with medicines, food, and evacuation.”

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 18:08

       1646330796 Ukrainian official claims Russian tanks have entered town near key nuclear plant

       An adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister has claimed that Russian tanks have entered a town near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the southeast of Ukraine.

       Anton Herashchenko earlier said Russian soldiers were attempting to break through a barricade that had been built outside the plant.

       The Kremlin has already seized the former nuclear plant at Chernobyl.

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 18:06

       1646330513 Pictures from Russian Military claim to show Russian forces entering Kyiv region (Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS)

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       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 18:01

       1646329792 Putin claims war in Ukraine is going to plan

       President Putin has said that Russia’s military operations in Ukraine were going according to plan as it fights for the “denazification and demilitarisation” of the country.

       “I want to say that the special military operation is proceeding strictly in line with the timetable. According to plan. All the tasks that have been set are being successfully resolved,” he said during a televised address on Thursday.

       “Now on Ukrainian territory, our soldiers and officers are fighting for Russia, for a peaceful life for the citizens of Donbass, for the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, so that we can’t be threatened by an anti-Russia right on our borders that the West has been creating for years,” he added.

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 17:49

       1646328793 Putin claims Russia offering safe corridors for fleeing civilians

       President Vladimir Putin has claimed the Russian military is offering safe corridors to civilians so they can escape the conflict in Ukraine.

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 17:33

       1646328576 Putin says he will destroy the ‘anti-Russia’ created by West and insists Ukraine invasion going to plan

       Vladimir Putin said Moscow will destroy the “anti-Russia” created by the West as he insisted his invasion of Ukraine was going to plan.

       The Russian president said on Thursday that the military operations in Ukraine were advancing as planned and praised its soldiers as heroes.

       In televised comments, Mr Putin made a series of allegations against Ukrainian forces for which he did not provide evidence, including that they were holding foreign citizens hostage and using human shields

       He accused Ukrainian soldiers of behaving in the manner of Nazis during Second World War fighting between Russia and Germany.

       My colleague Liam James reports:

       Putin says he will destroy the ‘anti-Russia’ created by West Vladimir Putin said Moscow will destroy the “anti-Russia” created by the West as he insisted his invasion of Ukraine was going to plan.

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 17:29

       1646328070 Russia is ‘fighting neo-Nazis’, says Putin

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 17:21

       1646327816 Putin says invasion of Ukraine is going to plan

       Russia‘s military operations in Ukraine are going according to plan, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in a televised address, in praise of its soldiers.

       Putin also made a series of unsubstantiated allegations against Ukrainian forces , including that they were using foreign citizens as human shields.

       Emily Atkinson 3 March 2022 17:16

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