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(Reuters) – Sneaker maker Nike and home furnishings firm IKEA shut down stores in Russia yesterday, as trade restrictions and supply constraints added to political pressure for companies to stop business in Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine.

(Reuters) – Russian human rights activist and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov yesterday urged world powers to adopt a harsher military and economic strategy against Russian President Vladimir Putin for his invasion of Ukraine.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States is continuing to provide real-time intelligence to Ukraine to help it counter Russia’s invasion, U.S.

BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – The largest nuclear power plant in Europe is on fire following a Russian attack, Ukraine’s foreign minister said tonight, as he called for a security zone and firefighters to be allowed to tackle the incident.

HELSINKI,  (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing a rapidly growing number of Finns to support membership of NATO, suggesting the country’s delicate balancing act between the Kremlin and the U.S.-led

BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine agreed today to the need for humanitarian corridors to help civilians escape Moscow’s eight-day-long invasion, the first apparent progress in talks, as the United States and Britain hit more oligarchs with sanctions.

MEDYKA, Poland/SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania  (Reuters) – A growing tide of Ukrainian refugees fleeing a brutal Russian invasion streamed into central Europe today, as volunteers and officials speededup efforts to process arrivals whose numbers a U.N.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today he believed some foreign leaders were preparing for war against Russia and that Moscow would press on with its military operation in Ukraine until “the end”.

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russian troops were in the centre of the Ukrainian port of Kherson yesterday after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had captured a major urban centre for the first time in its eight-day invasion.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for invading Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – German authorities have seized a nearly $600 million luxury yacht owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov who has faced European Union sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Forbes reported, citing sources in the yacht industry.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor on Wednesday said he would immediately open an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine, following requests to do so by an unprecedented number of the court’s member states.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain will send a shipment of offensive weapons and ammunition including grenade launchers and machine guns to Ukraine on Friday to help it repel the Russian invasion, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said late on Wednesday.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – The United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world’s first ever global plastic pollution treaty yesterday, describing it as the most significant environmental deal since the 2015 Paris climate accord.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the New York Times reported, quoting Biden administration officials and a European official who cited a Western intelligence report.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – The United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world’s first ever global plastic pollution treaty today, describing it as the most significant environmental deal since the 2015 Paris climate accord.

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – An explosion rocked a Kyiv railway station late today where thousands of women and children were being evacuated, Ukraine’s state-run railway company said.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – At least five superyachts owned by Russian billionaires were anchored or cruising on Wednesday in Maldives, an Indian Ocean island nation that does not have an extradition treaty with the United States, ship tracking data showed.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s opposition today stepped up pressure on the government to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a day after an Indian student died during shelling in the eastern city of Kharkiv.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s besieged cities were bracing for more attacks today as Russian commanders facing fierce Ukrainian resistance intensify their bombardment of urban areas in a push toward the capital Kyiv.