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Tens of thousands of people have turned out on public squares and outside Russian Embassies around the world to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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IKEA has announced it will pause operations in Russia, and Russian people are flocking to stores in a last-minute buying frenzy before they shut down.
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About 100 diplomats walked out of a speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The English-language interpreter for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got emotional and broke down while translating Zelensky’s speech to the European Parliament
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Ukraine’s navy said it had discovered the Snake Island soldiers were “alive and well” but had been taken captive by Russian soldiers.
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Sunflowers are Ukraine’s national flower.
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Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev has made a plea for peace after his match at the Dubai Tennis Championship by writing “No war please” on the camera lens.
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected an offer from the US to evacuate him and his family, opting instead to remain in Kyiv while it is under attack from Russia.
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Ordered to surrender by the Russian navy, a group of Ukrainian border guards instead replied, “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.”
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Russia has invaded Ukraine in what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a “special military operation” to demilitarize its neighbor.
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A Ukrainian athlete held a sign calling for peace at the end of his run for the men’s skeleton competition on Feb. 11 at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Oksana Lyniv, a veteran Ukrainian conductor, will become the first woman to hold the baton at an Italian opera house.