Eighth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian strikes hit several cities including Kharkiv, Zytomyr and Kiev on Wednesday. Russia has announced that it has taken control of the port city of Kherson. New talks are scheduled for Thursday March 3 as the UN voted on the resolution condemning the ongoing offensive. The French president during a televised intervention gave his fraternal support to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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► Russia is stepping up its bombardments on port cities, but also on the territories further west near the Polish border.
► French President Emmanuel Macron spoke at 8 p.m. (French time). He gave his support to his Ukrainian counterpart and denounced a war “ nourished by a revisionist reading of the history of Europe “.
►The United Nations General Assembly adopted by a large majority a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine.
► More than 874,000 refugees have already fled the fighting, according to a new UN report, one million people are displaced inside the country. At the borders of Ukraine, there are thousands waiting to be able to cross to neighboring countries.
► New talks are scheduled for Thursday, March 3.
► RFI’s Russian editorial site now broadcasts Ukrainian public radio live (in Ukrainian) from the homepage.
12:02 a.m.: The streaming music giant Spotify announces the closure of its offices in Russia and the removal of Russian state-sponsored content from his site. This decision is a response to the unprovoked attack on Ukraine “Spotify explained in a press release. “ We have closed our offices in Russia until further notice announced the Stockholm-based and New York-listed company.