Seventh day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. In a videoconference with the European Parliament, Volodymyr Zelensky asked the European Union not to “ to let down » Ukraine, while the city center of Kharkiv, the second largest city in the country, was bombarded by the Russians. Several towns are surrounded, a 60 km long military convoy is approaching Kiev.
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► Several towns in Ukraine were bombed on Tuesday 1 March. Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, Kherson and Mariupol are surrounded by Russian forces, according to the Ukrainian presidency. A 60 km long military convoy is approaching Kiev. However, he would be stopped about thirty kilometers from the Ukrainian capital, according to American intelligence. The town of Volvonakha in Donetsk was also heavily shelled.
► Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a speech greatly applauded by MEPs meeting in Brussels in an extraordinary session, asked Europeans to “ prove that they are with Ukraine “. “ We fight for our survival […] but we are also fighting to be equal members of Europe […] So prove that you are with us, prove to us that you are not abandoning us, and that you are really Europeans “, he insisted.
► More than 660,000 refugees have already fled the fighting, according to the United Nations, one million people are internally displaced.
►The Twenty-Seven have agreed to ban the broadcasting of Russia Today and Sputnik in the EU. The World Bank is also preparing three billion dollars in aid for Ukraine.
Times are given in Universal Time (UT)
12:43 a.m.:The United States will ban its airspace to Russian planes, a major sanction already decided by the European Union and Canada in response to the invasion of Ukraine, announced Tuesday several American media including CBS, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal. President Joe Biden will officially announce it during his “ State of the Union address to Congress “, which should start at 2:00 UT, according to the same sources.
12:23 a.m.: The American oil giant ExxonMobil announces it is phasing out a major oil field in Russia of which he is the operator on behalf of a consortium comprising Russian, Indian and Japanese companies, the Sakhalin-1 project. “ In response to recent events, we are initiating the process of shutting down operations and taking steps to phase out of this field of exploitation, details the group in a press release, stressing that it will no longer invest in new projects in Russia.
00:04: Belarusian opposition leader, refugee in Lithuania, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, announced overnight a “ anti-war mobilization » in Belarus : “ We must stop looking at Belarusians as aggressors “, she said on Telegram messaging, calling the Belarusian military either at “ refuse to take part in the war, or to go immediately to the side of the Ukrainians. »