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    The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:

    UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations chief warned Monday that Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine is holding 鈥渁 sword of Damocles鈥 over the global economy, especially poor developing countries that face skyrocketing food, fuel and fertilizer prices and are now seeing their breadbasket 鈥渂eing bombed.鈥

    Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters that 鈥淩ussia and Ukraine represent more than half of the world鈥檚 supply of sunflower oil and about 30 percent of the world鈥檚 wheat鈥 and that 鈥済rain prices have already exceeded those at the start of the Arab Spring and the food riots of 2007-2008.鈥

    He told reporters that 45 African and least developed countries import at least one-third of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia, and 18 of them import at least 50%. These countries include Egypt, Congo, Burkina Faso, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, he said.

    鈥淎ll of this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for political instability and unrest around the globe,鈥 Guterres warned.

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    SEOUL, South Korea 鈥揔orean Air says it will suspend passenger and cargo flights to Moscow and Vladivostok at least through late April, citing concerns about airport operation and safety amid Russia鈥檚 war with Ukraine.

    The South Korean airline also said it will also reroute cargo flights to Western Europe that had transited through Moscow so that they would pass through China, Kazakhstan and Turkey instead.

    The airline has also been avoiding Russian and Ukrainian airspace on its flights to East Coast U.S. cities.

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    KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says that talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations will continue Tuesday.

    Speaking in a video address, Zelensky said that the Ukrainian delegation did good work during Monday's talks. He didn't provide further details.

    He said he spoke Monday to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as part of efforts to "quickly end the war" and achieve "honest peace." Bennett, who has sought to mediate a peaceful settlement, also spoke Monday to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    Zelensky hailed a Russian state TV employee who interrupted the main evening news program on Russian Channel 1 by running into a studio with a poster against the war in Ukraine. The employee was later arrested by police.

    The Ukrainian president again addressed the Russian soldiers, urging them to stop fighting and saying: "I'm offering you a chance to survive."

    In a bid to shore up the economy badly battered by the war, Zelensky announced a plan to sharply reduce taxes for business.

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    The Kremlin-backed leader of the Russian region of Chechnya says that Chechen fighters are spearheading a Russian offensive on the strategic port of Mariupol.

    Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on the messaging app Telegram that Chechen fighters went 1.5 kilometres inside the Azov Sea city before pausing their attack when night fell.

    Kadyrov said his close associate Adam Delimkhanov is leading Chechen fighters in Mariupol.

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    LVIV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian military says it has repelled a Russian attempt to take control of the strategic port of Mariupol.

    The Ukrainian military's General Staff said in a statement that Russian forces retreated after suffering losses.

    The Russian military has besieged the Azov Sea port city of 430,000 for a week and a half, leaving its residents desperate for power, water and food. More than 2,500 residents of Mariupol have been killed by the Russian shelling.

    Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in televised remarks that Russian shelling on Monday thwarted another attempt to deliver food and medicines to the city.

    A humanitarian convoy of 160 civilian cars left Mariupol after repeated failures to evacuate civilians because of Russian shelling.

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    The fate of hundreds of planes leased by Russian airlines from foreign companies grew murkier Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law letting the airlines register those planes and continue flying them.

    Russian state media said the law will let Russian airlines keep their fleets and operate foreign planes on routes within Russia.

    Many of the planes used by Russian airlines are leased from foreign companies, including several in Ireland, a member of the European Union. Last month, the EU banned the sale or leasing of planes to Russia as part of sanctions to punish Russia for invading Ukraine. It gave leasing companies until March 28 to end current contracts in Russia.

    Last week, Russia's air-transport agency advised airlines with foreign-registered planes not to take them out of the country because of the risk they could be repossessed.

    Various estimates place the number of foreign-owned planes operated by Russian airlines at around 500 or more, and the vast majority of them were inside Russia when the war started Feb. 24. Aviation consulting firm Ishka estimates that the foreign-owned planes are worth US$12 billion, nearly half of that by Irish-based lessors.

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    BRUSSELS -- The European Union announced late Monday that the 27-nation bloc has approved a fourth set of sanctions to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

    France, which holds the EU presidency, said in a statement that the bloc approved a package targeting "individuals and entities involved in the aggression against Ukraine," along with sectors of the Russian economy.

    The exact details of the latest package will be revealed in the EU's official journal.

    Since the war started last month, the EU has adopted tough measures targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's financial system and the country's oligarchs. Last week, the bloc agreed to slap further sanctions on 160 individuals and added new restrictions on the export of maritime navigation and radio communication technology.

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    MADRID -- Spain's prime minister says that authorities in the northeastern city of Barcelona have "immobilized" an 85-metre superyacht valued at 140 million euros (US$153 million) while links to a prominent Russian armament tycoon are investigated.

    The boat, named Valerie, has been moored at an exclusive shipyard in the port.

    The yacht is connected through an intricate network of shell companies to Sergei Chemezov, the head of the Rostec state defence conglomerate, according to a consortium of journalists that last year investigated the so-called Pandora Papers involving the murky financial deals of the world's richest people.

    Chemezov is a former KGB agent who has long been close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The European Union last week included him in a list of sanctioned individuals over Moscow's war on Ukraine.

    "Today we have temporarily immobilized a yacht of one of Russia's most prominent oligarchs, and there will be more to come," Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said late Monday during an interview in LaSexta television.

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    Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was injured while reporting outside of Kyiv on Monday and was hospitalized, the network said.

    Hall is a Washington-based correspondent who covers the U.S. State Department for Fox News, where he has worked since 2015.

    "We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our teams on the ground are working to gather additional information as the situation quickly unfolds," Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a message to Fox employees.

    Fox's John Roberts read Scott's statement about Hall on the air at Fox.

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    NEW YORK -- The live main evening news program on Russia's state television was briefly interrupted Monday by a person who walked into the studio holding a poster against the war in Ukraine.

    The OVD-Info website that monitors political arrests identified the woman who interrupted the broadcast on Channel 1 as Marina Ovsyannikova. The website said Ovsyannikova was detained and taken into police custody.

    OVD-Info posted a video in which Ovsyannikova identified herself as an employee of Channel 1 and spoke against the war.

    "What is going on now is a crime," she said. "Russia is an aggressor country and Vladimir Putin is solely responsible for that aggression."

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    Russia's war against Ukraine is threatening the global food supply and putting some of the world's poorest countries at risk, the United Nations chief and the executive director of the World Food Program warned on Monday.

    More than 40 African and least-developed countries import at least one-third of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia, and 18 of them import at least 50 per cent, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters. These countries include Egypt, Congo, Burkina Faso, Leban, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, he said.

    鈥淎ll of this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for political instability and unrest around the globe,鈥 the secretary-general warned.

    David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Program, told The Associated Press during a visit to the Ukrainian city of Lviv that 50 per cent of the grain the program buys to feed 鈥渢he 125 million people we reach on any given day, week or month鈥 comes from Ukraine, as does 20 per cent of the world's supply of corn.

    鈥淪o (the war) is going to have a dynamic global catastrophic impact,鈥 Beasley said.

    Guterres announced an additional US$40 million from the UN's emergency fund to get critical supplies of food, water and medicine into Ukraine, where at least 1.9 million people are displaced.

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    JERUSALEM -- Israel plans to set up a field hospital to provide medical treatment for refugees in western Ukraine, officials said Monday.

    The project is spearheaded by the country's foreign and health ministries, according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office. The hospital should be operational by next week, the foreign ministry said.

    "It's an initiative that not many countries can take upon themselves, and Israel has this ability and we are going forward," Bennett said.

    The Foreign Ministry said the hospital will operate for month, providing refugees with an emergency room, a delivery room, and other services.

    It has dubbed the operation Kochav Meir -- Hebrew for "Shining Star" -- after the country's first female prime minister, Golda Meir, who was born in Ukraine and founded the Foreign Ministry's international development unit.

    Israel has good relations with both Ukraine and Russia and has worked as an intermediary between the two countries since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. In recent days, however, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has become increasingly outspoken in his condemnations of Russia's invasion of its western neighbor.

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    MOSCOW -- The Kremlin says that President Vladimir Putin has had another call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to talk about Ukraine.

    Bennett told Putin about his contacts with other heads of states, and Putin shared his assessments of talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives via video calls, the Kremlin said in a statement.

    A senior Israeli official said Bennett's conversation with Putin lasted 90 minutes, with discussions focusing on cease-fire talks and humanitarian issues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss diplomatic matters.

    Bennett has visited Moscow for talks and has had numerous phone calls with Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Western leaders as he seeks to mediate an end to the war in Ukraine.

    Israel is one of the few countries to have good working relations with both Russia and Ukraine, though in recent days Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has become increasingly outspoken in his condemnations of Russia's invasion of its western neighbour.

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    Associated Press writer Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

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    WASHINGTON -- The Russian military was largely stalled in its attempted advance in Ukraine on Monday and made little progress over the weekend, a senior U.S. defence official said.

    The official also said the Russians have not taken total control of the airspace. The official said all of the Russian military forces that had been arrayed around the country are now inside, and that the Russians still retain about 90% of their combat capabilities. The official said there are no indications the Russians are trying to bring in reinforcements.

    The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military assessments.

    The official also said the U.S. has not done any training of the Ukrainian military in the country since the Florida National Guard forces left as the war was beginning. In that vein, the official said a military training base the Russians hit in western Ukraine on Sunday close to the Polish border hasn't been used to send security assistance to the Ukrainian military and therefore the attack had no impact on that assistance.

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    Associated Press National Security Reporter Lolita Baldor in Washington contributed to this report.

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    MOSCOW -- The Kremlin says that President Vladimir Putin has had another call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to talk about Ukraine.

    Bennett told Putin about his contacts with other heads of states, and Putin shared his assessments of talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives via video calls, the Kremlin said in a statement.

    A senior Israeli official said Bennett's conversation with Putin lasted 90 minutes, with discussions focusing on cease-fire talks and humanitarian issues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss diplomatic matters.

    Bennett has visited Moscow for talks and has had numerous phone calls with Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Western leaders as he seeks to mediate an end to the war in Ukraine.

    Israel is one of the few countries to have good working relations with both Russia and Ukraine, though in recent days Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has become increasingly outspoken in his condemnations of Russia's invasion of its western neighbour.

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    Associated Press writer Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

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    MOSCOW -- The Russian military says it will carry out strikes to knock out Ukrainian military industries.

    Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Monday that the Russian forces will "take measures to incapacitate enterprises of Ukraine's military-industrial complex involved in production and maintenance and repair of weapons."

    He urged workers of those plants and residents of nearby areas to leave "potentially dangerous zones."

    Konashenkov's statement came hours after Ukrainian authorities said two people were killed when the Russian forces struck the Antonov aircraft-making plant on the outskirts of Kyiv, sparking a large fire.

    The Russian military also said that it will continue to target any foreign fighters who have come to Ukraine.

    Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that the Russian forces will show "no mercy for mercenaries wherever they are in the territory of Ukraine."

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    WASHINGTON -- The White House is weighing the possibility of U.S. President Joe Biden travelling to Europe in the coming weeks for face-to-face talks with European leaders about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the deliberations.

    The prospective trip is yet to be finalized. One possible destination for the meetings would be Brussels, which is the headquarters for NATO, one of the officials said Monday. Another official said the White House was looking at Biden visiting NATO headquarters on March 24, with other potential stops in Europe.

    All of the officials spoke on the condition of anonymity as none was allowed to comment publicly.

    Biden's potential trip would follow Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to the eastern flank NATO countries of Poland and Romania last week to discuss with leaders there the growing refugee crisis in eastern Europe sparked by the Russian invasion. The trip would underscore the Biden administration's support for NATO allies. NBC News first reported that the discussions for a potential Biden trip are underway.

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    Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

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    KYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian rocket attack on a television tower in the western village of Antopol on Monday morning killed nine people, according to the governor of the Rivne region. The village is only about 160 kilometres from the border of NATO member Poland.

    Ukrainian authorities also said two people died and seven were injured after Russian forces struck an airplane factory in the capital of Kyiv, and that two people were killed in the northern Obolonskyi district of the capital when Russian artillery fire hit a nine-story apartment building. They said a Russian airstrike in the capital's downtown area Monday killed one person and wounded six others.

    The United Nations has recorded at least 596 civilian deaths since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, though it believes the true toll is much higher.

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    ANKARA, Turkey -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there can only be a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine and called on Russia to immediately stop its attacks on the country.

    Scholz said Monday during a visit to Turkey that "with each day, with each bomb, Russia is moving further away from the international community."

    Speaking after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Scholz praised Turkey for closing the Bosphorus to warships from parties to the conflict in Ukraine. The move mainly affects Russia's access to the Mediterranean from the Black Sea.

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    BELGRADE, Serbia -- A flight from Belgrade to Moscow turned back Monday following the second bomb threat in four days, Serbian police said.

    The Belgrade airport received an email saying that an explosive device had been planted on the AirSerbia flight to Moscow, police said in a statement. The same happened last Friday.

    The plane was turned back shortly after takeoff, and was being checked by police, the statement said. No other details were immediately available.

    Besides some Turkish carriers, Serbia's national airline AirSerbia the only airline in Europe still flying to and from Russia. Serbia, which formally seeks European Union membership but has maintained close relations with ally Russia, has refused to join an EU-imposed flight ban in response to the war in Ukraine.

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    MADRID - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Monday that he has asked his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to use Beijing's influence over Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.

    鈥淲e are at a historical moment that requires responsibility and vision of all world leaders,鈥 Albares told Wang during a telephone conversation on Monday, according to a statement from the ministry.

    It said that Albares condemned 鈥渢he Russian aggression on Ukraine鈥 by telling Wang that 鈥淩ussia has undermined the foundations of peace and stability in Europe and threatens the international community.鈥

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    VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis says the war in Ukraine shows that those in power have not learned from the harsh lessons of previous wars over the past century.

    The Vatican has responded to the Russian invasion by sending a cardinal to visit refugees. The cardinal visited last week with some of those who have taken refuge in Hungary. He is scheduled to visit with others in Slovakia on Wednesday before heading to Ukraine, the Holy See said.

    In a speech at the Vatican on Monday, the pope said regional wars, especially that in Ukraine, demonstrate that 鈥渢hose who rule the destinies of peoples still haven't absorbed the lessons of the tragedies of the 20th century.鈥

    A day earlier, in his strongest condemnation yet of the war, the pontiff said no strategic reason could justify Russia's attack on Ukraine.

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    PRISTINA, Kosovo - A European Union mission that helps maintain security and enforce the rule of law in Kosovo is beefing up its police forces in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, officials said Monday.

    A reserve unit of 92 members of the European Gendarmerie Force from Portugal, France and Italy will temporarily deploy to Kosovo in the coming weeks, EULEX said in a statement. An advance team was expected to arrive Monday.

    In terms of providing security and enforcing the rule of law, EULEX's police represent a second line of defense after Kosovo police. The NATO-led KFOR serves as a third line of defense.

    鈥淩ussia's invasion in Ukraine puts everything in a different light,鈥 said EULEX spokesperson Ioanna Lachana. Lachana added that the 鈥渟ecurity situation in Kosovo remains stable.鈥

    The 1998-1999 war in Kosovo, then a Serbian province, ended after a NATO military intervention that forced Serbia to withdraw its forces. The United Nations administered the territory for nine years before Kosovo declared independence in 2008, a move that Serbia doesn't recognize.

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    KYIV, Ukraine - A Russian airstrike in the capital's downtown area Monday killed one person and wounded six others, Ukrainian officials said.

    The Ukrainian Emergency Services said the airstrike took place near a checkpoint and caused extensive damage to a residential neighbourhood.

    Kateryna Lot said she was in her apartment with a child who was doing homework online when they heard a loud explosion.

    鈥淥ur windows and the balcony were shattered, part of the floor fell down,鈥 Lot said. 鈥淚t was very, very scary.鈥

    She said they ran to a shelter after the explosion.

    Ukrainian authorities also said two people died and seven were injured after Russian forces struck an airplane factory in Kyiv, and that two people were killed in the northern Obolonskyi district of the capital when Russian artillery fire hit a nine-story apartment building.

    The United Nations has recorded at least 596 civilian deaths since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, though it believes the true toll is much higher.

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    UNITED NATIONS - Poland's foreign minister is accusing Russia of 鈥渟tate terrorism鈥 for targeting civilians, schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure 鈥渋n an attempt to break the spirit of the Ukrainian people.鈥

    Zbigniew Rau told the UN Security Council Monday that Russia's 鈥渦nprovoked, unjustified and premeditated aggression鈥 against Ukraine was 鈥減oorly prepared and executed (and) turned out to be a strategic and tactical failure.鈥

    鈥淏ut instead of preventing further unnecessary deaths in its own ranks, the Kremlin changed its tactics,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he invading force started to target the civilian population and infrastructure鈥 in violation of the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law to try to break the Ukrainian resistance.

    Rau addressed the Security Council's annual meeting with the Organization for Security and Cooperation as the OSCE's rotating chair.

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    SKOPJE, North Macedonia -- The European Union's foreign policy chief says the 27-country bloc is finalizing its new round of sanctions against Russia for its "barbaric" invasion of Ukraine.

    Josep Borrell said Monday that the fourth package of coercive measures would target Russia's market access, membership in international financial institutions, and steel and energy sectors.

    "We are listing more companies and individuals playing an active role in supporting the people who undermine Ukrainian sovereignty," Borrell said, after talks in Skopje on Monday with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski. "This would be another major blow (to the) economic and logistic base upon which the Kremlin is building the invasion."

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    LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said talks with Russia concluded for the day Monday but will resume on Tuesday.

    The two countries held negotiations by video link for the first time on March 10 in what is considered the fourth round of talks after three largely fruitless meetings held in person on the Belarusian border.

    "A technical pause has been taken in the negotiations until tomorrow," "Negotiations continue."

    He said earlier that "communication is being held, yet it's hard."

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    COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A planned NATO exercise with about 30,000 troops from more than 25 countries from Europe and North America began in northern Norway on Monday.

    NATO said that the drill, named Cold Response that includes 200 aircraft and 50 vessels, was "not linked to Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine."

    The drill in NATO-member Norway, which shares a nearly 200-kilometre (124-mile) land border with Russia, will be held just a few hundred kilometres (miles) -- from the Russian border and was planned long before Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

    Russia has declined to be an observer at the exercise that aims at having Alliance members and partners practicing working together on land, in the air and at sea, said the armed forces.

    The Norwegian armed forces said it provided "thorough information" to the Russians, including the Russian Ministry of Defence, saying that was "vital for preventing misunderstandings and unnecessary conflict."

    The drill, which is held every other year, is due to end on April 1.

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    WASHINGTON -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver an address via video to the U.S. Congress as the Russian war on his country intensifies.

    Zelensky will speak on Wednesday to members of the House and Senate, the Democratic leaders announced.

    "The Congress, our country and the world are in awe of the people of Ukraine," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in a statement Monday.

    Congress recently approved US$13.6 billion in emergency military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

    "We look forward to the privilege of welcoming President Zelensky's address to the House and Senate and to convey our support to the people of Ukraine as they bravely defend democracy," the leaders said.

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    BERLIN -- The German government says it won't provide any further details about weapons supplies to Ukraine.

    Government spokesman Wolfgang Buechner told reporters Monday that "to avoid security risks" Germany would not divulge any more information on what arms are supplied to Ukraine or how.

    Defence Ministry spokesman Arne Collatz added that "it is the goal of the Russian aggressors to cut Ukraine's supply routes and make (their) defence harder, and we don't want to facilitate this."

    Germany's Transport Ministry said separately that it has switched off the online streams of cameras on the country's highways for security reasons, but declined to elaborate.

    Along with other NATO countries, Germany has stepped up supplies of defence equipment to Ukraine since the start of the war. This includes lethal weapons such as anti-tank missiles.

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    MOSCOW -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday denied media reports alleging that Russia asked China for military assistance to help advance its offensive in Ukraine.

    "No, Russia has its own potential to continue the operation, which, as we have said, is unfolding in accordance with the plan and will be completed on time and in full," Peskov told his daily conference call with reporters.

    Peskov also stressed that the operation in Ukraine was going as planned and that the Russian military were ensuring "the maximum security of the civilian population."

    He said that at the "beginning of the operation" that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the military to refrain from "the immediate storming" of large cities including Kyiv because "armed nationalist formations set up firing points, place heavy military equipment directly in residential areas, and fighting in densely populated areas will inevitably lead to multiple casualties among civilians."

    He added that "at the same time, the Defence Ministry, while ensuring the maximum security of the civilian population, does not rule out the possibility of taking full control of large settlements that are now practically surrounded, expect for areas used for humanitarian evacuation."

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    MOSCOW -- The Russian military says that 20 civilians have been killed by a ballistic missile launched by the Ukrainian forces.

    Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that the Soviet-made Tochka-U missile on Monday hit the central part of the eastern city of Donetsk, the centre of the separatist Donetsk region.

    He said that another 28 civilians, including children, were seriously wounded by the missile that carried shrapnel warhead.

    Konashenkov said the missile was fired from an area northwest of Donetsk controlled by Ukrainian forces. He charged that the shelling of the area of Donetsk that has no military facilities represented a war crime.

    Konashenkov's claim couldn't be independently verified.

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    LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Monday afternoon that the talks via video conference are underway. "Everyone is waiting for news. We will definitely report in the evening," Zelensky said in a new video address.

    Presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak that the fourth round of talks will be "on peace, ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops (and) security guarantees." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also confirmed the talks were scheduled to be held on Monday.

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    SUCEAVA, Romania -- Romanian prosecutors say they have opened a criminal file after an "unmanned aircraft" was discovered in the northern county of Bistrita-Nasaud.

    "So far, the origin of the aircraft has not been established, and its owner has not been identified," prosecutors in Cluj County said. "An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances in which the aircraft was flown and to identify the pilot of the aircraft."

    Bistrita County police told The Associated Press that the drone-type aircraft was found by a young man in a field near his house.

    It comes days after a Russian-made unmanned aircraft crossed Romania and Hungary before entering Croatia and crashing late Thursday into a field near a student dormitory, damaging some 40 cars. No one was injured.

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    WARSAW, Poland -- Activists in Poland have been blocking Russian and Belarusian trucks in an effort to prevent them from crossing the Belarusian border with medicines, food and spare parts for the Russian military.

    Belarus is allied with Russia. Activists fear that the goods will help reinforce the Russian military as it intensifies its war against Ukraine.

    Tomasz Grodzki, the speaker of the opposition-controlled Senate, criticized Poland's right-wing government for allowing the trucks to continue to cross Poland into Belarus.

    "I am disgusted by the lack of sanctions by our government," Grodzki said, in comments carried by the Polish news agency PAP on Monday.

    However, a ruling party spokesman, Radoslaw Fogiel, said Poland was expecting the European Union to close off the transport to Russia and Belarus.

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    KABUL, Afghanistan ---- The UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi arrived in Afghanistan Monday saying despite the raging war in Ukraine and the more than 2.7 million refugees flooding into Europe, Afghanistan, with its millions of internal refugees, has not been forgotten.

    "All of you are following what is happening in Ukraine. It is a very big crisis and also refugee crisis, but I came here also to say that there is not just Ukraine, there are other crisis in the world, other situations that need attention, and Afghanistan is a priority for us." Grandi said upon his arrival in the Afghan capital.

    Since the Taliban's lightning fast takeover of Kabul last year, Afghanistan has plunged into a humanitarian nightmare with the United Nations saying that 90 percent of the country is now living below the poverty level. Even as spring arrives in Afghanistan, a country devastated by four decades of relentless war, millions are still at risk of severe food shortages with children among the hardest hit among Afghans 38 million people.

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    LVIV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian state power company says the power line supplying the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been damaged by Russian forces again after it was repaired.

    The Ukrenergo company said in a statement Monday that its technicians had started to supply power Sunday evening but "before the power supply was fully restored, the occupying forces damaged it again." Ukrenergo said it will attempt another repair.

    The power is used to feed pumps and other equipment which keep spent nuclear fuel at the former power plant cool to prevent radiation leaks.

    The Chernobyl site is also equipped with diesel generators, and Belarusian authorities said last week that they had set up an emergency power supply from the nearby border.

    The International Atomic Energy Agency has played down concerns over the safety of nuclear waste at Chernobyl, saying that cooling ponds there are large enough to keep the spent fuel in a safe condition even if the power supply is interrupted.

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    LONDON -- Activists have occupied a London townhouse linked to the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, saying the property will be used to support Ukrainian refugees.

    The U.K. government last week froze Deripaska's assets as it expanded sanctions against wealthy Russians and companies to put pressure on President Vladimir Putin's regime to end its invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions announcement identified Deripaska as a prominent "pro-Kremlin oligarch" who is closely linked to Putin.

    Activists on Monday stood on the balcony of 5 Belgrave Square and unfurled Ukrainian flags and a banner proclaiming that the property had been "liberated." Belgrave Square, a garden square dominated by foreign embassies, is the heart of the affluent Belgravia district, which attracts super-rich buyers from around the world.

    "By occupying the mansion, we want to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but also the people of Russia who never agreed to this madness. As always with wars, empires benefit and common people pay the price."

    The U.K. has been criticized for being slow to impose sanctions on wealthy Russians who have flooded into London over the last 30 years, boosting the city's economy. The U.S. government sanctioned Deripaska in 2018, saying he helped support Russia's "malign activity" around the world.

    The U.S. sanctions documents list 5 Belgrave Square in London as one of Deripaska's addresses

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    TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel's foreign minister says the country will not serve as a "route to bypass sanctions" imposed on Russia by the West.

    Israel, which has emerged as an unlikely mediator between Ukraine and Russia, has not joined the sanctions imposed by the U.S., Britain, European Union and others. But as the war in Ukraine drags on, the pressure is increasing.

    In remarks sent by his office, Yair Lapid said Israeli authorities were working on ways to ensure Israel doesn't run afoul of the biting sanctions while maintaining its unique role.

    Lapid also reiterated his criticism of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has stopped short of condemning Russia.

    Lapid made the remarks Monday after meeting his Slovak counterpart Ivan Korcok in the Slovak capital of Bratislava. Lapid's office said they discussed how to help Jewish refugees who are fleeing the war in Ukraine.

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    BERLIN -- German pharmaceuticals company Bayer AG says it is stopping all non-essential business in Russia and Belarus because of the war in Ukraine, but will continue to provide medicines and agricultural products to the countries.

    In a statement Monday, the company said that it stands by the people of Ukraine and that it "utterly (condemns) this brutal aggression against a sovereign country."

    Bayer said it was suspending all advertising and other promotional activities, halting capital investment projects indefinitely and not pursuing any new business opportunities.

    The company said it has "also heard voices calling for a complete stop of delivery of all our products to Russia and Belarus."

    Bayer said that it feels ethically obliged not to withhold essential health and agriculture products such as cancer drugs or seeds from the civilian population.

    The company said supplying farmers with agricultural products could help prevent food supply chains from further disruption due to the war in Ukraine, which is a major producers of grains and oilseed.

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    LVIV, Ukraine 鈥 Ukrainian authorities say two people have died and seven were injured after Russian forces struck an aircraft factory, and another person was killed when a residential building was fired upon.

    The Antonov aircraft factory is Ukraine鈥檚 largest and is best known for producing many of the world鈥檚 largest ever cargo planes.

    The Kyiv city government says a large fire broke out after the strike on the factory. One person died and three were injured when the residential building was hit, authorities said.

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    LONDON 鈥 British hospitals have begun treating 21 young Ukrainian cancer patients after Polish authorities asked for help in caring for the growing number of child refugees who need urgent medical care, U.K. authorities said.

    The Ukrainian children arrived in Britain late Sunday and will be treated at six hospitals around the country, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said.

    鈥淭he vital and in many cases lifesaving cancer treatment will be provided free of charge by the health service across hospitals in England,鈥 the Department of Health and Social Care said in a statement.

    The children were accompanied by 28 care-givers and family members, all of whom will be able to remain in the U.K. for at least three years while the children are treated, Javid said

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    NEW YORK -- Japanese tire giant Bridgestone says it is shutting down its factory in Russia temporarily and will suspend exports to Russia.

    Bridgestone says it has returned 10 foreign staff and their families to Japan and that the factory in Ulyanovsk in central Russia will cease operations from Friday.

    The company says it is 鈥渄eeply saddened and concerned by the situation in Ukraine, and hopes for the restoration of peace and safety as soon as possible鈥 and will donate approximately 500 million yen (US$4.24 million) to causes including the Red Cross and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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    TOKYO 鈥 Technology company Fujitsu is the latest among Japanese companies exiting Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

    Tokyo-based Fujitsu said Monday all orders and deliveries will stop to Russia. Fujitsu had been offering computer servers and services related to such products in Russia.

    Sales numbers for such operations were not disclosed.

    Other Japanese companies, such as Toyota Motor Corp., Hitachi and Panasonic Group have suspended businesses in Russia, halting production and exports. Sony Corp. has halted shipments of its PlayStation video game machines to Russia and stopped theatrical releases of its movies.

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    LVIV, Ukraine 鈥 Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak says the latest round of talks with Russia is due to start imminently.

    Podolyak r that talks would begin within minutes.

    Unlike earlier negotiations held on the Belarus border, Monday鈥檚 talks will be via video link.

    It will be a 鈥渉ard discussion,鈥 Podolyak wrote on Twitter. 鈥淎lthough Russia realizes the nonsense of its aggressive actions, it still has a delusion that 19 days of violence against (Ukrainian) peaceful cities is the right strategy.鈥

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    LVIV, Ukraine 鈥 Fighting continued Monday on the outskirts of Kyiv, to the west, northwest, east and northeast, the Ukrainian president鈥檚 office said Monday. Regional officials are preparing more evacuations from the targeted areas.

    Air raid alerts sounded in cities and towns all around the country overnight, from near the Russian border in the east to the Carpathian Mountains in the west.

    Airstrikes hit residential buildings near the important southern city of Mykolaiv, as well as in the eastern city of Kharkiv, and knocked out a television tower in the Rivne region in the northwest, the president鈥檚 office said. Explosions rang out overnight around the Russian-occupied Black Sea port of Kherson.

    Three airstrikes hit the northern city of Chernihiv overnight, and most of the town is without heat. Several areas haven鈥檛 had electricity in days. Utility workers are trying to restore power but frequently come under shelling.

    The government announced plans for new humanitarian aid and evacuation corridors, although ongoing shelling caused similar efforts to fail in the last week.

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    NEW YORK 鈥 The Russian Defence Ministry said Monday its forces had advanced 11 kilometres over the past 24 hours, and reached five towns north of Mariupol.

    In a video statement, Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov did not elaborate on the advances, or comment on the humanitarian corridors or the crisis in Mariupol.

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    LVIV, Ukraine 鈥 Russian forces fired artillery strikes on suburbs northwest of Kyiv overnight and targeted points east of the capital, the head of the Kyiv region said Monday.

    A town councilor for Brovary east of Kyiv was killed in fighting there, regional administration chief Oleksiy Kuleba said on Ukrainian television. He also reported strikes overnight on the northwest towns of Irpin, Bucha and Hostomel, which have seen some of the worst fighting in Russia鈥檚 stalled attempt to take the capital.

    The general staff of Ukraine鈥檚 armed forces said Monday morning that Russian troops have not made major advances over the past 24 hours despite expanding strikes to the west.

    Ukrainian forces are targeting Russian bases, targeting their logistical abilities, the general staff said in a statement on Facebook marking the 19th day of the war.

    The general staff accused Russian forces of setting up firing positions and military equipment in churches and other civilian infrastructure so that Ukrainian forces can鈥檛 fire back. The accusation could not be immediately verified, though Associated Press reporters have seen Russian armored vehicles in residential areas.

    An artillery strike hit a nine-story apartment building in the Obolonsky district of northern Kyiv on Monday morning, destroying apartments on several floors and igniting a fire. Internal Affairs Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko says two people were killed, three hospitalized and nine treated at the scene.

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    LVIV, Ukraine 鈥 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will continue negotiating with Russia and is waiting for a meeting with Vladimir Putin.

    Zelensky has repeatedly called for a meeting with Putin. But so far, his requests have gone unanswered by the Kremlin. Zelensky said Sunday during his nightly address to the nation that his delegation has a 鈥渃lear task鈥 to do everything to ensure a meeting between the two presidents.

    Zelensky said talks are held daily between the two countries via video conference. He said the talks are necessary to establish a ceasefire and more humanitarian corridors. Those corridors have saved more than 130,000 people in six days, he said.

    The humanitarian convoy to the besieged city of Mariupol was blocked Sunday by Russian forces. Zelensky said they would try again Monday.

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    LVIV, Ukraine 鈥 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said it is a 鈥渂lack day鈥 after Russia shelled a military base in the western part of his country.

    Zelensky said in his nightly address on Sunday that Russia fired 30 rockets at the Yavoriv military base. He said the attack killed 35 people and injured 134 others.

    The base is less than 25 kilometres from the Polish border. Zelensky said he had given Western leaders 鈥渃lear warning鈥 of the danger to the base. He asked NATO leaders again to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine, warning 鈥渋t is only a matter of time鈥 before Russian missiles fall on NATO territory.

    Military analysts say the U.S., Britain and their European allies are unlikely to impose a no-fly zone because they believe it could escalate the war in Ukraine into a nuclear confrontation between NATO and Russia.

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    GENEVA 鈥 The Red Cross is warning of a 鈥渨orst-case scenario鈥 for hundreds of thousands of civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol unless the parties agree to ensure their safety and access to humanitarian aid.

    The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, said in a statement Sunday that residents of Mariupol 鈥渉ave endured a weeks-long life-and-death nightmare.鈥

    The Geneva-based humanitarian agency said hundreds of thousands of people in the city are 鈥渇acing extreme or total shortages of basic necessities like food, water and medicine.鈥

    鈥淒ead bodies, of civilians and combatants, remain trapped under the rubble or lying in the open where they fell,鈥 the ICRC added. 鈥淟ife-changing injuries and chronic, debilitating conditions cannot be treated. The human suffering is simply immense.鈥

    The Red Cross called on the parties to agree on the terms of a ceasefire, routes for safe passage, and to ensure the deal is respected. It offered to act as a neutral intermediary in negotiations.

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    GENEVA 鈥 The UN human rights office says at least 596 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the war, and at least 1,067 have been injured.

    The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Sunday that 43 of those killed were children, while 57 were injured.

    The Geneva-based office had documented 579 civilian deaths and 1,002 injured a day earlier.

    It said most recorded civilian casualties were caused 鈥渂y the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area,鈥 such as shelling from heavy artillery and missile strikes.

    UN officials said they believe the actual number of casualties is 鈥渃onsiderably higher鈥 than so far recorded because the receipt of information has been delayed and many reports still need to be corroborated.

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