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Author: Reuters

Ukraine said it would call for humanitarian corridors for its besieged citizens at peace talks with Russia on Thursday, as war entered its second week with Ukrainian cities surrounded and under bombardment.

Hundreds of Russian soldiers and Ukrainian civilians have been killed since President Vladimir Putin sent his troops over the border on Feb. 24. Russia itself has been plunged into isolation never before experienced by an economy of such size.

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Author: Molly Swift

A Russian businessman has placed a million-dollar bounty on Vladimir Putin as a part of his "moral duty" to bring the Russian president to justice.

Alex Konanykhin, an entrepreneur and former banker that lives in the United States after being granted political asylum. was the "wealthiest person in Russia" in 1992, NBC News reports.

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Author: Reuters

A Texas software developer and a cook in British Columbia are among dozens of Americans and Canadians answering Ukraine's call for foreign volunteers to fight Russia's invasion.

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Author: Joel Gunter in Lviv, Ukraine, and Yaroslav Lukov in London

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on civilians as residential neighbourhoods were bombed and key cities surrounded.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/462618/russian-forces-claim-control-of-key-port-city-in-ukraine-and-begin-to-surround-others
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Author: Emile Donovan

Russia has invaded Ukraine: for the first time since the end of World War Two, a large-scale war of territorial conquest has been declared in Europe.  

So what are Russia’s motives and justifications and potential goals with this invasion? Why is it invading now? What levers does the international community have yet to pull? And is nuclear war potentially on the horizon?  

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018832624/what-we-don-t-want-is-world-war-iii-clark-on-ukraine
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Author: Reuters

U.S. President Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin that the Russian leader "has no idea what's coming", as Western nations tightened an economic noose around Russia, whose invading forces bombarded Ukrainian cities and appeared poised for an advance on Kyiv.

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Author: Reuters

The United States is preparing a sanctions package targeting more Russian oligarchs as well as their companies and assets, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, as Washington steps up pressure against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

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Author: Reuters

Ukrainians said on Wednesday (local time) they were battling on in the port of Kherson, the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, as air strikes and bombardment caused devastation in cities that Moscow's bogged down forces have failed to capture.

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