Updated 7:06 PM ET, Tue March 1, 2022
- Rockets struck a maternity clinic, a Holocaust memorial site, and near a TV tower in Kyiv on Tuesday, after the Russian military warned of "high-precision" strikes.
- Russia appears to have taken the southern city of Kherson after days of heavy fighting and shelling.
- US President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s invasion and pledged solidarity with the Ukrainian people during his State of the Union address Tuesday night — and reiterated the US will not deploy troops to Ukraine.
- More than half a million refugees have fled Ukraine during Russia’s invasion, according to the UN.
*Putin is "not going to engage" with Biden's State of the Union comments, expert says
*Russian military vehicles seen across Kherson after heavy shelling
*UN says 13 children among at least 136 killed in Ukraine
*Japan moves embassy operations from Kyiv to Lviv
*US will investigate Russian oligarchs and close off airspace to Russian planes, Biden announces
*Boeing will suspend support for Russian airlines
*These parts of Ukraine have been occupied by invading Russian forces
*Ukraine-born member of US Congress: "It's not a war. It's a genocide of the Ukrainian people"
*Military strike in town west of Kyiv tears through multiple apartment blocks
*Biden to announce ban on Russian aircraft from US airspace at State of the Union
*White House: Biden will highlight "unprecedented coalition" against Russia in State of the Union address
*US moves to expel a 13th Russian "intelligence operative" working at the UN, official says
*Russian media outlet RT will no longer be available on Sky in the UK, culture secretary says
*Biden will call out Putin for "premeditated and unprovoked" invasion of Ukraine in State of the Union address
*International Court of Justice will hold public hearings next week over accusations of genocide in Ukraine
*Britain introduces new sanctions against Russia and bans Russian ships from UK ports
*Top general overseeing US nuclear arsenal is "satisfied" with US defensive posture
*European Parliament recommends giving Ukraine EU candidate status
*Airstrikes on Kyiv hit a Holocaust memorial, Ukrainian official says
*Residents of Kyiv brace for battle of Ukraine's capital
US in contact with Zelensky through secure satellite phone given to him by the US
Previously most secure communications between the Ukrainians and US officials went through the embassy in Kyiv, two US officials said. When the US was preparing to evacuate the embassy, and as fears mounted about the Russian invasion which is now occurring, the US sent the phone that is now being used to their Ukrainian counterparts.
The secure phone allows Zelensky to remain in contact with the US while he’s mobile, the official added. Zelensky has made clear he intends to remain in the country and he is currently moving around to multiple locations in Kyiv that are protected with a significant security presence, CNN has reported.
Previously, Zelensky had filmed video messages of himself speaking in front of monuments or other recognizable buildings but his speech to the European Parliament Tuesday was given via video feed from a nondescript room decorated only with a Ukrainian flag.
The US provided a similar satellite phone to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, the official said. The phones requires electricity but can operate off of a generator or energy from a car if needed.
Initially it took a few days for the Ukrainians to get the satellite phones up and working because the instructions on how to use it were in English, not in Ukrainian.
Zelensky and US President Joe Biden spoke as recently as Tuesday, according to the Ukrainian President and White House.
The National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Former Russian foreign minister calls on country's diplomats to resign in protest over Ukraine war
“I call on all Russian diplomats to resign in protest,” he tweeted on Tuesday. “Dear Russian diplomats, you are professionals and not cheap propagandists.”
“When I worked at the Foreign Ministry, I was proud of my colleagues,” Kozyrev added. “Now it is simply impossible to support the bloody fratricidal war in Ukraine.”
Kozyrev was foreign minister from 1991 to1996 under President Boris Yeltsin.
Read more on CNN here.
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