Ukraine has said its goal for the talks is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces. Russia has been cagier
Western allies announced sweeping sanctions against Russia, including barring some key banks from the SWIFT payments system. The move will inflict a crippling economic blow to Moscow but also hurt Western companies and banks.Russian military vehicles pushed into Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv on Sunday, on a fourth day of fighting in the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two.
In an English-language post on Facebook, the general staff said defense force members in the Vasylkiv military air base south west of Kyiv were resisting artillery strikes and Russian attacks.Article content The images released by Maxar Technologies Maxar showed a deployment comprised of hundreds of military vehicles and extending more than 3.25 miles , Maxar said.
UPS and FedEx have said they are halting delivery service to Russia and Ukraine because of the conflict. Missiles hit a radioactive waste-disposal site in Kyiv, and an electrical transformer was damaged in a similar depot in Kharkiv, according to an email from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Inspectors are still awaiting radiation measurements from local authorities to determine the extent of the damage.
Ukraine is Europe’s second-biggest generator of nuclear power after France. Energoatom, the utility which runs its reactors, has continued to operate its four plants housing 15 reactors even as Russia’s military incursion unfolded. Atomic energy generates about half the country’s power.
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