The US, EU, UK and other nations have agreed to block selected Russian banks from SWIFT. Meanwhile, over 150,000 Ukrainians have fled the country. Here's the latest.
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"We will fight for as long as needed to liberate our country," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised. Even as Zelenskyy called on his countrymen to join the fight, it was impossible to know how effective Ukraine has been in slowing the Russian advance. A curfew in Kyiv set to last through Monday morning forced everyone inside, though the relative quiet of the capital was sporadically broken by gunfire.
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