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Ukraine-Russia war updates: 'Humanitarian catastrophe' imminent in Mariupol as mayor calls for complete evacuation of city

The mayor of Mariupol says 160,000 civilians remain trapped, calling for the city's complete evacuation.

ABC News

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden defends Putin remarks

Ukraine news from March 28: Joe Biden refuses to backtrack after saying Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’.

Al Jazeera

Zelenskiy promises to work for new sanctions against Russia – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow

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Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv willing to discuss neutrality

Ukraine news from March 27: Ukrainian president says he is prepared to discuss Russia’s neutrality demand.

Al Jazeera

As it happened: Multiple rockets hit Lviv in western Ukraine

Four rockets hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, local officials said, in the most significant attack on the city since the start of the war with Russia. Governor Maksym Kozytskyy said five people had been woundedafter two rockets hit a fuel depot and two others later hit…

France 24

Telegram joins program from Brazil's Electoral Court to fight fake news

Messaging app Telegram on Friday signed an agreement to join a program created by Brazil's Electoral Court to combat misinformation ahead of the country's presidential election in October, the court said on its website.

Reuters

Latest Ukraine updates: Five wounded in Russian attack on Lviv

Ukraine war news from March 26: Regional governor Maksym Kozytsky says two missile attacks wounded at least five people.

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As it happened: Russia signals scaled-back war aims with focus on Donbas

Moscow signalled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists, while French President Emmanuel Macron announced that EU leaders have agreed for officials in Brussels to make joint gas purchases for the bloc as it struggles with high prices amid…

France 24

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia says first phase of war near end

Ukraine war news from March 25: Russian general says Moscow will push to fully capture eastern region of Donbas.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin moves family to 'hidden underground city in Siberia' as world on 'high alert' for nuclear warfare

In a recent post, the Telegram channel General SVR said senior political figures at the Kremlin "were warned on behalf of the president that, perhaps in the near future, they will participate in practising evacuation in case of a nuclear war

Irish Mirror

GIF Architect Succumbs To COVID-19 At 74: Bloomberg

Graphics Interchange Format creator Steve Wilhite succumbed to Covid-19 in early March after a two-week struggle, Bloomberg reports. The computer scientist was 74. Wilhite's team at CompuServe developed the GIF in 1987 before it became a signature feature of the early web and the go-to means for social media jokes, memes,…

Benzinga

‘Putin banked on NATO being split, he’s getting the opposite,’ Biden says

Russian President Vladimir Putin had banked on NATO being split when he launched an invasion of Ukraine last month, but Putin actually sparked the exact opposite, with the alliance now being “more united than ever”, US President Joe Biden said at a NATO-G7 summit in Brussels on Thursday. Read FRANCE…

France 24

Why Telegram became the go-to app for Ukrainians – despite being rife with Russian disinformation

For weeks, Russia’s military assault on Ukraine has been complemented by full-fledged information warfare. The Kremlin has propagandised Russian state media, and is trying to control the narrative online too.

The Conversation

Ukraine latest updates: NATO will ‘respond’ to chemical weapons

Ukraine-Russia news from March 24: US President Joe Biden warns Russia against using chemical weapons in Ukraine.

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Ukraine prosecutor's office says 121 children killed in war

The war in Ukraine has killed 121 children so far, the office of the prosecutor general said on Wednesday in a message on the Telegram app, adding that the number of wounded children stood at 167.

The Guardian - UK

Chechnya’s losses in Ukraine may be leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s undoing

Analysis: Putin’s ally needs to show enemies at home and abroad his strength, but needs his forces intact to prop up his brutal rule

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Finds Meta Guilty of ‘Extremist Activity’, Says WhatsApp Can Stay

A Moscow court on Monday found Meta Platforms Inc guilty of "extremist activity", but said its decision would not affect the WhatsApp messenger service, focusing its ire on the company's already banned Facebook and Instagram social networks. Moscow's Tverskoi District Court upheld a lawsuit filed by Russian state prosecutors on…

Tribune News Service

Russia bans Facebook and Instagram under ‘extremism’ law

A Moscow court banned Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook and Instagram in Russia Monday, in what was the first use of the country’s sweeping law on “extremism” against a foreign technology company.

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Al Jazeera

Why I left Russia: ‘Thousands of people dead for no reason’

A Russian who opposes the war in Ukraine recounts how he and his boyfriend fled the country and went into exile.

Benzinga

Telegram Displaces WhatsApp As Russia's Popular Messaging Tool

Telegram surpassed Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) owned WhatsApp to become Russia's most popular messaging tool, Reuters reports based on PJSC MegaFon (OTC:MFOYY). The service started actively growing on February 24 as Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Telegram's share jumped to 63% in the first two weeks of March from 48% in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelensky Says Jerusalem 'Right Place for Peace' Talks with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Jerusalem could host peace talks between him and Vladimir Putin, his latest attempt to push for a meeting with his Russian counterpart. Zelensky thanked Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for efforts to broker talks in a video released on Telegram late Sunday. "We are grateful...…

Bangkok Post

Telegram Thrives Amid Russia's Media Crackdown

Russia's campaign to restrict access to Twitter, Facebook and other sources of uncensored information on its invasion of Ukraine has skipped one crucial platform: the social media and chat app Telegram.

The New Daily

Claims invading soldiers are forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia

The mayor of the besieged port city of Mariupol said via its Telegram channel that residents are being forcibly deported to Russia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Envoy to UN Decries ‘Disturbing’ Accounts of Ukrainians Deported to Russia

Accounts that thousands of residents of Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol have been forcibly deported to Russia are "disturbing" and "unconscionable" if true, US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Sunday. Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," Thomas-Greenfield said the United States had not yet…

Glasgow Live

Drugs and guns sold by criminals in Scotland using Russian app

Crooks and extremist groups have been drawn to use the Telegram service because it uses end-to-end encryption and guarantees that no one else can see what's being said.

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