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Ukraine wants direct talks between Zelenskiy and Russia's Putin, says foreign minister

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday said Ukraine wanted direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia's Vladimir Putin because Kyiv knows Putin is the person calling the shots in Moscow.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2022

Volodymyr Zelenskiy to address British MPs via video link on Tuesday

Ukraine’s president is expected to plead for more arms and repeat call for no-fly zone over Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Ukrainian officials say evacuation of civilians from bombarded cities is underway — as it happened

Ukraine officials say humanitarian corridors out of the cities of Sumy and Irpin are open, but some remain sceptical that civilians will be able to leave safely.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2022

Ukraine’s president Zelensky to address MPs in Commons on Tuesday

Parliamentarians ‘want to hear directly from president’, says Speaker Lindsay Hoyle

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to give historic address to UK MPs at 5pm today

Ukraine's embattled President Volodymyr Zelensky will address MPs on large screens installed in the House of Commons chamber as Russia attempts to bomb his country into submission

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2022

A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has drawn praise as a wartime communicator in the days since Russia invaded his country

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

U.S. lawmakers pressure Biden to help with transfer of European aircraft to Ukraine

U.S. lawmakers pushed President Joe Biden's administration on Monday to facilitate the transfer of fighter aircraft to Ukraine from Poland and other NATO and Eastern European countries, after a plea on Saturday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2022

Ukraine Can't Defend Its Freedom With an Army of Conscripts

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has barred men aged 18-60 from leaving the country.

Reason · Mar 7, 2022

The Russia-Ukraine war is almost two weeks old. This is how we got here

This time two weeks ago the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remained hypothetical. Yet the grim escalation of war between Moscow and Kyiv is now devastatingly real. This day-by-day account shows how we got here.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2022

Vladimir Putin points to history to justify his Ukraine invasion, regardless of reality

Vladimir Putin’s interest in history is well known. He has accused Poland of starting the Second World War. He maintains that the Soviet Union liberated the western world from Nazism and any discussion over that view is “historical revisionism.”

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2022