Over a million people have streamed out of Ukraine into neighboring nations, the UN refugee agency said Sunday, making it the worst such crisis since World War II.
A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, the military reserve of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stands guard next to anti-tank structures blocking the streets of the center of Kyiv on March 6, 2022.Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on Sunday warned that those calling for a "no-fly" zone over Ukraine may not fully understand the ramifications of the act.
"That's a very active discussion as we speak," he said, noting he was on a call with President Joe Biden and Cabinet officials Saturday to discuss the potential ban. “President Biden has been very, very clear that American troops will not be put on the ground or in the air to escalate this war and make this an American war against the Russians,” she said on ABC’s "This Week." “But we've also been very clear that we will support Ukraine in every other way possible.”
"Russia has previously used similar tactics in Chechnya in 1999 and Syria in 2016, employing both air and ground-based munitions," the statement said. It also credited the scale and strength of the Ukrainian resistance for targeting Russian supply lines and slowing the advance of ground forces. “There can be no ‘green corridors’ because only the sick brain of the Russians decides when to start shooting and at whom,“ he said on Telegram.
The financial services company downgraded Russia's rating based on expectations that the Central Bank will further restrict payments across borders, including debt service on government bonds. Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, called the situation "the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II"Another attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol was set to begin Sunday morning after a temporary ceasefire was announced, CNN and the BBC reported, citing local officials.when Russian troops continued to shell the area in violation of a cease-fire.
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