Recap live updates of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which began on February 24.
What you need to know:
- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has strongly criticised NATO for refusing to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
- Footage shows UK journalists coming under fire by a Russian hit squad in Ukraine.
- The US Embassy in Ukraine called Russia’s attack on a nuclear plant a war crime.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill introducing a prison sentence of up to 15 years for those spreading information that goes against the Russian government’s narrative on the war in Ukraine.
- Russia's state communications watchdog blocked access to Facebook and Twitter.
5.30pm: Singapore's foreign ministry released a list of sanctions it will impose against Russia.
“We will impose export controls on items that can be directly used as weapons to inflict harm on or to subjugate the Ukrainians, as well as items that can contribute to offensive cyber operations,” the ministry said in a statement.
5.00pm: Telegram will block Russian state media from using its services in Europe.
A spokesperson for the messaging app - which has become a main source of disinformation in Russia and Ukraine - confirmed all RT channels have been blocked.
The state-controlled TV network has already been blocked by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.
4.00pm: CBS News and ABC News have joined a growing list of news organisations suspending their work in Russia.
It comes shortly after the BBC, CNN and Bloomberg also suspended operations within the country.
CBS and ABC cited a new media law in Russia for their decision.
The law prohibits people from spreading "fake news" about the invasion of Ukraine, and prevents news outlets from referring to the conflict as a "war".
Meanwhile, The Washington Post said it will no longer include staff names on stories by reporters in Russia.
3.45pm: The US Embassy in Ukraine condemned Russia's assault on a nuclear power plant.
“It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant,” the embassy said in a statement.
“Putin’s shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further.”
The attack on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Enerhodar raised fears of a nuclear disaster.
It caused Volodymyr Zelensky to appeal to the UN Security Council for help to safeguard Ukraine’s nuclear facilities.
3.20pm: Samsung has suspended shipments of its products to Russia due to "current geopolitical developments".
The electronics giant will also donate $US6 million to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
The company is the most popular smartphone brand in Russia.
2.00pm: Oleksiy Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s security council, has called for humanitarian corridors to be created to allow children, women and the elderly to escape the fighting.
“The question of humanitarian corridors is question number one,” Danilov said.
On Friday he said more than 840 children have been wounded in the war.
It comes a day after the Ukrainian government put the death toll among children at 28.
12.45pm: Footage has been released from when UK journalist Stuart Ramsay and his Sky News team were attacked near Kyiv on Monday.
Camera operator Richie Mockler kept filming while they were under gunfire.
Mockler took two rounds to his body armour and Ramsay was wounded.
12.05pm: Volodymyr Zelensky criticised NATO for refusing to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
“All the people who die from this day forward will also die because of you, because of your weakness, because of your lack of unity,” he said in a speech.
“The alliance has given the green light to the bombing of Ukrainian cities and villages by refusing to create a no-fly zone.”
NATO refused to impose a no-fly zone over fears it would provoke widespread war in Europe with nuclear-armed Russia.
11.15am: US senators are set to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky tomorrow on Zoom.
11.00am: The White House announced that US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Poland and Romania next week to discuss the invasion with officials.
Harris’s visit will focus on economic, security and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, as well as how the US can “further support Ukraine’s neighbours as they welcome and care for refugees fleeing violence”, according to the vice president’s deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh.
10.50am: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is facing backlash after calling for the Russian people to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that it is “not the position of the United States government”.
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