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20:15
Temporary ceasefire for two Ukrainian cities

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There has been heavy fighting around the south-eastern city of Volnovakha

It's day 10 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - here's what has happened so far:

Russia's defence ministry has announced a temporary ceasefire and the opening
of humanitarian corridors for civilians from 10:00 Moscow time (07:00 GMT) on
Saturday from two cities in south-eastern Ukraine, Mariupol and Volnovakha

Russia says it has agreed the routes out of the cities with the Ukrainian side, but
we haven't seen confirmation of that from Ukraine

Mariupol is a major port city and has been besieged by Russian forces for
several days. There has also been heavy fighting in Volnovakha

Earlier, the mayor of Mariupol appealed for civilians to be allowed to leave amid
what he called a "blockade" by Russian forces

Elsewhere, the fighting continues. Multiple explosions were heard in Kharkiv, in

the north-east of Ukraine

In the eastern city of Sumy, which is surrounded by Russian troops, shelling

began at 05:00 (02:00 GMT) according to Ukrainian media

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20:00
Overnight explosions and shelling reported across cities
Although a "temporary ceasefire" has been announced in two cities, the war
continues across the country.

Ukrainian media has been reporting explosions and impending air raids in various
cities as the Russian assault enters its tenth day.

Shelling in the eastern city of Sumy, currently surrounded by Russian troops,

began at 05:00 (02:00 GMT) local time on Saturday, according to news channel
Ukraine-24.

The Kyiv Independent outlet reported that multiple explosions were heard in
Kharkiv. A resident sheltering in a train station tweeted about rockets hitting the
platform as early as 03:00 local time on Saturday.

The Kyiv Independent has also been tweeting about air raid alerts in the capital
Kyiv, as well as in Sumy, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv cities, asking people to go to the
nearest shelter.

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19:44

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Russia announces humanitarian corridors for two
Ukrainian cities

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Russia's defence ministry says humanitarian corridors will open at 10:00

Moscow time (07:00GMT) on Saturday from the cities of Mariupol and
Volnovakha.

A "regime of quietness" will be implemented for the civilian population to

leave the cities and has been agreed with the Ukrainian authorities, the
defence ministry said according to Russian media.

However, we haven't seen any confirmation from the Ukrainian side as yet.

Earlier, Mariupol's mayor Vadym Boichenko called for a humanitarian

corridor amid an ongoing blockade and what he has called "ruthless
attacks" by Russian troops.

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Mariupol has come under heavy shelling by Russian forces for several days

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19:30
Ukrainian refugees continue pouring in across Polish border
Mishal Husain
BBC correspondent on the Poland-Ukraine border

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Civilians from Ukraine are seen ager crossing Ukrainian-Polish border in Medyka

Reporting from Poland for the BBC's Today programme:

I saw a steady stream of people coming into Poland from Ukraine at one of the
points where you can cross on foot. Most were in small groups, families but also
people who had met on the journey.

I asked one young man, Nikita, how he had managed to avoid the restrictions on
men of fighting age leaving Ukraine - he told me he would be 18 in a month and
thus had a small window to get out. Ager the arrivals pass through a white tent on
the Polish side, some are met by relatives or friends -or travel on alone if they know
where they are going and have the means to fund their onward journey.

Ilona, a manicurist from Kyiv, was poised at first but broke down when she spoke of
the husband she had leg behind. The woman next to her was traveling with a child,
her seven-year-old daughter Liza, who she said now knew all about Putin and being
under attack. This group was being hosted by a Ukrainian friend living in Poland,
Yevgeny, who was there to greet them but is desperately worried about his own
wife and daughter who are in Mariupol. It’s been under bombardment and he has
no way of getting them out.

The only comfort at the moment is that they are still in phone contact.

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19:18
European peace seems as fragile as ever
Kevin Connolly
Europe correspondent, Brussels

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It's time to stop saying that it is somehow unbelievable that this can be happening
in 2022.

It is no more unbelievable now than it was in 1914 or 1939.

Peace is always fragile - and what happens even in the most distant corners of
Europe will always affect all of us.

But drawing the right lessons from big moments when everything changes is not
easy.

The question for our generation is whether or not we miscalculated how to handle
Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed.

Western Europe's main reaction to the end of the Cold War was to take a 30-year
holiday from serious defence spending.

But this new age of containment is going to call for much more.

Here's why.

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19:01
Verified footage: Russian helicopters firing at port city of
Mariupol

The BBC has verified footage of Russian attack helicopters firing in the port city of
Mariupol which has been under siege since Thursday.

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The southern city, home to more than 400,000 people, is close to the Russian
border - and key to creating a land corridor that allows Russian-backed rebels in
Luhansk and Donetsk to join forces in Crimea.

It has been surrounded, and power and water supplies have been cut off amid a
sustained onslaught of shelling.

City officials have warned of a humanitarian crisis.

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18:46
Sky News reporter describes being shot in Russian ambush

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Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, along with four of his colleagues,
was driving back to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday when they were
ambushed by Russian forces.

Now back in the UK, here is his description of the incident in his own words:

"I do recall wondering if my death was going to be painful. And then I was hit in the
lower back.

"'I've been hit!' I shouted. But what amazed me was that it didn't hurt that bad. It
was more like being punched, really.

"It was strange, but I felt very calm.

"I managed to put my helmet on, and was about to attempt my escape, when I
stopped and reached back into a shelf in the door and retrieved my phones and my
press card, unbelievably.

"[My colleague] Richie says I then got out of the car and stood up, before jogging
to the edge of the embankment and then started running.

"I lost my balance and fell to the bottom, landing like a sack of potatoes, cutting
my face. My armour and helmet almost certainly saved me.

"The point is we were very lucky. But thousands of Ukrainians are dying, and
families are being targeted by Russian hit squads just as we were, driving along in a
family saloon and attacked.

"This war gets worse by the day."

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18:21
Ten days of war: What has happened so far?

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Kharkiv has been shelled heavily for days

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has just entered its 10th day. Here's a recap of the
major developments since the invasion began:

The number of civilian casualties is still unclear but the UN refugee agency says
more than a million people have fled Ukraine since 24 February with millions
more on the move

The first major Ukrainian city to fall was Kherson, located where the Dnieper
river meets the Black Sea

Russian missiles have also been targeting the capital Kyiv and the second-
largest city Kharkiv. A massive armoured convoy approaching Kyiv by road is
currently stalled

The southern port of Mariupol is still under siege and Russian troops are also
headed towards another port, Odesa - capturing both would cut off Ukraine's
maritime access

Russian troops have also seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's
largest, ager shelling it for hours on Friday. The move alarmed world leaders
who said the attack could have unleashed a catastrophe.

The now-retired Chernobyl plant, the site of the 1986 nuclear accident, is also
under Russian control

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky has condemned the West for its
continued refusal to enforce a no-fly zone over his country, saying "all the
people who die will die because of you"

The US and EU have imposed sweeping sanctions freezing Russian assets,

targeting the country's central bank, as well as President Vladimir Putin and his
inner circle. The rouble has plunged amid the restrictions, which also hit trade,
investments and travel

Independent media, including the BBC, have suspended work in Russia ager the
country approved a draconian law censoring reporting of the war in Ukraine

A slew of companies - from Samsung to Airbnb and Cartier - have suspended

exports to / or operations in Russia

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18:00
China state media censors Paralympics official's plea for peace

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International Paralympic Committee Chairman Andrew Parsons delivering a speech during the
opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics

Chinese national broadcaster CCTV censored a top Paralympics official's

comments at the opening ceremony of the Winter Games currently taking place in
Beijing.

Andrew Parsons - the Chairman of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

made an impassioned call for peace in his speech.

“Tonight, I want to begin with a message of peace," he said in English, addressing

an audience that included President Xi Jinping.

But in the telecast by CCTV, his voice appeared to be muffled, and a sign language
interpreter stopped translating his words onscreen.

The following segments of his speech were also censored:

"As the leader of an organisation with inclusion at its core, where diversity is
celebrated and differences embraced, I am horrified at what is taking place in the
world right now.

"The 21st Century is a time for dialogue and diplomacy, not war and hate. The
Olympic truce for peace during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a UN
Resolution adopted by consensus by 193 Member States at the 76th UN General
Assembly.

"It must be respected and observed not violated.”

Last week, the IPC banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in
the Paralympics in a rare move.

China has so far refused to call the situation in Ukraine an invasion and also
abstained from voting against Russia at the UN so far.

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17:47
More than a million have already fled Ukraine, says UN

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Some 1.2 million people have already fled Ukraine amid the Russian invasion,
according to the latest figures from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, with
over half that number pouring into neighbouring Poland.

As of Thursday 3 March, the latest date for which figures were available, some
650,000 fled to that country, while 150,000 had crossed into Hungary and the rest
into other European nations. Neighbours Moldova, Slovakia and Romania
accounted for the next largest numbers of refugees.

"Many more are on the move both inside and outside the country," the UNHCR
said. "They are in need of protection and support. As the situation continues to
unfold, an estimated 4 million people may flee Ukraine."

Ukraine's total population before the invasion was about 44 million.

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17:22
US Senate to meet Zelensky on Zoom

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

The United States Senate has been invited to speak with Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky via Zoom, reports say.

Zelensky has been in touch with President Biden but this will be the first time the
Senate as a whole will speak to the Ukrainian leader since Russia invaded more
than a week ago.

Last week, Ukraine's US ambassador Oksana Markarova met members of the

Senate and said her country urgently needed more supplies to fight Russia.

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17:02
Singapore sanctions Russia in rare move
In a rare move, Singapore has said it will impose sanctions against Russia in
opposition to Moscow's war in Ukraine.

The city-state, a key financial centre, will impose export controls and targeted
financial limits on certain Russian banks, place restrictions on cryptocurrency
transactions and ban financial institutions from providing services that could aid
Russia’s central bank.

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan earlier told parliament that Singapore

intended "to act in concert with many other like-minded countries to impose
appropriate sanctions and restrictions against Russia".

It is the first among regional neighbours to enact sanctions, though other

members of the Association of South East Asian Nations have condemned Russia's
actions.

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Singaporean foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan earlier spoke of sanctioning Russia

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16:42
Mariupol mayor calls for humanitarian corridor amid 'blockade'

Mariupol's mayor Vadym Boichenko has called for a humanitarian corridor amid
an ongoing blockade and what he has called "ruthless attacks" by Russian troops.

The port city has been under siege since Thursday and Boichenko has already
warned of a humanitarian catastrophe there.

The city is home to some 450,000 people - and power and water supply has been
cut off amid heavy shelling.

One of Ukraine's biggest ports, Mariupol is strategically important because

controlling it would create a land corridor between Crimea and the Russian-backed
regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.

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A damaged residential building in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol

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16:24
What's the latest in Ukraine?
It is now the dawn hours of Saturday, 5 March in Ukraine, and fighting is continuing
into its 10th day.

For readers just joining us, here's a summary of the latest developments:

Cities around Ukraine are under heavy pressure from Russian shelling, with