Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a speech to the United Kingdom Parliament Tuesday, said “we will not give up and we will not lose.
“We will fight till the end, at sea, in the air. We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost,” he continued. “We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets.”
“I would like to add that we will fight on the banks of different rivers… we are looking for your help, for the help of the civilized countries,” Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy also called on the U.K. to recognize Russia as a “terrorist state” and to ramp up sanctions on Moscow.
The speech was met with a standing ovation from U.K. lawmakers.
Russian prima ballerina denounces Ukraine war: ‘Now the line is drawn’
Olga Smirnova, a prima ballerina from Russia, is speaking out against the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
A lead dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, Smirnova said she is “ashamed of Russia” and publicly denounced its president, Vladimir Putin, for giving the order to invade the neighboring country.
“I cannot but say that with all the fibers of my soul I am against the war,” Smirnova wrote on a newly-created Telegram account, according to the New York Post.
Ukraine looking for ‘air supremacy’ with help of Poland’s MiG-29 jets: Gen. Jack Keane
Former Miss Ukraine urges Biden to close Ukrainian
Model Veronika Didusenko traveled through war-torn Ukraine and four countries before arriving in Los Angeles, where she appeared at a press conference Tuesday alongside attorney Gloria Allred to speak about actions needed to help her homeland.
Allred and Didusenko highlighted the dangers Ukrainian women and children are facing as they flee Russia’s brutal attacks.
Allred urged President Joe Biden to implement Humanitarian Parole for Ukrainian refugees as soon as possible. Humanitarian Parole would allow refugees into the U.S. without a visa.
“This approach is necessary and urgent because the visa process could take many months,” Allred said on Tuesday.
UN says email ordering staff not to call Russian war ‘invasion’ came from regional office
The United Nations on Tuesday moved to squash reporting that it had directed all staff to avoid using terms like “war” and “invasion” when referring to the fighting in Ukraine.
“It is simply not the case that staff have been instructed not to use words like ‘war’ and ‘invasion’ to describe the situation,” Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for the secretary-general, told Fox News.
Russia is carrying out a genocide in Ukraine: Former Ukraine first lady
John Roberts: When will Putin pull the nuclear card?
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Ukraine’s’ first lady calls for NATO no fly-zone
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska called on NATO to enforce a no fly-zone over the skies of Ukraine, a move the alliance has resisted over fears it could escalate the conflict with Russia and draw NATO into the war.
“And what we need – close the sky!” she said in an “open letter” posted to social media Tuesday. “Finally take off the white gloves, you still can’t keep neutrality. Because Putin may come to you next. Close the sky, and on earth we will handle it ourselves.”
Putin maintains 95% of available combat power in Ukraine as war persists: DOD official warns
Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained roughly 95% of his combat force in Ukraine as fighting continues, a senior defense official confirmed Tuesday.
U.S. defense officials believe that Putin has pushed roughly all the 150,000-strong combat force he amassed along Ukraine’s border into the former Soviet nation.
Ukraine says it sank the Russian warship that attacked Snake Island: ‘We f—— hit them!’
One of the Russian navy warships that attacked Ukraine’s Snake Island last month sank after a Ukrainian counterattack Monday night, military sources in Kyiv tell Fox News Digital.
The Ukrainian defense forces manning the island earned international praise on Feb. 24 when they responded to a naval vessel demanding their surrender with defiance.
“Russian ship, go f— yourself!” one of them said over a loudspeaker.
Russia news: UNICEF concerned about 100K children in Ukraine
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it’s concerned about the well-being of an estimated 100,000 children currently in Ukraine.
The U.N. organization noted that about half of the roughly 2 million people who have fled Ukraine so far are children.
“Inside Ukraine, UNICEF is … deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of the nearly 100,000 children, half of them with disabilities, who live in institutions and boarding schools,” UNICEF’s executive director Catherine Russell said Monday to the U.N. Security Council.
No fly-zone is an ‘answer to the force with force’: Ukrainian parliament member
NATO prepares for potential of Putin advancing beyond Ukraine
Western Kharkiv faces ‘significant damage’ from Russian forces with 170 dead
Poland to donate Soivet-era MIG-29 figher jets to Ukraine
The Polish government said it is ready to transfer all of their MIG-29 fighter jets to a U.S. military installation in Germany, according to the Associated Press.
The move comes as speculation has grown in recent days that Poland may move to donate the jets to Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian government after a NATO no-fly zone over the country was ruled out.
The U.S. will reportedly backfill the Polish military with new American-made F-16 fighter jets.
AOC on the US getting oil from Iran or Venezuela: ‘None of these options are good ones’
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, when asked by Fox News’ Hillary Vaughn Tuesday for her thoughts on the U.S. banning Russian oil imports and whether the Biden Administration should turn to Iran or Venezuela instead, said “none of these options are good ones because of our dependency on oil.”
“I think this is the deal with fossil fuels in general is that it’s not an accident that oil rich states tend to be petro-authoritarian states,” she said.
“And so none of these options are good ones because of our dependency on oil, and so while I understand there are short term, you know, supply issues that need to be addressed,” she continued, “it’s very alarming that many of the people pushing to increase and skyrocket either imports or production, domestic production in the short term are not talking about what we really need to be doing in terms of rapid investments in solar and wind.”
Ukrainian mayor says city of Lviv at capacity amid constant flow of refugees
Photos show Ukrainians traversing broken bridges to flee as those at home bury their dead
Photos from the ground in Ukraine and other European nations show Ukrainians’ continued struggles to escape to safety, while those who have chosen to stay bury loved ones who have died while fighting Russia’s ongoing invasion.
The U.N. human rights office says it has confirmed 474 civilian deaths in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24. The office said Tuesday that the number of confirmed civilian injuries now stands at 861.
The U.N. office uses strict methodology and only reports casualties it has been able to verify. It acknowledges that the real figures are much higher, in part because intense fighting has delayed its receipt of information and many reports still have to be corroborated.
An estimated 2,011,312 people have fled Ukraine since Feb. 24. And U.S. officials have estimated that more than 3,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far.
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McDonald’s to temporarily shut down restaurants and pause operations in Russia
Fast food giant McDonald’s announced Tuesday that it is temporarily halting its operations in Russia.
“In Russia, we employ 62,000 people who have poured their heart and soul into our McDonald’s brand to serve their communities. We work with hundreds of local, Russian suppliers and partners who produce the food for our menu and support our brand. And we serve millions of Russian customers each day who count on McDonald’s,” the company said. “In the thirty-plus years that McDonald’s has operated in Russia, we’ve become an essential part of the 850 communities in which we operate.”
“At the same time, our values mean we cannot ignore the needless human suffering unfolding in Ukraine,” it continued, declaring that “McDonald’s has decided to temporarily close all our restaurants in Russia and pause all operations in the market.”
McDonald’s also said it will continue to pay its Russian staff.
“At this juncture, it’s impossible to predict when we might be able to reopen our restaurants in Russia,” it added.
5% of Russia’s military might in Ukraine is either destroyed or inoperable: report
A senior defense official tells the Defense One news outlet that about 5% of the invading vehicles and weaponry in Ukraine has now either been destroyed or rendered inoperable.
Ukrainians evacuated through Russian corridor for first time in Sumy, others are shelled
After the Russian Armed Forces on Monday announced a cease-fire in several Ukrainian cities, civilians in Sumy were able to successfully evacuate through a Russian corridor.
Corridors set up to help evacuate Ukrainians in other cities like Mariupol and Irpin were less successful.
Ukrainian officials have accused Russian forces of violating a cease-fire agreement and continuing to shell Mariupol, a port city, as it evacuates civilians.
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Intelligence officials predict ‘ugly’ weeks ahead as Putin doubles down
Top U.S. intelligence officials warned Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is frustrated that his invasion of Ukraine is not going as planned, and that the coming weeks will get “ugly” as he takes an even more aggressive approach to try and take over the country.
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