⚡️UN experts: New Russian media law puts Russians in 'total information blackout.'

Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said Russia’s implementation of a “punitive ‘fake war news’ law is an alarming move by the government to gag and blindfold an entire population.”

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These are the indicative estimates of Russia's losses as of March 12, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

⚡️WP: US considers providing more advanced weapons to Ukraine.

The U.S. is working with the European allies to expedite “more sophisticated” air defense systems and other weapons, the Washington Post reports.

The operative lull in the battle for Kyiv over the last few days seems to be running to its end.

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In a speech taped as he sat behind his desk, Ukrainian President Zelensky says, 'I stay here. I stay in Kyiv, in Bankova. I’m not hiding, and I'm not afraid of anyone.'

Highlighting how quickly the US is moving to get assistance into Ukraine right now, the NYT notes the $60 million package announced last August was not completed until Nov. But when Biden approved $350 million on Feb. 26, 70% was delivered in five days.
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'This much is already clear: Ukraine will never be a victory for Putin. Putin may be able to take a city, but he'll never be able to hold the country,' President Biden says.

“I am grateful to those Russians who support us, take to the streets and fight. They are fighting daily for us and for themselves,' President Zelensky says. 'Because they are fighting for peace.'

'The prospect of fighter jets 'at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America' departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance,' Kirby says.

'We do not believe Poland’s proposal is a tenable one,' Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says after Poland said it was ready to provide its MIG-29s at the U.S.'s disposal, adding, 'It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it.'

The Biden admin was totally caught off guard by Polish offer to provide the US with fleet of used fighter jets. It wasn’t discussed when Secretary Blinken was there recently & could complicate VP Harris’s trip, when she had been expected to discuss the issue, per Kevin Liptak.

“Close the sky right now. Stop the killings. You have power, but you seem to be losing humanity,” Zelensky says following strike on Mariupol hospital. cnn.com/europe/live-ne…

#Ukraine : We can now confirm that no less than 7 additional T-72B were captured or destroyed after this Ukrainian counter attack in #Chernihiv Oblast (Making 8 overall)

Four of them are seen here.

These are the estimates of Russia's losses as of March 10, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Vesten må ikke svigte det ukrainske folk for at tækkes Putin. Den eneste succesfulde udgang på krisen er et frit og demokratisk Ukraine, der er i stand til selv at skabe sin fremtid #dkpol #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

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'If we are too weak we will send the wrong message to Putin.'

Former Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he welcomes the 'coordinated sanctions' on Russia, but 'we need more'.

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'We should make no mistake, Putin is aiming for further invasion of Ukraine. Piece by piece he will take parts of Ukraine, and that might end up in a full scale invasion.' warns former secretary general of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

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We learn from history that dictators only respond to strength. That is what we must show now, strength and unity, in support of a free and democratic Ukraine.

The entire world must then come together to react to this heinous act. Putin’s regime must be made an international pariah and Russia must be made to feel extreme economic pain for Putin’s actions.