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According to reports, Russia has agreed to a ceasefire in order to enable people to evacuate the cities of Kyiv, Mariupol, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv via humanitarian corridors. Reportedly, 1.7 million are estimated to have fled from Ukraine.

According to a report, a first convoy was to begin at 8 am gmt from Sumy and be followed by the local population in personal vehicles. Reportedly, the citizens of Mariupol will be given the choice of moving elsewhere in the Ukraine. According to the report, other humanitarian corridors in other cities would travel through Russia or Belarus.

According to a report, at the beginning of the war the military forces between Russia and Ukraine were very imbalanced in Russia’s favour. Reportedly, the west have provided Ukraine with u.s. made javelin anti tank missiles and shoulder launched stinger anti aircraft missiles which the Ukrainian authorities say they have used to inflict heavy casualties on russian forces. According to the report, they have also been in possession of bayraktar drones and have released a video showing an attack by bayraktar on a russian military convoy. Reportedly, the war has resulted in 13,000 deaths.

According to a report, there has been sustained shelling in Kyiv and heavy shelling in Kharkiv, though on the ground a counter operation is pushing russians back to the border. Reportedly, humanitarian corridors in Kyiv leading only to Russia weren’t adhered to, and a woman and two children were killed while trying to evacuate. According to the report, Russia may be announcing new humanitarian corridors Tuesday.

There has been no explanation by Ukraine regarding the 10,000 russian fatalities estimated. Intense shelling of several cities ensued. Reportedly, a third round of negotiations on Monday made little progress in easing the conflict.

According to a report, the u.s. president is to hold a video call with the president of France, the chancellor of Germany and the uk prime minister at 15.30 gmt, Monday. Reportedly, the leaders are expected to discuss further coordination of russian sanctions, amongst other things. According to the report, the u.s. and europeans are debating whether to ban russian oil.

Reportedly, an Iran nuclear deal would result in an end to the Iranian oil embargo, providing an answer to the russian oil deficit. According to the report, parties to negotiations are the u.n. security council; France, Germany, the uk, Russia, China and the u.s., though Iran will not directly negotiate with the u.s.

According to reports, negotiations between russian and ukrainian delegates begin at 2 pm gmt. Reportedly, the southern city of Mykolayiv was shelled on Monday, and film of a russian plane shot down over Kyiv was shown on tv, date unknown.

According to reports, Russia announced a ceasefire to begin Monday morning in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy, and new humanitarian corridors from Mariupol and Sumy to other Ukrainian cities, from Kyiv to Belarus and Kharkiv to Russia.

According to a report, there was overnight shelling on the outskirts of Kyiv, and in Chernihiv in the north, Mykolaive in the south and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city where repeated shelling of the tv tower has knocked out tv and radio transmission. Reportedly, the french president spoke on the phone to the president of Russia for forty five minutes. According to reports, the president of Turkey urged Russia to declare a ceasefire.

Reportedly, both Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for a failure to maintain a ceasefire in order to evacuate residents in Mariupol. According to the report, an 18 month old baby was among those who died during shelling in Mariupol. Reportedly, the first two rounds of peace talks resulted in an agreement to establish humanitarian corridors in order for evacuations to proceed in Mariupol and Volnovakha. According to a report, another meeting between delegates is expected Monday.

Reportedly, the u.s. is working with Poland to supply Ukraine with russian made fighter jets. According to the report, the u.s. secretary of state said they were negotiating with Poland and consulting with other nato allies. Reportedly, Britain has set out a grant of $100 million for Ukraine, likely to be used for public sector wages, social welfare and pensions.

Protests continue in Russia where an anti rioters was filmed kicking a protester in the chest.

The american civil war was fought between 1861-65. Reportedly, eleven southern states seceded from the union and formed the Confederate States of America. According to the report, the secession of the states, in chronological order were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina. Reportedly, united states forces seized federal forts in the south, followed by four years of intense combat.

According to the report, arguments justifying the secession were a feature of the united states politics almost from its beginning. Reportedly, in Texas versus White, 1869 the u.s. supreme court ruled unilateral secession unconstitutional, bonds owned by the government of Texas illegally sold during the war, and all acts of the legislature in seceding states null.

According to reports, the so called Louisiana purchase of 1803 was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana from Napoleonic France. Reportedly, the purchase included land from fifteen present day u.s. states and two canadian provinces. According to the report, the western border was settled by the Adams-Onís treaty with Spain which ceded Florida. Reportedly, the treaty of 1818 adjusted the northern border to a straight line boundary between the united states and british America.

Reportedly, the establishment of the 1818 boundary involved a disputed region occupied by british and french fur traders, allowing for joint occupation and settlement. According to the report, the Oregon treaty of 1846 ended joint occupancy, the area now covers part of british Columbia.

According to a report, a senior royal airforce figure who served as director general of joint force development strategic command which manages cooperation between the three armed forces said, it is quite easy to sketch a path between the west and a no fly zone over Ukraine. Reportedly, defence spending is a topic for discussion in the british budget, and Britain could argue that it would only increase defence spending still further when other european members of nato are paying the 2% gdp target.

According to the report, the german chancellor announced that Germany will be paying the 2% or more by 2024. Reportedly, it would be in the uk’s interests to maintain its position of being the second biggest spender in nato if it wants to retain its interests in the Indo Pacific and europe. According to the report, several senior government figures believe defence spending has to rise, which raises the question of how that should be paid for, probably resulting in cuts being made elsewhere.

Reportedly, in order to maintain its position, Britain will need to commit another 0.4% of gdp. According to a report, in 2021 Germany and France paid over £40 billion compared to Italy, approximately £32 billion; Spain, Holland, Poland and Turkey around £10 billion; Norway and Greece around 6 or 7 billion; and Romania, Denmark and the Czech republic around 5 billion.

Reportedly, the uk’s reputation comes from a willingness to deploy troops and a shared threat perception with the united states. According to a report, the uk prime minister wrote in the New York times, it is not enough to express support for the rules based international order, we must defend it against a sustained attempt to rewrite the rules by military force.

According to a report, the u.s. secretary of state has met with Ukraine’s foreign minister in Ukraine, who predicted Russia would be defeated. Reportedly, hundreds of men were lining up to join the Ukraine army. According to the report, the president of Ukraine has appealed for more military assistance. Reportedly, the international monetary fund has announced it could approve $1.4 billion in emergency funding.

According to the report, visa and mastercard have announced they will suspend business in Russia. Reportedly, yachts and villas of Russian businessmen have been seized by Italian authorities.

According to a report, the cities of Karkhiv and Chernihiv continue to be the targets of strikes, while fighting has reached the outskirts of Mykolaiv. Reportedly, there was substantial shelling in Kyiv. There were no further reports of the 64 km convoy that appeared to have stalled, though Ukraine estimates of russian losses jumped alarmingly to 10,000.

According to the report, on Saturday Russia said it was resuming its offensive on Mariupol and Volnovakha, civilians have been unable to leave. Reportedly, there were protests against the russian occupation in Berdyansk, Kherson, Luhansk and the small town of Novopskov where a man was shot. According to the report, in Saint Petersburg, protests against the war resulted in dozens being detained. Reportedly, 1.3 million refugees have fled the country, including 145,000 to Russia.

According to a report, the european union is to create a freeze and seize task force to identify and seize the assets of people sanctioned in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Reportedly, the eu’s 27 justice ministers agreed on Friday to appoint a cross border team to coordinate the efforts of national authorities to go after the assets of oligarchs, Russian businessmen who made good during the era of privatisation following the fall of the Berlin wall. According to the report, the internal market commissioner said, member states will choose a representative to serve as an eu contact point in the effort to hunt down assets. Reportedly, the first meeting of those appointed is to take place next week.

According to a report, states may be classified as sovereign if they are not dependant on or subject to any other power, external sovereignty or hegemony. Reportedly, a federal state differs from a sovereign state in that it has transferred a portion of its sovereign powers to a federal government.

According to the report, the seize and freeze task force follows an announcement by the u.s. of the establishment of a federal interagency, KleptoCapture task force. Reportedly, justice authorities would take a leading role to investigate assets, said a french justice minister. According to the report, 680 individuals are targeted for travel bans and asset freezes. Reportedly, it has forced a reckoning with the prevalence of financial secrecy structures in europe, as finding the assets to freeze is expected to involve detective work to link the individuals with their assets held through shell companies or corporations without active business operations.

According to reports, a Russian agreement to a temporary ceasefire from 10 am local time Saturday (12 noon gmt) in order to allow humanitarian corridors out of the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha has been violated, resulting in local authorities being unable to carry out evacuations. Reportedly, shelling has continued in Mariupol, and the city is understood to be encircled. According to the report, Ukrainians have protested at the russian occupation of Kherson, beginning Tuesday. Reportedly, Russia is preparing for the third round of peace talks, claiming Ukraine is coming up with excuses. According to a report, Russia has suffered 10,000 losses in the war in Ukraine.