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According to a report, the uk are planning to supply Ukrainian forces with starstreak anti aircraft missiles and thousands of anti tank missiles, some long range. Reportedly, starsteak is the british equivalent to the u.s. made stinger ground-to- air-missiles that have been supplied by the u.s., Germany and the Netherlands. According to the report, the uk secretary of defence said ukrainian forces will have to be trained in how to use the missiles. Reportedly, starstreak are laser guided with a range of 7 km, unlike stingers which are infrared and are designed to be harder to jam.

According to reports, people in Mariupol have been without power or water for almost a week, and unguided bombs have been dropped on Chernihiv, to the north east of Kyiv.

According to a report, the president of Ukraine has proposed a new agreement as an alternative to joining nato. Reportedly, if Russia signs the agreement it would agree to legal obligations to recognise Ukrainian statehood. Reportedly,Ukraine recognises that such an agreement might be surprising given the current situation, but the proposed treaty would set out specific steps taken by other parties against the violating party.

The question of neutrality is aligned to sovereignty in that in joining a military alliance such as nato there is an obligation to deploy troops on behalf of a u.n. resolution. According to a report, u.n. troops are currently deployed in Mali, the western Sahara, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Serbia, Samaria, Lebanon and Syria.

According to a report, Ukrainian forces have agreed to a ceasefire between 9 am and 9 pm in Mariupol, Enerhoder, Sumy, Izyum, Bolnovakha and several towns around Kyiv, including Vorzel, Borodyanka, Bucha, Irpun and Hostemel. Reportedly, some or all of the cities are without services. According to the report, residents of Mariupol are set to travel to Zaporizhzhya, Sumy to Poltava, Izyum to Lozova and from several towns around Kyiv to the capital.

Reportedly, in a statement on March 7, Ukraine’s main intelligence directorate said Major general Vitaly Gerasimov was killed, along with several senior officers. According to the report, the statement gave no details as to when or how they were killed. Reportedly, General Andrei Sukhovetsky was killed during fighting near Kharkiv on February 24, ukrainian intelligence released intercepted phone calls that appear to partly corroborate his death.

According to the report, the main ukrainian intelligence directorate released two audio recordings of what it said were two russian intelligence officers. Reportedly, they talked over the death of Major Gerasimov, later discussing encrypted communications.

According to a report, the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers are scheduled to meet in Turkey on Thursday.

According to a report, Russia’s top negotiator said he expected humanitarian corridors to operate from Tuesday. Reportedly, most humanitarian corridors resulted in an adherence to the ceasefire. According to reports, people fled from Irpin, a city next to Kyiv.

Reportedly, former soviet states support Ukraine’s independence. According to a report, Moldova’s neutrality is enshrined in its constitution. Reportedly, the country has no plans to join either nato or csto, the collective security treaty organisation. According to a report, the csto of post soviet states, otherwise known as the commonwealth of independent states is an economic and military alliance, an aim being to reach a supernational union with Belarus.

According to a report, senior u.s. officials secretly travelled to Venezuela over the weekend. Reportedly, the u.s. are considering easing tough oil sanctions in order to ease their oil deficit. According to the report, chevron, the last u.s. oil company in Venezuela is banned from doing all but basic upkeep on wells it operates in conjunction with Petróleos de Venezuela sa, the state run oil company. According to reports, oil reserves in Venezuela are the largest in the world.

Reportedly, dependence on oil has long influenced u.s. and uk foreign policy. According to a report, in 2021 the u.s. who say they will move ahead with plans to sanction russian oil, received only 3% of total crude oil imports from Russia. Reportedly, Canada supplied 61%, Mexico 10%, Saudi Arabia 6%, 20% untold.

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.