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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.

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.