Today will be the 8^th day of fighting in Ukraine since the early morning hours of February 24, when Russian President Vladimir Putin, ordered a ‘special military operation’.

Main developments:

• 38 countries have referred the crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine to The Hague Tribunals.
• Kharkiev district police station has been bombed and destroyed by a Russian airborne attack.
• EU banned 7 major Russian banks from the SWIFT financial system.
• Numerous bombings were registered in the residential areas of Mariupul.
• Ukraine is asking to have Russia expelled from the United Nations Security Council.
• UN’s General Assembly adopted a resolution that asks Russia to immediately seize all fighting in Ukraine and withdraw all of its troops.

Biden’s speech: US president Joe Biden condemned the attacks on Russia against Ukraine on Tuesday night, by saying that the United States will be closing its airspace and begin imposing a series of harsh economic sanctions on Russian oligarchs. In addition, he emphasized that the US won’t be sending troops to Ukraine – seeing that it is not a NATO member state.

Casualties: The UN said that at least 136 citizens including 13 children have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian incursion. However, the actual number of causalities could be much higher. The ministry of interior reported concerning stats on Sunday, saying that 352 civilians have been killed and 1 684 injured. In addition, Ukrainian officials have also claimed that at least 6.000 Russian soldiers have died since the attack.

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