⚡️ Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk in the morning, 10 122-mm calibre shells were fired, DPR says

❗️ Ukrainian forces fire 5 122mm shells at Donetsk, DPR says

📉 A group of almost 50 UK charities has warned that one in three British households will be unable to heat and power their homes if energy bills soar further against the backdrop of the escalation of the Ukraine crisis.

The End Fuel Poverty Coalition stressed that if the average energy bill soars to £3,000 (about $4,000), it would leave around 8.5 million British households unable to pay their energy bills.

Last week, European energy prices jumped almost 70% shortly after the EU's announcement of new tough anti-Russian sanctions over the beginning of Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

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⚡️ Dutch firm Heineken stops exporting beer to Russia, its factories in the country will continue to work, concern says

❗️ Russia declares ceasefire in Ukraine from 07:00 GMT to open humanitarian corridors for civilians

⚡️ Zelensky wanted to use nuclear plant provocation to make West impose no-fly zone - ex-Ukrainian PM

⚡️ Humanitarian corridors and exit routes for civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha have been agreed upon with the Ukrainian side, Russian MoD says

SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Saturday that its Starlink satellite broadband service has been told by some governments, not Ukraine, to block Russian news sources.

"We will not do so unless at 'gunpoint', sorry to be a free speech absolutist", he said in a tweet.

Musk also said that SpaceX was reprioritized to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming, will cause slight delays in Starship & Starlink V2.

⚡️ Russian MoD: Militants from the "Azov" and "Aidar" nationalist battalions fire at troops of the DPR that entered Mariupol from positions in schools, hospitals, maternity hospitals, and kindergartens

❗️ Russian MoD destroys ammunitions depot in Zhitomir hosting Javelins & NLAWs in high-precision strike

❗️ The ceasefire in Mariupol will be established from 10:00 to 17:00 Moscow time, the evacuation of the civilian population will begin at 12:00, the city authorities say

⚡️ PayPal has suspended services in Russia

❗️ The US Congress agreed to the sale of more than 250 Abrams tanks to Poland, the Polish Defence Minister says

⚡️ American video game developer Activision Blizzard (World of Warcraft, Overwatch, StarCraft, Diablo, Call of Duty) has announced that it is stopping the sale of its games in Russia until the situation with Ukraine is resolved

❗️ eBay has suspended delivery of orders to Russia from March 3

📸 Former Ukrainian PM Azarov talks about the prospects for the emergence of nuclear weapons in Ukraine

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📸 The Russian MoD has shown video footage of the use of Ka-52 helicopters in combat as part of the special op in Ukraine

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📸 The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of the advancement of Russian units in the Kiev region

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⚡️ Over 200,000 people are expected to be evacuated from Mariupol, Ukraine's vice prime minister says

❗️ Up to 200 people buried under rubble as Azov militants detonate explosive device in Mariupol, DPR head says

❗️ Russian Embassy sends German Foreign Ministry a note over discrimination against Russians