Ukraine battles Russian forces: LIVE UPDATES
Fighting got underway Sunday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, after Russian forces stormed in from the outskirts, according to reports.
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Russian citizens, growing frustrated with Putin, are taking to the streets
Russians are taking to the streets to protest the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
They are taking to the streets, but they get pushed back or arrested nearly as quickly as they come out. Protests are illegal. Police are out in numbers looking for rule breakers. According to reports, 1,500 had been arrested across Russia by sundown on Sunday.
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Belarus may join Ukraine invasion
A senior U.S. intelligence official says Belarus is expected to send troops into Ukraine as soon as Monday to fight alongside Russian forces that invaded Ukraine last week, according to the Associated Press.
Belarus has been providing support for Russia’s war effort, but so far has not taken a direct part in the conflict.
Rouble dives to new record low
The rouble plunged nearly 30% to an all-time low versus the dollar on Monday, according to Reuters.
Safe-haven currencies including the U.S. dollar and yen were in demand after Russian President Vladimir Putin put nuclear-armed forces on high alert on Sunday, the fourth day of the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two.
The rouble dropped to as low as 119 per dollar RUB=EBS, and was last down 28.77% at 118.
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Ukrainian drone shoots down Russian missile system
A Ukrainian official released footage that appears to show a Ukrainian drone shooting down a Russian missile system. (WATCH IT HERE)
Earlier on Sunday, the armed forces of Ukraine released an updated estimate of Russian losses, including 1 anti-aircraft missile system. The Ukrainian official account also listed 4,300 personnel (killed and wounded), 200 prisoners of war, 46 aircraft, 26 helicopters, 146 tanks, and 706 armored vehicles of various types.
Belarus could join Russian invasion as soon as Monday
Belarus could send soldiers into Ukraine to support the Russian invasion of the country.
“It’s very clear Minsk is now an extension of the Kremlin,” a Biden administration official told the Washington Post Sunday.
Troops from Belarus could join the fight as soon as Monday, the official said.
Former Miss Grand Ukraine joins Ukrainian military, warns Russian invaders will be killed
The former Miss Grand Ukraine reportedly joined the Ukrainian military and has warned that anyone who crosses the border with the intention of invading will be killed.
Anastasia Lenna, a beauty queen who represented Ukraine in 2015 in the Miss Grand International beauty contest, made the claims on her Instagram, according to the New York Post.
"Everyone who crosses the Ukrainian border with the intent to invade will be killed!" she said in a post on Saturday, which included photo of armed soldiers blocking a road.
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Zelenskyy tells UK's Johnson the next 24 hours will be crucial for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the next 24 hours will be crucial in his country's fight against the Russian invasion.
Johnson told Zelenskyy that the UK and NATO allies were going to do everything they could to get military aid into Ukraine, a UK spokesperson told Reuters.
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Airspace over Ukraine still being contested amid Russian invasion, senior US defense official says
The airspace over Ukraine is still being contested as Ukrainian forces continue to fight back against the Russian invasion, according to a senior U.S. defense official on Sunday.
"That means that the Ukrainians are still using both aircraft, and their own air and missile defense systems, which we believe are still intact and still viable," said the official in an off-camera press briefing released by the Department of Defense. "Though they have been, as I said yesterday, there's been some degradation by the Russians."
Roughly two-thirds of Russian forces located along the border have now been committed inside Ukraine, an increase from 24 hours earlier when about half of those forces were committed inside the country, the official said.
Belarus ditches non-nuclear status in change to constitution
Belarus approved a new constitution Sunday to end the country's non-nuclear status.
Just over 65% of those that took part in the vote were in favor of the measure, according to reporting from Reuters. The vote comes after the former Soviet republican served as a launching point for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and would mark the first time the country could host nuclear weapons on its soil since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Russian-led forces take control of Nikolayevka
Russian-led forces have taken control of the historically significant town of Nikolayevka, where Soviet forces broke out during the second world war during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Analysts say Russian forces could now begin to consolidate and make gains that would allow them to push towards the Black Sea.
Las Vegas bar owner and patrons pour Russian vodka down the drain in show of support for Ukraine
Bars, restaurants, and liquor stores around America are pouring out their Russian vodka and replacing it with Ukrainian spirits to show support in whatever way they can for the people of Ukraine.
Branden Powers, the owner of Evel Pie in downtown Las Vegas, said they started a promotion for $5 shots of Nemiroff Ukrainian vodka with all proceeds going to the Red Cross.
Patrons of Evel Pie in Las Vegas were also buying bottles of Russian Standard vodka for $300 this weekend, but only so that it could be poured in a drain outside the restaurant.
Dow futures fall over 500 points as Russia, Ukraine tensions roil markets
U.S. stock futures tumbled on Sunday as investors continue to monitor the developments between Russia and Ukraine and after U.S. and foreign allies agreed to remove select Russian banks from SWIFT, the global financial system, curbing access to banks in over 200 countries.
Dow futures fell nearly 600 points or 1.5%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq Futures traded lower by nearly 3% a piece.