Other countries had threatened to pull out of the games unless Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned.

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The Russian army advancing from Crimea is expected to attempt forming a land bridge between the contested peninsula and the Donbas.

Ukrainian lawmaker Lesia Vasylenko told Euronews that there are "still many people trapped under the rubble of the buildings, which are shattered by Russian missiles and Russian bombs."

One diplomat is accused of leaking "confidential information" about Bulgaria's defence ministry since 2016.

The men had been found guilty of promoting terror in Iran and passing on information for Saudi intelligence services.

The government said the measure was taken following "recent developments" amid the war in Ukraine.

The "King Emiret" could not be convicted due to the statute of limitations, prosecutors said.

Western sanctions against Russia are the largest ever against any country.

More than half of the 874,026 Ukrainians who sought refuge in other countries between 24 February and 1 March went to Poland. Hungary and Moldova were the 2nd and 3rd choices.

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The applause lasted just under a minute.

Campaigners say the additional funds are the largest ever allocated for welfare services in a single year.

The long-running global investigation into online child abuse images was led by New Zealand.

In Lviv, western Ukraine, thousands are spending the night at this emergency shelter before moving on to Poland.

More than 660,000 Ukrainians had fled to neighbouring countries by 1 March with Poland welcoming more than half of them.

This is one of the largest crossing attempts on record in recent years.

Left-wing members of the European Parliament said that the EU resolution would only make the situation in Ukraine worse.

The jailed opposition leader has urged Russian and Belarusian citizens to continue defying the authorities.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had already admitted he is a prime target.

Nations of the Western Balkans have been negotiating with Brussels for a decade or more. If Ukraine's accession is fast-tracked, could that break the deadlock?

Contingency plans are being drawn up and scenarios tested to see how Europe could withstand any cyberattacks amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A civil resistance is underway in Ukraine.

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“In the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment,” the US president said in his State of the Union address.

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Putin's forces have intensifed bombardments of Ukraine's towns and cities including Kharkiv. The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand Russia's withdrawal.

The British prime minister also said his government has announced the "first phase of a bespoke humanitarian route" for refugees to come to the UK.

"At one point this organisation sold more mobile phones in the UK than all the legal shops combined," Spain's Civil Guard said of the VAT fraud scheme.

An original permit for the Baltic Pipe project was rejected last year due to environmental concerns.

France's far-right candidates secured enough signatures to run for the presidency after struggling to cross the 500 political sponsorship threshold.

The Felicity Ace caught fire thirteen days ago off the coast of Portugal's Azores.

The ceremonies in the capital Sarajevo are not observed by Bosnian Serb officials.

Envoys left en masse as Russia's foreign minister addressed the United Nations in Geneva via video.

In Romania, people are offering housing and support and in Poland, activists say there's a national mobilisation to help Ukrainians.

Critics say Europe should be treating all refugees equally, regardless of where they come from.

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A recent poll shows a surge in support for NATO in Finland following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Greek authorities said they were not aware of any boat in distress near the island.

Josep Borrell has angered Catalonia's independence movement by comparing Ukraine's president to Carles Puigdemont.

Ankara is trying to balance its support for Ukraine with its fragile economic ties to Russia.

One of the large banners carried by those gathered read “Serbs in Montenegro, Russians in Ukraine”.

Russia, like the rest of Europe, has also seen regular protests about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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It comes after Facebook on Monday blocked both outlets on its platforms in European Union countries.

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An airstrike hit a TV tower in Kyiv on Tuesday as Putin's forces targeted key infrastructure and warned residents to flee. Meanwhile civilians were killed in intensified shelling of Kharkiv.

Brussels welcomed the Alpine nation's departure from its traditional neutrality, saying that without Switzerland the measures would have been "less effective".

Turkey's opposition blames the economic downturn and an erosion of rights and freedoms on Erdoğan’s presidential system they say has imposed a "one-man rule".

Former Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso told Euronews that the EU should fully support Ukraine's aspiration to join the bloc when it is ready.