Live: Russia targets Ukrainian fuel facilities in new attacks
Russia forces targeted air fields and fuel facilities as attacks continued in Ukraine overnight.
The Ukrainian president’s office said Russian forces blew up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city while there were flames an an oil depot near an air base in Vasylkiv, near the capital.
People have been forced to take shelter underground in basements and metro stations amid intense fighting.
Western countries announced on Sunday that they would remove "selected Russian banks" from SWIFT in an effort to cut the country off from the international financial banking system.
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SpaceX's Starlink satellites have now been deployed over Ukraine with more on the way, according to the company's billionaire CEO Elon Musk, after a call for help from the country's vice prime minister on Saturday.
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The Ukrainian president’s office said Russian forces blew up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city.
The State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection warned that the explosion, which it said looked like a mushroom cloud, could cause an “environmental catastrophe” and advised residents to cover their windows with damp cloth or gauze and to drink plenty of fluids, AP reports.
Russian banks will be removed from the SWIFT international payments system, says EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
She said the move would "stop them from operating worldwide and effectively block Russian exports
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