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Anti-war protests around the world

Thousands of people have taken to public squares and Russian embassies across the globe to protest against the invasion.

OVD-Info, which has documented crackdowns on Russia’s opposition for years, says more than 5,000 demonstrators have been arrested across Russia since President Vladimir Putin launched the war on Ukraine.

The map and list below show the locations where sizeable protests have occurred. More protests are planned in the coming days across cities worldwide.

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Ukraine death toll: What we know so far

Ukraine’s health ministry said on Sunday that 352 civilians, including 14 children have been killed since the start of Russia’s invasion on February 14. It also said 1,684 people, including 116 children, have been wounded.

On Monday, the UN said at least 102 civilians, including seven children, had been killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion but warned that toll was likely far higher.

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Huge Russian convoy nears Kyiv

A huge Russian military convoy stretching back 65km (40 miles) has amassed on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital amid fears that invading forces were set to launch devastating assaults to take control of Kyiv.

Satellite images on Tuesday showed a long build-up of armoured vehicles and artillery starting 29km (18 miles) north of the city, as Moscow defied mounting global pressure and a wave of international sanctions that have smashed Russia’s economy.

Russia-Ukraine war by the numbers: Live Tracker

 As the Russian offensive enters its sixth day, we track where battles are taking place and the human cost of war, as hundreds of thousand of refugees stream out of Ukraine.

As the Russian offensive enters its sixth day, we track where the fighting is happening and how we got here.

Read on for an overview, in infographics and maps, of the situation.

Who controls what in Ukraine?

High-level talks between Kyiv and Moscow ended on Monday with no agreement except to keep talking. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged for a no-fly zone that the White House has ruled out.

Battles continue across the country as Russian forces close in on the capital, Kyiv, home to some 3 million people. Blasts have also been heard across the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, located near Ukraine’s border with Russia and home to about 1.5 million people.

The map below shows which parts of the country are under Russian control as of March 1, 04:00 GMT

Why is Russia invading Ukraine and what does Putin want?

 

By air, land, and sea, Russia has launched a devastating attack on Ukraine, a European democracy of 44 million people. Its forces are bombing city centres and closing in on the capital, Kyiv, prompting a mass exodus of refugees.

For months, President Vladimir Putin denied he would invade his neighbour, but then he tore up a peace deal and unleashed what Germany calls "Putin's war", pouring forces into Ukraine's north, east and south.

As the number of dead climbs, Russia's leader stands accused of shattering peace in Europe. What happens next could jeopardise the continent's entire security structure.

Why have Russian troops attacked?

In a pre-dawn TV address on 24 February, President Putin president declared Russia could not feel "safe, develop and exist" because of what he claimed was a constant threat from modern Ukraine.

Immediately, airports and military headquarters were attacked, then tanks and troops rolled in from Russia, Russian-annexed Crimea and its ally Belarus. Now, warplanes have bombed major cities.

Russia refuses to use the terms war or even invasion; many of its leader's justifications for it were false or irrational.

He claimed his goal was to protect people subjected to bullying and genocide and aim for the "demilitarisation and de-Nazification" of Ukraine. There has been no genocide in Ukraine: it is a vibrant democracy, led by a president who is Jewish.

"How could I be a Nazi?" said Volodymyr Zelensky, who likened Russia's onslaught to Nazi Germany's invasion in World War Two. Ukraine's chief rabbi and the Auschwitz Memorial have also rejected Russia's slur.

President Putin has frequently accused Ukraine of being taken over by extremists, ever since its pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted in 2014 after months of protests against his rule.

Russia then retaliated by seizing the southern region of Crimea and triggering a rebellion in the east, backing separatists who have fought Ukrainian forces in a war that has claimed 14,000 lives.

Late in 2021, Russia began deploying big numbers of troops close to Ukraine's borders, while repeatedly denying it was going to attack. Then Mr Putin scrapped a 2015 peace deal for the east and recognised areas under rebel control as independent.

Russia has long resisted Ukraine's move towards the European Union and the West's defensive military alliance, Nato. Announcing Russia's invasion, he accused Nato of threatening "our historic future as a nation".

How far will Russia go?

It is now clear Russia is seeking to seize the big cities and overthrow Ukraine's democratically elected government. President Zelensky said he had been warned "the enemy has designated me as target number one; my family is target number two".

Russia's stated aim is that Ukraine be freed from oppression and "cleansed of the Nazis". Under this false narrative of a Ukraine run by fascists since 2014, Mr Putin has spoken of bringing to court "those who committed numerous bloody crimes against civilians".

His long-term ambitions for Ukraine are unknown. He denies seeking to occupy Ukraine and rejected a UK accusation in January that he was plotting to install a pro-Kremlin puppet. One unconfirmed intelligence report says he aims to split the country in two.

He faces stiff resistance from a deeply hostile population, but he has shown he is prepared to bomb civilian areas to fulfil his goals.

There is no immediate threat to Russia's Baltic neighbours, but Nato has bolstered their defences just in case.

Ahead of the invasion, Russia's public focus was always on the areas held by Russian-backed rebels in the east. But that changed when President Putin recognised their independence.

Not only did he make clear he saw them as no longer part of Ukraine, he revealed he backed their claims to far more Ukrainian territory. The self-styled people's republics cover little more than a third of the regions of Donetsk of Luhansk and the rebels covet the rest, too.

Ukraine Adds More Crypto Options, 'Teases' Airdrop; Platform Selling NFTs for USD 10

 

Cyptocurencynews02 - In an attempt to further bolster its fundraising campaign, Ukraine is opening up more crypto options for global donors - and has also intrigued the crypto community by mentioning an airdrop. Furthermore, a digital platform has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) collection with the goal of raising USD 430,302,531.

Ukraine is not slowing down and is opening up as many doors for funding its defense efforts against Russia as it can. They've just announced that they will be accepting more cryptoassets "soon" for donations to the country, its armed forces, and its people. 

As reported yesterday, Gavin Wood, creator of Polkadot, announced that he would donate USD 5m worth of crypto to the country if they posted an address in the blockchain’s native token DOT. And the country did. 

"The people of Ukraine are grateful for the support and donations from the global crypto community as we protect our freedom," Ukraine's official Twitter account said today. "We are now accepting Polkadot donations too." 

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Cardano Interoperability with Ethereum in the Works as Bridge Testnet Launches: Details

 

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In recent updates by Milkomeda, a bridge testnet allowing asset transfer between Cardano and Ethereum has been launched.

Milkomeda, a Layer 2 Protocol (Rollups) delivering EVM capabilities to non-EVM blockchains in collaboration with Nomad, a novel interoperability protocol, announced the creation of a bridge between Cardano and Ethereum. This implies that assets can be sent back and forth between the two blockchains via the bridge.

Users will be able to access the bridge via a MetaMask configured to connect to the Milkomeda Cardano Testnet and the Rinkeby Testnet, respectively. Future Milkomeda deployments intend to allow interoperability between Cardano, Solana and other L1 blockchains. Milkomeda will work to achieve both the sidechain and multi-blockchain interoperability visions in this way.

Users holding tokens on the connected chain can move these assets to Cardano and vice versa, simply by wrapping them on the sidechain that links the two blockchains. These tokens become native assets on Cardano mainnet and perform the same functions as native assets on Cardano, once wrapped.

In another development, another DEX is set to debut on the Cardano blockchain, and the occamDEX team announced that its development is finished and ready to be tested on the Milkomeda testnet. The team also announced the completion of its audit with HX Technologies and an upcoming mainnet release.

ADA price action

ADA was trading at $0.83 at the time of publication, up 6.24% in the previous 24 hours. By market value, ADA is the seventh largest cryptocurrency, with a 19.77% drop in the last seven days.

After a sell-off to the $0.74 level the day before, ADA recovered to $0.868 on Feb. 25. In this recent sell-off, ADA fell below the $1 support level, which it had defended for the most part since January. If buying activity resumes, no immediate resistance exists at current levels, suggesting that prices might go to the $1 level.

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