World awaits negotiations; Fierce battles on the ground; Sanctions for Russian cats

World awaits negotiations; Fierce battles on the ground; Sanctions for Russian cats

More than a million people have fled Ukraine since the conflict began.

Yesterday, the Russian army captured Kherson, a strategically important city in the south of the country.

Mariupol, an important Ukrainian port in the southeast, is also under heavy shelling.

Fighting is also taking place in Kharkiv, and the Russians report that they have taken over the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station.

Numerous explosions were heard in Kyiv during the evening and night. According to the media report, a decisive battle for Kyiv is being prepared.

An OSCE member was killed in Kharkiv

A Ukrainian member of the mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was killed during the Russian bombing of Kharkiv, the organization announced last night.

"Maryna Fenina, a local member of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, was killed in the bombing of Kharkiv on Tuesday (March 1st) while procuring food for her family in a city that has become a war zone," the statement said.

The organization, which recently ordered the departure of its monitoring mission due to the conflict, condemned the intensive bombing of civilian cities and called on Russia to end the conflict and "engage in meaningful dialogue".

The situation in Kharkiv

Footage from the liberated settlements of the Novoaidar Raion of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR)

Sanctions for Russian cats as well

The International Federation of Cat Breeders has decided to ban the participation of cats from Russia in international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. Cats owned by Russians or bred in Russia will not be able to participate in exhibitions and competitions of the International Federation of Cat Breeders (Fédération Internationale Féline - FIFe), nor will they be able to register in the pedigree book of that organization.

Fierce fighting in Kharkiv

Zaporizhye Nuclear Power Plant

Alarm sirens in Kyiv this morning