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Instagram's Adam Mosseri condemns Russian decision to block social network

Mosseri has condemned the Russian decision to block the social network over Meta's decision to allow publication of calls for violence against Russian soldiers and Russians

Moved troops along Russian borders, not fighting WWIII in Ukraine: Biden

US President Joe Biden said he has moved 12,000 troops along the borders with Russia, such as Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania while asserting that Putin will not be victorious in the war.

Facebook owner defends policy on calls for violence that angered Russia

Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O) said Friday that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia's attack

YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally amid war

American online video sharing and social media platform YouTube on Friday (local time) said that it is blocking Russian state-funded media channels globally "effective immediately.""Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events, and we remove content about Russia's invasion in Ukraine that violates this policy. In line with that, effective immediately, we are also blocking YouTube channels associated with Russian state-funded media, globally," YouTube said in a statement, CNN reported.Taking to Twitter, the tech company said that it began blocking RT and Sputnik's YouTube channels across Europe, adding that it has already taken other steps since Russia began its military operations in Ukraine."We paused monetization and significantly limited recommendations for Russian state-funded media channels. Both actions are global & indefinite. Our Trust & Safety team has worked to quickly remove violative content. We've

Certain positive developments in talks with Ukraine: Vladimir Putin

Russia had received more than 16,000 applications from people in West Asian countries to help fight in two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine

'Nothing is taboo': European Union mulling new sanctions against Russia

If Putin intensifies the bombing, lays siege to Kyiv and intensifies the scenes of war, we know that we will have to take massive sanctions again, Macron said.

Biden, Zelensky assess Ukraine situation, to ramp up sanctions on Russia

Zelenskyy gave Biden the assessment of the situation on the battlefield, informed about the crimes of Russia against the civilian population

Ukraine crisis: Russia widens social media crackdown by blocking Instagram

Russian has already blocked access to Facebook, limited access to Twitter and criminalised the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be fake reports

Oil rises but set for weekly loss as traders assess supply disruptions

US President Joe Biden said the G7 industrialized nations will revoke Russia's 'most favored nation' trade status, and announced a US ban on Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds

Russian Olympic Committee body challenges ban from winter sports event

The Russian Olympic Committee made an urgent appeal Friday to overturn a ban on its athletes competing at a European winter sports festival in Finland.

Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War III: Biden

Biden said Russia would never be able to gain victory in Ukraine

Biden says US and allies will end normal trade relations with Russia

The move would deliver 'another crushing below' to Russia, as it continues its aggression in Ukraine, Biden said

3 flights bring back 674 students evacuated from Ukraine's Sumy

Although there was no official word from the government about the completion of the evacuation process from Ukraine, these three flights from Poland's Rzeszow were considered among the last ones

UK sanctions 386 Russian parliamentarians over Ukraine crisis

The new sanctions will ban all those listed from travelling to the UK, accessing assets held within the UK and doing business in the country, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said

Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death calls on Facebook

The committee reports directly to President Vladimir Putin. It was not immediately clear what the consequences of the criminal case might be.

EU disburses first instalment of EUR 300 million aid to Ukraine

The remaining funds (EUR 600 million) will be disbursed later in the year, in line with the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the EU and Ukraine

Ukraine crisis: EU to boost military support to Kyiv, mulling new sanctions

The EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said the 27 officials taking part at two-day summit outside Paris will agree to inject an extra 500 million euros into the fund for military aid to Ukraine

World stocks rally after Putin says some progress in Ukraine talks

Putin did not provide any details and recent talks between the two countries have not made much headway

Russia says it would shut Meta if Facebook permits Putin death calls

Internal Meta emails seen by Reuters showed the US company had temporarily allowed posts that call for the death of Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

Putin says Russia to welcome volunteers from Middle East to fight Ukraine

At a meeting of Russia's Security Council, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said there were 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East who were ready to come to fight with Russian-backed forces