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Kyiv woke up from a 36-hour military curfew, enforced by shoot-on-sight orders, on Monday to prepare for the stalled Russian push on the Ukrainian capital.

Assembly president Abdulla Shahid led all of the UN's 193 members in the moment of meditation before calling for 'an immediate ceasefire.'

The Argentine pontiff also called for the "urgent" opening of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to escape the onslaught.

The ICJ, which is based in the Netherlands capital The Hague, does not have a mandate to bring criminal charges against individual Russian leaders behind the four-day-old invasion.

According to Pentagon information, Russia now has at least 50 percent of its massive invasion force inside Ukraine.

In January, Prague had donated 4,000 artillery shells worth 1.5 million euros to Ukraine.

According to a senior European Union diplomat, member states were ultimately divided when it came to the crunch on how hard to hit Russia.

We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media, said Meta

Introducing Jackson at the White House, Biden declared, “I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects the full talents and greatness of our nation."

Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.

Along with India, China and the UAE also abstained from voting in the resolution which was co-authored by the US and Albania.

He said allies had activated defence plans and 'as a result ... are deploying elements of the NATO Response Force on land, at sea and in the air'.

The local administration a day ago had said that 18 people died in an air strike on a military base near Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odessa.

Ukrainian border officials said that the Russian military was trying to penetrate into Ukraine's Kyiv region.

Putin said the military operation was needed to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine — a claim the U.S. had predicted he would falsely make to justify an invasion.

But Russia is unlikely to sign any major defence or economic deals in fears that it might anger its friend India with whom it has a cherished relationship