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What we know — day 12: MONday March 7
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Russia declared a temporary ceasefire from 10am Moscow time and will open humanitarian corridors from the cities of Kyiv, Mariupol, Kharkiv and Sumy, officials in Moscow announced on Monday morning. From Mariupol there will be two corridors — one going to the Russian city of Rostov and one going west to Zaporizhzhia. From Kyiv the route is north to the Belarusian city of Gomel, and from there by air to Russia. From Kharkiv the route is to the Russian city of Belgorod, and from there by plane, train and car to temporary locations, presumably in Russia.
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The Pentagon said Russia had fired 600 missiles since the start of the invasion, an increase from 500 as of Friday, suggesting an acceleration from the roughly 20 launches a day that were detected at the end of last week. The Ukrainian military reported that Russian troops fired missiles at Vinnyitsa airport in western Ukraine on Sunday.
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The management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has come under orders from the commander of the Russian forces that took control of the site last week, Ukraine said.
The Russian aviation industry is facing a crisis, with its carriers banned from swaths of the world’s skies.
Amid concerns over the growing refugee crisis, the number of Ukrainians fleeing the fighting had reached 1.5mn by March 5, the UN refugee agency reported.
Half of the refugees have travelled to Poland, with Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Moldova among the other main destinations. The UNHCR said more than 50,000 refugees had gone to Russia.
Key maps from recent days
The air, ground and sea offensive ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin involves three broad fronts. One front is from the south via Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. The second is from the east via the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk in the Donbas region, whose separatist governments Putin recognised on February 22. The third is a broad northern front that has targeted the cities of Kharkiv, Sumy and the capital Kyiv.
In the UK, the Office for National Statistics has released preliminary data from the 2021 census that show the distribution of Ukrainian and Russian diasporas in England and Wales.
Ukrainians fleeing their homeland could be housed in the lavish UK residences of oligarchs hit with sanctions under proposals discussed by the British government. The ONS data show distinct patterns of Ukrainian and Russian residents in London.
The war in Ukraine has led to a reduction in the number of international commercial flights going into Russia, according to data from consultant VesselsValue.
On February 28, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated that he would invoke a clause in the 1936 Montreux Convention that allows Ankara to curb the passage of naval vessels belonging to warring parties. “We have the authority and we have decided to use it in a way that will prevent the crisis from escalating,” he said.
Russia’s multipronged invasion suggests a plan to advance south towards Kyiv from Belarus, encircle Ukraine’s forces in the east, and cleave the country from the Russian border to the Black Sea.
On Tuesday February 22, Putin recognised the separatist governments in Luhansk and Donetsk, two provinces in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, and ordered Russian troops to enter them. On Thursday February 24, Moscow began a full-scale invasion of the country.
Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Rochan Consulting, FT research
Cartography and development by Steve Bernard, Chris Campbell, Emma Lewis, Joanna S. Kao, Sam Learner, Ændra Rininsland, Niko Kommenda, Alan Smith and Martin Stabe. Based on reporting by Roman Olearchyk and John Reed in Kyiv, Guy Chazan in Lviv, Henry Foy in Brussels
