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Images of traffic early morning in the Ukrainian capital Kiev after Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the start of military operations. IMAGES
A Russian court sentences former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev to eight years in a penal colony for taking a $2-million bribe from an ally of President Vladimir Putin. Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking official arrested in Putin's 17 years in power. IMAGES
Supporters of Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny take to the streets across the country on President Vladimir Putin's birthday to protest against his nearly two-decade rule. IMAGES of protest in Moscow
French President Emmanuel Macron greeted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the splendour of the Versailles palace outside Paris on Monday for their first face-to-face talks. IMAGES of Putin and Macron shaking hands
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) to its arsenal, prompting NATO to accuse Moscow of "saber-rattling". Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Olympic chiefs announce that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. SOUNDBITE