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With nowhere to go, the residents that left behind, are trying to survive without gas, water, and with severe food shortages. On top of that temperatures are below freezing in the cold of winter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves his hotel in Tirana, Albania, where he arrived late Tuesday, to meet with leaders from southeast Europe, seeking to keep support and weapons flowing to Kyiv as Russia makes gains on the battlefield two years after invading its neighbour. IMAGES
The United States says that Russia's drone strikes on Ukraine's Danube infrastructure show that President Vladimir Putin does not care about food supply for the developing world. "It is unacceptable. Putin simply does not care about global food security," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says "the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis" as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict means the world is heading towards a "wider war." "The prospects for peace keep diminishing. The chances of further escalation and bloodshed keep growing," he added as explained his 2023 priorities plan to the UN General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
Indonesian President Joko Widodo tells G20 members they must avoid another world war as he opens a leaders' summit dominated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Bali. SOUNDBITE
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