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The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the Russian army invaded on February 24 has exceeded two million, says Paul Dillon, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at a press conference of UN agencies in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
The United States will announce "sweeping" new sanctions against Russia a year after President Vladimir Putin ordered the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the White House says. "The United States will implement sweeping sanctions against key sectors that generate revenue for Putin," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters on the eve of the anniversary of the war's start. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian refugees continue to pour across the Polish border to escape the Russian invasion. More than two million Ukrainians have already entered Poland since 24 February. IMAGES
In Kyiv's Maidan Square, air raid sirens ring out at night after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow's advance in Ukraine is "going to plan" and Kyiv appealed for Western military aid on Thursday, even as the warring sides met for ceasefire talks. IMAGES
Russia's war on Ukraine has displaced "over seven million people," EU commissioner for crisis management Janez Lenarcic says at a press conference in Brussels after a meeting of EU interior ministers focused on the refugee flow out of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Several hundred people gather in front of the German Chancellery to demonstrate against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
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