The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for invading Ukraine and demanded that Moscow withdraw its military forces. On the Ukrainian frontlines, Russian paratroopers landed in the second-largest city Kharkiv on Wednesday as troops besieged Kherson in southern Ukraine.
- The UN General Assembly voted to reprimand Russia for the invasion. The resolution was supported by 141 of the assembly's 193 members.
- Russian paratroopers landed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, sparking immediate and “ongoing” fighting.
- Russia's defence ministry said 498 Russian soldiers have died and another 1,597 were wounded in Ukraine since the invasion began last week.
- Ukrainian military officials put the Russian toll much higher: 7,000 Russian servicemen killed and hundreds taken prisoner.
- The strategic southern port city of Mariupol is under heavy shelling. The Black Sea city of Kherson is surrounded.
- The UN human rights office said 227 civilians were killed and 525 others were injured in Ukraine between February 24 to March 1. These are confirmed cases, the real death toll was "considerably higher".
- More than 830,000 people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, the UN’s refugee agency says, with the number rising sharply.
- The UN’s International Court of Justice says it will hold public hearings on March 7 and 8 over Ukraine’s allegations of “genocide” by Russia.
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(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS, AFP and AP)
