Russia-Ukraine War LIVE Updates Mar 9: 10 killed in a Russian military attack in Ukrainian's Severodonestk, reports AFP

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• 09 Mar 2022, 02:23 PM

  At least 10 people killed in a Russian military attack in the eastern Ukrainian town of Severodonestk, reports AFP quoting local official.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 02:22 PM

  Ukraine makes new attempt to get civilians out of Mariupol, other cities

  Ukraine will on Wednesday try to evacuate civilians through six "humanitarian corridors", including from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

  She said in a video statement that Ukrainian armed forces had agreed to stop firing in those areas from 9 am until 9 pm (0700-1900 GMT)and urged Russian forces to fulfil their commitment to local ceasefires.

  She said the corridors that would open would go from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia; Enerhodar to Zaporizhzhia; Sumy to Poltava; Izyum to Lozova; Volnovakha to Pokrovsk; and from severaltowns around Kyiv which she identified as Vorzel, Borodyanka, Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel to the capital.

  "I appeal to the Russian Federation: You have undertaken official public commitments to cease fire from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. We have had negative experiences when the commitments that were undertaken did not work," Vereshchuk said.

  - Reuters

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 08:38 AM

  Russia promises 'silence' for Ukrainians to flee battered cities

  Russia said it is ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday for people fleeing Kyiv and four other Ukrainian cities, as the number of refugees created by the biggest assault on a European country since World War Two surpassed 2 million.

  Mikhail Mizintsev, head of Russia`s National Defence Control Centre, was quoted as saying by the Tass news agency that Russian forces would "observe a regime of silence" from 10 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT) to ensure safe passage for civilians wishing to leave Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol.

  It was unclear if the proposed routes would pass through Russia or Belarus, conditions previously opposed by the Ukrainian government.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 08:14 AM

  PepsiCo suspends production and sale of Pepsi-Cola and other global beverage brands in Russia.

   

   

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 08:09 AM

  The Coca-Cola company suspends its business in Russia stating, "Our hearts are with the people who are enduring unconscionable effects from these tragic events in Ukraine."

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 08:07 AM

  Pakistan's Asma Shafique thanks the Indian embassy in Kyiv and Prime Minister Modi for evacuating her.

  She has been rescued by Indian authorities and is enroute to Western Ukraine for further evacuation out of the country. She will be reunited with her family soon: Sources

  #WATCH | Pakistan's Asma Shafique thanks the Indian embassy in Kyiv and Prime Minister Modi for evacuating her.
  
  Shas been rescued by Indian authorities and is enroute to Western #Ukraine for further evacuation out of the country. She will be reunited with her family soon:Sources pic.twitter.com/9hiBWGKvNp

  — ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2022

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:16 AM

  Ukraine's President Zelenskiy told Britain's House of Commons via videolink: "The question for us now is to be or not to be. I can give you a definitive answer: it's definitely to be."

  Meanwhile, Biden told reporters, "Russia may continue to grind out its advance at a horrible price, but this much is already clear: Ukraine will never be a victory for Putin."

  "Putin may be able to take a city, but he'll never be able to hold the country," Biden added.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:16 AM

  The London Metal Exchange halted trade in nickel after prices of the metal, a key component in electric vehicle batteries, doubled to more than $100,000 a tonne.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:15 AM

  Unilever became the first major European food company to stop imports and exports out of Russia.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:15 AM

  McDonald's Corp, Starbucks and L'Oreal are temporarily closing all outlets in Russia Coca-Cola and Pepsi suspended soda sales in the country.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:14 AM

  Death toll:

  The United Nations human rights office said it had verified 1,335 civilian casualties so far in Ukraine, including 474 killed and 861 injured, but the true toll was likely to be higher.

  Ukraine says its forces have killed more than 11,000 Russian troops. Russia has confirmed about 500 losses. Neither side has disclosed Ukrainian casualties.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:13 AM

  Sanctions:

  Russian forces will stop firing from 10 am Moscow time (0700 GMT) on Wednesday to provide humanitarian corridors for people to leave Kyiv and four other cities, Tass news agency cited a senior Russian official as saying. 

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:12 AM

  Britain said it aimed to phase out imports of Russian oil by the end of 2022. The EU plans to cut dependency on Russian gas this year by two-thirds.

  
• 09 Mar 2022, 07:11 AM

  US President Joe Biden acknowledged the ban on Russian energy imports, which has bipartisan support, would drive up U.S. energy prices. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 80% of U.S. respondents said Americans should not buy Russian oil or gas even if it causes gasoline prices to rise.