Tweets On The Russia - Ukraine War

New story on Mariupol ceasefire
- Russia resumes shelling after about two hours, abandons agreement
- fighting continues along escape route
- city postpones evacuation, tells people to hide
- "The city is still being shelled, I've gone completely numb."https://t.co/AX4xWZguTf

— Joel Gunter (@joelmgunter) March 5, 2022

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Ukrainian officials accused Russia of violating a ceasefire in the port of Mariupol just hours after it went into force https://t.co/O8nfnKb1oq

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 5, 2022

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that any country that sought to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict pic.twitter.com/jLB64dmJZ3

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 5, 2022

#UPDATE Zelensky bitterly slammed NATO saying it had given "the green light for further bombing of Ukrainian cities and villages" https://t.co/bwfqDB5rCj

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 5, 2022

The numbers signing up from abroad to fight in Ukraine are swelling to form what could become the largest band of volunteers to fight in Europe since the international brigades participated in the Spanish civil war https://t.co/Lm9FTvrHab pic.twitter.com/NtCZ26k1b4

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 5, 2022

Siege of Mariupol: Fresh Russian attacks throw evacuation into chaos https://t.co/BqfYpGL3aU

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 5, 2022

It's not clear how long the evacuation routes would remain open on Saturday. Ukraine has called the need for humanitarian corridors “question No. 1" amid fears of food shortages. Residents of Mariupol have experienced days of shelling and acute misery. https://t.co/2bZ9dNR3Ny

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 5, 2022

"Poland [has] already received up to 700,000 refugees and will continue to do so"
Poland's foreign minister warns of a refugee crisis on "unimaginable" scalehttps://t.co/gA5zMTxgoX pic.twitter.com/KhXg9cyhJh

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 5, 2022