Rockets have been “raining down” on Ukraine’s cities and hundreds of people have been killed or injured since the Russian military offensive began, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, at the launch of a $1.7 billion flash appeal to provide urgently-needed assistance.

ថ្ងៃពុធ ១៤រោច ថ្ងៃសីល ខែមាឃ ឆ្នាំឆ្លូវ ត្រីស័ក ព.ស.២៥៦៥ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី២ ខែមីនា គ.ស.២០២២
Wednesday the 14th Waning Moon, Holy Day, of Māgha B.E.2565 equivalent to March 2, A.D.2022 Year of the Cow
UN

António Guterres’s comments came as latest UN data indicated that 677,000 people have fled Ukraine since 24 February.

“United Nations agencies and our partners are now working 24-7 to assess humanitarian needs and scale up aid, particularly to women, children, older people and those with disabilities,” Mr. Guterres said, before thanking Member States that have kept their borders open to people fleeing the violence.

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ថ្ងៃអង្គារ ១៣រោច ថ្ងៃកោរ ខែមាឃ ឆ្នាំឆ្លូវ ត្រីស័ក ព.ស.២៥៦៥ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី១ ខែមីនា គ.ស.២០២២
Tuesday the 13th Waning Moon, Head Shaving Day, of Māgha B.E.2565 equivalent to March 1, A.D.2022 Year of the Cow
UN

The Security Council voted on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member UN General Assembly on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, which will be held on Monday.

The measure convening the General Assembly session was adopted by a vote of 11 in favor, with Russia voting against, and China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstaining.

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ថ្ងៃចន្ទ ១២រោច ខែមាឃ ឆ្នាំឆ្លូវ ត្រីស័ក ព.ស.២៥៦៥ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកុម្ភៈ គ.ស.២០២២
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USA Today

The White House announced Saturday that the United States and allies agreed to block select Russian banks from SWIFT, the global financial messaging system.

In a joint statement with leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, the officials said Russia being excluded from SWIFT ensures “that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally.”

The announcement comes after President Joe Biden on Thursday told reporters that the penalties from the latest round of sanctions against Russia are “maybe more consequence than SWIFT.”

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ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ ១១រោច ខែមាឃ ឆ្នាំឆ្លូវ ត្រីស័ក ព.ស.២៥៦៥ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី២៧ ខែកុម្ភៈ គ.ស.២០២២
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UN

Secretary-General António Guterres has announced that the UN will launch an appeal to fund its humanitarian operations in Ukraine, amid reports on Saturday of casualties and people fleeing their homes to seek safety as Russian military operations in the country intensify.

A readout issued by a UN spokesperson said that Mr. Guterres had spoken on the phone earlier in the afternoon with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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