As Russia’s invasion continues, Russian forces push their advance on Ukrainian cities despite significant resistance from the people of Ukraine.
The U.N. human rights office says it has documented 564 civilian deaths in Ukraine so far, including 41 children, saying this week that the toll and “general human suffering” are rising. Overall death tolls in the conflict are unclear and are expected to be higher, with both Russia and Ukraine claiming different figures that cannot be independently verified.
President Joe Biden, in coordination with a number of NATO nations and other allies, has implemented a comprehensive package of sanctions on Russia for its invasion, which sent Russian currency plummeting and has begun to isolate the country from the rest of the world’s economy. The president announced Friday he would revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status and block U.S. imports of key Russian products after banning U.S. imports of Russian oil on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, citing attacks on civilians, has blasted Moscow’s actions as “frank, undisguised terror” and accused Russia of committing war crimes. Zelenskyy has also ramped up calls for the U.S. and NATO to set up a no-fly zone over Ukraine, which many fear would escalate the confict with Russia.
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