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The number of people being deported from the UK is at a record low while asylum applications have soared over the last year, according to Home Office data.more

The United States is ready to evacuate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from Kiev, but he has so far refused, the Washington Post reported yesterday. According to the US, the overthrow of Zelensky is the main goal of the Russian invasion.more

Boris Johnson has recorded a video in which he aims to speak to both Ukrainians and Russians after a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this morning. Speaking in Russian, the prime minister says: “To my Russian friends I do not believe this war is in your name. It does not have to be this way.”more

Russia has been suspended in the Council of Europe, said the spokesman for this organization, Panos Kakawiatos. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to suspend Russia from representation in this body and at the Parliamentary Assembly with immediate effect. This is a consequence of the armed attack on Ukraine.more

Up to 5 million people may leave Ukraine as a result of the attack from Russia, according to the UN estimates presented in Geneva. As a result of the hostilities, 25 civilians have already died and 102 have been wounded.more

The Irish government immediately abolished the visa requirement for Ukrainian citizens, announced Irish Minister of Justice Helen McEntee.more

The Anonymous hacker collective is officially at cyberwar with Russia, Anonymous activists announced on Twitter. After their decision, many Russian sites, including Russia Today, were down.more

In Brussels, EU foreign ministers are debating the possibility of freezing the foreign assets of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and the country's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.more

London mayor Sadiq Khan called on the British government on Friday to seize real estate in London belonging to oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.more

Coordination of activities in connection with the Russian attack on Ukraine and issues regarding the strengthening of NATO's presence in the region were the subject of talks between the heads of the Polish and British Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Rau and Liz Truss, informed the Ministry of Diplomacy.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson assured in a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the UK will provide further support in the coming days, his office said this morning.more

Britain would like to cut Russia off from the global SWIFT interbank payment system and will continue to lobby reluctant allies to take this step, said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace.more

The UK government has announced a visa facilitation package for Ukrainians already staying in the UK, which is to help them extend or temporarily change the type of visa.more

Britain announces the largest and most severe economic sanctions package Russia has ever seen, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday afternoon in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.more

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed a decree on universal mobilization yesterday late in the evening, the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN confirmed earlier Reuters reports.more

The Sejm of the Republic of Poland issued a statement on the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.more

Later today, the Commission will present a huge package of sanctions against Russia to European leaders for approval. It will target strategic sectors of the Russian economy by blocking their access to technology and markets, EC chief Ursula von der Leyen said this morning.more

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss today called on Russia's ambassador to the UK Andrei Kielin to "explain Russia's illegal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine". She also announced tough sanctions on Russia.more

We will react adequately to the threat and if necessary we will strengthen patrols," said Border Guard spokeswoman Lieutenant Anna Michalska, referring to the situation in Ukraine. She added that Border Guard officers will assist possible refugees and accept applications for international protection.more

This is undisguised aggression against a democratic country that dared to have different ambitions, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace declared today. He added that Russia chose conflict and no one should forget that day.more

In connection with the military action in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against all travel to Ukraine, Polish citizens who are in Ukraine should immediately leave its territory, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this morning. At the same time, all LOT Polish Airlines flights from Poland to Ukraine have been cancelled. The flights in question are to Kiev, Lviv and Odessa.more

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced a partial easing of some restrictions on the Vistula from March 1. After the changes, the take will remain, however, among others the obligation to undergo isolation after infection (also for family members), the need to wear masks and to be quarantined after arrival from another country for the unvaccinated.more

The United Kingdom will provide Ukraine with further military support, including by donating deadly defensive weapons, announced Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He also informed that the regulator of the media market has launched an investigation into the Russian station RT.more

When it comes to sanctions, nothing is ruled out, and the United Kingdom will use all available means to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from further aggression against Ukraine, the head of diplomacy, Liz Truss, assured in The Times.more

The passivity of the international community, when separatists appeared in the Donbas in 2014, was the beginning of the Kremlin's offensive towards the west, which only encouraged Moscow to expand further, says the former British government's military adviser Samir Puri in an interview published by the Spanish daily La Razon ".more