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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 27, 2022

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Ukrainian Territorial Defense fighters patrol the streets after a fight in Kharkiv, on February 27, 2022. (Sergey Bobok/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Zelensky says next 24 hours are ‘crucial’ for Ukraine amid fight for major cities

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Ukrainian prime minister speaks with UK’s Johnson, who pledges speedy defensive aid; Ukraine says 352 civilians killed in fighting, including 16 children

3:03 am

Ruble plummets 30% as sanctions begin to take effect
2:56 am

Blasts heard in Kyiv and Kharkiv
2:52 am

Belarus preparing to send troops into Ukraine: reports

An Ukrainian Territorial Defence fighter examines a destroyed Russian infantry mobility vehicle GAZ Tigr after the fight in Kharkiv on February 27, 2022. (Sergey BOBOK / AFP)

Fierce street battles as Russian troops enter Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city Kharkiv

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Kyiv remains under Ukrainian control; Zelensky rejects Russia’s ally Belarus as location for negotiations, suggests other European cities

Residents of Bakhmach, Ukraine, attempt to stop Russian tanks from advancing toward the capital Kyiv, February, 26, 2022. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Ukrainian civilians try to block Russian tanks advancing through their town

In this photo taken from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine petitions International Court of Justice against Russia over invasion

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; Prime Minister Naftali Bennett; and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Composite/AP)

‘One hour before midnight’: In call with Putin, Bennett proposes Israeli mediation

PM says ready to help in any way, in light of Israel’s unique ties with Russia and Ukraine; avoids condemning Moscow at cabinet meet; set to send more humanitarian aid to Ukraine

A refugee boy who fled conflict from neighboring Ukraine cries at the railway station after arriving at Zahony, Hungary, February 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)

Ukrainian refugee tally tops 368,000 since Russian invasion, UN agency says

Ukraine's biggest national flag flies in Kyiv, on February 26, 2022 (Genya Savilov/AFP)

As Russians assail Kyiv, Zelensky says Ukraine has ‘derailed their plan’

Russian tanks roll on the field during military drills in Leningrad region, Russia, February 14, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukrainian forces destroy convoy of 56 Chechen tanks, kill general near Kyiv – report

The column was reportedly deployed by Russia to ‘capture and kill’ Ukraine’s leaders, including President Zelensky, using infamous ‘deck of cards’ system

An Aeroflot Airbus A330 plane taxies out at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow, on June 24, 2013. (AP/Sergei Ivanov)

European countries block airspace to Russian flights, seek EU-wide ban

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Armed civil defense men pose for a photo while patrolling an empty street due to curfew in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine forms ‘international brigade’ of foreign volunteers to fight Russia

By AFP and ToI Staff

Russia's UN Ambassador Russia Vasily Nebenzya casts a lone dissenting vote in the United Nations Security Council, February 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Citing ‘genocide,’ Zelensky asks UN to strip Russia of its Security Council vote

By AFP

Ukrainian president makes request after Russia vetoes resolution condemning its invasion

Mikhailo , 5 years, holds a puppet as he wait in an undergound shelter during bombing alert in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on February 26, 2022. - Ukrainian soldiers beat back a Russian attack in the capital Kyiv only hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warns Moscow would attempt to take the city before dawn. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)

‘No organized supply of food or water’: Kyiv resident describes undergound bunker

By Lazar Berman

Ukrainian service members look for and collect unexploded shells after fighting with Russian troops in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the morning of February 26, 2022. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)

Ukrainian forces slow Russian advance in fierce fight for Kyiv

By AP

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett poses for a picture at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 26, 2022; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90; Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 27: Israel walks diplomatic tightrope between Ukraine and Russia

ToI editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discuss Israel’s awkward diplomacy in Eastern Europe, and an update from Zelensky’s former aide

In this file photo taken on Sunday, March 26, 2000, Acting Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin talks with representatives of the news media at a polling station in Moscow, Russia (AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Putin and the West: From curiosity to cataclysm

By Stuart Williams

Ukrainian military vehicles move past Independence square in central Kyiv, on February 24, 2022. (Daniel Leal/AFP)

AnalysisRussia’s invasion of Ukraine prompts fear of new ‘Iron Curtain’ in Europe

By Valerie LEROUX and Jurgen HECKER

Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Jews from Odessa are heading to Moldova whose capital, Chisinau, was the site of a major pogrom that became a symbol of Jewish flight from Eastern Europe in the early 20th century

‘Immediately! Now!’: Terrified citizens rush for Kyiv basements amid air raid sirens

Interview

Ex-Zelensky aide to ToI: Putin wants to own Ukraine; world must do more to deter him

Iuliia Mendel, the president’s former press secretary, says Ukraine having ‘some successes’ in defending itself, urges no-fly zone, laments sanctions to date are inadequate

Iuliia Mendel, then press secretary to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, in 2019 (via Facebook)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on January 22, 2022. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Turkey says it’s trying to broker ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

By AFP and ToI Staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

ProfileIn 4 years, Zelensky went from Jewish comic to Putin’s enemy #1, democracy defender

By Gabe Friedman

Ukrainian soldiers handle equipment outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, February 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko)

As Ukraine puts up a fight, Germany and others begin stepping up military aid

By AFP

US, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands and others all pledge weapons to Kyiv’s forces as they show strong resistance to Russian invasion

A man leaves an exchange office with screen showing the currency exchange rates of US dollar and euro to Russian Rubles in Moscow, Russia, February 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

US, EU and allies seek to cripple Russian banks and currency with new sanctions

By Sebastian Smith

Russian military vehicles enter Ukraine, on February 24, 2022. (Video screenshot)

Russia orders troops to advance ‘from all directions’ in Ukraine

By Dave Clark and Dmitry Zaks

A group of Ukrainians travel to Poland before immigrating to Israel, on February 26, 2022. (Jewish Agency)

Thousands of Ukrainians inquire about moving to Israel, Jewish Agency says

By Judah Ari Gross

Organization sets up processing stations on the borders with Poland, Moldova, Romania, and Hungary to help Ukrainian refugees who wish to immigrate

Demonstrators carry placards and flags during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ukrainian Embassy seeks to recruit Israelis to fight Russian invasion

By Judah Ari Gross

Demonstrators carry placards and flags during a protest march against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tel Aviv, on February 26, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

‘A stand against injustice’: Thousands march for Ukraine in Tel Aviv

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Police detain a demonstrator during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, February 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Over 3,000 detained in Russia for protesting against Ukraine invasion

Anti-war demonstrations held in 34 cities and petitions garner hundreds of thousands of signatures, as official rhetoric against dissent grows more harsh

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, May 11, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

PA silent on Ukraine as Hamas official declares ‘end of American domination’

By Aaron Boxerman

A demonstrator holds a sign depicting the Russian president as Adolf Hitler and reading 'Stop Putin' during a protest against Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in Barcelona on February 26, 2022. (Josep LAGO / AFP)

‘Russia out, down with Putin!’: Worldwide protests held in solidarity with Ukraine

By AFP

From Ukraine to Iran: Non-proliferation and ‘Never Again!’ at risk

The US incompetence that left the Ukrainians with no nuclear option for their defense may also let Iran carry out its repeated threat to nuke Israel to smithereens

Choosing life: The Jewish roots of my will to carry on

After a catastrophic spinal injury a decade ago, putting myself out there as a paraplegic was terrifying – I tapped into wisdom that helped me overcome fear

Yacov Livne. (Foreign Ministry)

Israel moves to end rift with Poland amid Ukraine fighting, sends envoy to Warsaw

By ToI Staff and AFP

Lapid says dispatch of Yacov Livne to Warsaw six months after cutting ties comes in order to ‘enhance assistance to Israeli citizens crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland’

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy seated in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset speaker pans Russia’s actions in conversation with Ukrainian counterpart

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Ukrainian refugees wait to continue their journey after they crossed the border in Vysne Nemecke, eastern Slovakia, on February 26, 2022. (Peter Lazar/AFP)

Israeli diplomatic staff in Lviv to spends their nights in Poland

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Yad Vashem, chief rabbi urged US not to sanction Roman Abramovich

Holocaust museum, others sent Feb. 6 letter to US envoy saying action against billionaire philanthropist over expected Russian invasion would negatively impact Israel, Jewish world

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich holding a banner saying 'Say No to Antisemitism' in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 2021. (Courtesy: Chelsea FC/President Rivlin/GPO)

Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 16, 2021. (Martin Meissner/AP)

Abramovich relinquishes control but not ownership of UK’s Chelsea soccer team

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listens to Lebedinsky GOK Managing Director Oleg Mikhailov, left, as businessman and founder of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov, right, and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov stand behind him while visiting the Lebedinsky GOK JSC, in Gubkin, Belgorod Region, Russia, Friday, July 14, 2017. Usmanov is not on the sanctions list implemented in response to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The metals tycoon was an early investor in Facebook. His fortune is estimated at more than $14 billion. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Inside storyIgnoring the richest of Russia’s rich: Biden’s sanctions exclude Putin’s oligarchs

By Michael Biesecker, Joshua Goodman, Sarah El Deeb and Richard Lardner

Illustrative image: medics try to resuscitate a patient after a heart attack (Chalabala via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli study mines donor poop for bacteria that could avert heart attacks

By Nathan Jeffay

Researchers find most of 200 heart attack patients had important gut bacteria missing and believe restoring it may keep hearts healthier; wider trial planned

Russia says military coordination with Israel in Syria will continue as usual

Embassy says cooperation is daily and ‘useful,’ indicates condemnation over Ukraine invasion won’t influence Syrian arrangement

A Syrian fireman works to extinguish a fire caused by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the port of Latakia on December 28, 2021 (Screencapture/YouTube)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on May 17, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Assad says Russia’s Ukraine invasion a ‘correction of history’

By AFP

Rabbi Gil Perl is the founding head of school at Jewish Leadership Academy. (Courtesy of Jewish Leadership Academy/via JTA)

In Miami, a selective new Jewish school hopes to attract top students

By Andrew Lapin

To keep up with South Florida’s recent boom in young Jewish families, a new private school aims to combat what its founders say is ‘brain drain’ in local Jewish education

More Headlines

Former US president Donald Trump, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, February 26, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Trump praises ‘smart’ Putin, blames war in Ukraine on ‘rigged’ US elections

By Gerard Martine and Frankie TAGGART

Huwaida Arraf (right) poses with her husband, Adam Shapiro (left), and their two children. (Courtesy)

Palestinian activist Huwaida Arraf wants a seat in US Congress for Michigan

NSO files defamation lawsuit against Calcalist over reports on police use of spyware

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican of Georgia) is escorted through a throng of media at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. (JOE RAEDLE / Getty Images via AFP)

US Rep. Taylor-Greene slammed for addressing white supremacist gathering

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In this photo taken by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and provided by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, the International Space Station is seen from the Nauka module, on August 11, 2021. (Oleg Novitsky/Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service photo via AP)

After global sanctions, Russian space chief threatens International Space Station

The scene of a light plane crash near Jerusalem, on February 26, 2022. Two people were killed. (Israel Police)

2 men killed as light plane crashes near Jerusalem

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is seen before meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow, on October 6, 2021. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/ Pool/AFP)

Iran ‘seriously’ studying draft deal to restore nuclear accord

By AFP

Putin Pub, Jerusalem, March 2016. (JKB/Wikimedia Commons)

Name put on icePopular Jerusalem bar scraps ‘Putin’ name after Ukraine invasion

By Tobias Siegal

Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran's nuclear agency (left), and Iran's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Kazem Gharib Abadi, leave the International Atomic Energy's General Conference in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, September 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)

Iran says it will enrich uranium to 20% even if nuke deal revived, sanctions lifted

By ToI Staff and AFP

The campus of Duke University, on May 14, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

After outcry, Duke University student government recognizes campus Zionist group

By Andrew Lapin

Poland's Robert Lewandowski controls the ball during the World Cup 2022 group I qualifying soccer match between Poland and England, at the Narodowy stadium in Warsaw, on September 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland, Sweden refuse to play Russia in World Cup playoffs amid Ukraine invasion

By AP

The app of the Russian government newspaper is displayed on an iPhone screen showing Russian President Vladimir Putin during his speech in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

Russia bans words ‘invasion’ and ‘assault’ in media, warns several outlets

By AFP

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