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What Matters Most On Monday, February 28, 2022

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Demonstrators carry placards and flags during a protest against the Russian invasion to the Ukraine, outside the city hall in Jerusalem, on February 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Air raid sirens wail in Kyiv as 40-mile-long Russian convoy approaches

Zelensky says Russians focused on taking over capital and intensified attacks during negotiations; at least 9 civilians killed in shelling against city of Kharkiv

2:10 am

Disney pauses movie releases in Russia
2:00 am

Lindsey Graham criticizes Israel for refusing to sell weapons to Ukraine
1:41 am

Kyiv's ambassador to US tells senators Ukraine needs weapons help

A woman carries her child as she arrives at the Medyka border crossing after fleeing from Ukraine, in Poland, February 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Outgunned and under nuclear threat, determined Ukrainians hold out

By YURAS KARMANAU, Jim Heintz, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Dasha Litvinova

Kyiv still under Zelensky government’s control, as US, EU defense officials consider best methods of providing Ukraine with weapons

A woman reacts as paramedics perform CPR on a girl who was injured during shelling, at a city hospital of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, February 27, 2022. The girl did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russian shelling, a 6-year-old girl, and hopeless moments in a hospital

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, on February 27, 2022. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool Photo via AP)

EU shuts airspace to Russian airlines, will buy Ukraine arms

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and LORNE COOK

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on February 1, 2022. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet as Putin continues to flex nuclear muscles

By YURAS KARMANAU, Jim Heintz, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Dasha Litvinova

Russian delegation led by Putin’s culture adviser; Ukraine expected to demand ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops in first face-to-face talks since war began

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov (2L) arrives to attend the talks between delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Belarus' Gomel region on February 28, 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei KHOLODILIN / BELTA / AFP) / Belarus OUT

Ukrainian, Russian teams arrive at Belarus border for talks; Kyiv demands ceasefire

By AFP and ToI Staff

A Russian military vehicle burns next to a soldier's body in Kharkiv, Ukraine, February 27, 2022. (Sergey Bobok/AFP)

Ukraine vows ‘no capitulation’ in talks as massive Russian convoy nears Kyiv

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Kosher in the Bahamas

Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. For events and group functions.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022. (Niv Musman/GPO)

Lapid: Israel to back UN resolution condemning Russia, be ‘on right side of history’

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Foreign minister says Israel has ‘moral duty, historical obligation’ to be part of diplomatic, humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, and vows to ‘leave no Israeli or Jew behind’

After rebuffing US at UNSC, Israel set to back General Assembly vote slamming Russia

Bennett declined Zelensky’s request for military aid, report says

Putin said not to take up Israeli PM’s mediation offer

Op-ed

Why Israel must stand squarely with Ukraine

It’s a moral imperative, and a pragmatic requirement: We, of all people, need the world to back gutsy democracies resisting neighboring autocratic aggressors

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

Former refusenik, prison of Zion, Soviet dissident and Israeli cabinet minister, Natan Sharansky in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Sharansky: Israel must take ‘a clear moral stand’ against Putin over Ukraine

By David Horovitz

Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Kunytskyi speaks to Israel's Channel 12, on February 27, 2022. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Ex-IDF soldier turned Ukrainian MP begs Israel for military assistance

Members of the Chernigov Jewish community gathered in the basement of the synagogue amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 2022 (Courtesy)

Special needs boy who just had spinal surgery among needy

Ukraine rabbi sheltering 35 community members in synagogue basement pleads for help

Yisroel Silberstein of Chernihiv, close to Belarus and Russian borders, says food supplies cannot get through as Jewish homes hit, city bridges bombed or mined

Jewish orphans who fled from Zhytomyr, near the Belarus border, play in southwestern Ukraine, February 2022. (Courtesy, Alumim Orphanage)

Fleeing city near Belarus border, busloads of Ukraine Jewish orphans look to Israel

Analysis

Carrie Keller-Lynn

As government walks Ukraine tightrope, opposition waits for a slip-up

Lawmakers on both sides of aisle have nothing to gain politically by wading into war in Europe, experts say — at least until US criticism gets louder

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 27, 2022. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Pool)

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at his party's faction meeting in the Knesset, February 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu tells government to be quiet on Russia and focus on Iran

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) while accompanied by Housing Minister Ze’ev Elkin who acted as a translator at Putin's residence in Sochi, Russia on October 22, 2021. (Kobi Gidon/GPO)

Analysis

Why a clear ‘moral’ anti-Russian stance from Israel might not be good for anyone

Foreign Minister Lapid reportedly wants Israel to side with Ukraine, as Prime Minister Bennett avoids directly condemning Moscow

Head of Yad Vashem Dani Dayan (Alex Kolomoisky/Yad Vashem)

Yad Vashem ‘deplores’ Russian invasion, condemns use of Nazi rhetoric by both sides

By Judah Ari Gross

Refugees fleeing conflict in Ukraine arrive at the Medyka border crossing in Poland, Feb. 28, 2022. (Visar Kryeziu/AP)

UN: More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded

By Jamey Keaten

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 28 – Polish Jewish community is prepared for Ukraine’s refugees

Lazar Berman reports from Warsaw; Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren discusses solidarity in Russian-speaking communities; health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings the scoop about poop

People pray next to the body of Ukrainian Army captain Anton Sydorov, 35, killed in eastern Ukraine, during his funeral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 22, 2022. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

ExplainerHow the Russia-Ukraine war is tangled with religion

How will Israel treat Ukrainian refugees?

This is a time for Israel to delay deportations and drop the bureaucratic hurdles that keep asylum seekers from reuniting with their loved ones

Jeffrey Veidlinger

Putin’s claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially absurd given its history

The canard distorts the legacy of Nazism in Ukraine while ignoring the state’s historic struggle for pluralism and democracy

This photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, shows a Russian Iskander-K missile launched during a military exercise at a training ground in Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert, citing Western threats

By YURAS KARMANAU, Jim Heintz and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Russian leader says move a response to ‘aggressive statements’ by NATO member countries; UK foreign secretary says world must prepare ‘for Russia to seek to use even worse weapons’

In this April 27, 2021 photo, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi in front of a shelter construction which covers the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

UN nuclear watchdog calls emergency meeting to discuss Ukraine conflict

By AFP

Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv Mayor and former heavyweight champion in his office in the City Hall in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Kyiv mayor on arming of civilians: ‘To be honest, we don’t have 100% control’

By FRANCESCA EBEL

Q&A

Ukraine conflict could spark rush to Iran deal, ex-national security adviser warns

Former top Netanyahu aide Meir Ben-Shabbat says Tehran must not be allowed to take advantage of world focus on Russian invasion

Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat during a ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport prior to visiting Bahrain to sign a series of bilateral agreements between Jerusalem and Manama, October 18, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL via FLASH90)

A general view of Palais Coburg, the site of a meeting where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, on February 8, 2022. (Lisa Leutner/AP)

France says concluding Iran nuclear negotiations this week is ‘critical’

By AFP

Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at the Coburg Palace, venue of the talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna, on February 8, 2022. (Alex Halada/AFP)

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator returning to Vienna after consultations in Tehran

By AFP

Farmers harvest with their combines in a wheat field near the village Tbilisskaya, Russia, July 21, 2021. (AP/Vitaly Timkiv)

Israeli trade with Ukraine, Russia continues but prices may jump — Economy Ministry

By Ricky Ben-David

Both countries are major exporters of wheat and other grains; Finance Minister Liberman warns of war’s global economic impact

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

Ruble tumbles, European branch of Russian bank predicted to fail as sanctions bite

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Screen capture of Google Maps showing the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, February 28, 2022. (Google Maps)

Google stops Russian state media ads in latest Big Tech response to invasion

By ToI Staff and AFP

Israeli Paralympic skier Sheina Vaspi. (Courtesy/International Paralympic Committee)

‘Paving the way’: Israel’s first winter Paralympian to ski in Beijing on one leg

Sheina Vaspi, a Hasidic woman from northern Israel, skis at speeds up to 55 mph; hopes to inspire next generation of Paralympic athletes

Danielle Finn, a 17-year-old young Orthodox Jewish woman from Los Angeles, will be featured in the upcoming season of American Idol. (ABC/Eric McCandless/via JTA)

Modern Orthodox high schooler is bringing her voice to ‘American Idol’

On February 27, the world will meet Danielle Finn, a 12th grader at Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles and fan of chanteuses Adele and Amy Winehouse

More Headlines

Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives at the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial, January 9, 2020 (Flash90)

Actor Moshe Ivgy, serving time for indecent assault, to get early release

Israel seizes 30 crypto wallets allegedly used to fund Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian

Polish volunteer Jedrzej, 34, in military uniform joins Ukrainians waiting to cross the border to go and fight against Russian forces, at Medyka border crossing, in Poland, on Saturday, February 26, 2022. (AP/Visar Kryeziu)

Ukrainians rush back from abroad to join fight against Russia

By Monica Scislowska and Rafal Niedzielski

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

AnalysisRoman Abramovich’s ownership of Chelsea largely unchanged despite PR push

Alfa Group head Mikhail Fridman (right) leaves a press conference in Moscow, on June 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Speaking out, Russian-Ukrainian oligarch Fridman urges end to bloodshed

By AFP

Houses lay between the Senegal river, top, and the Atlantic Ocean beach that has been affected by erosion in Saint Louis, Senegal, Nov. 3, 2021. (Leo Correa/AP)

UN report sounds alarm on ‘rapidly closing window’ to act against climate change

By Seth Borenstein

Family members of Iyad Halak, a 32-year-old autistic Palestinian who was shot and killed in the Old City of Jerusalem, seen after a court hearing of the border police officer who accused of shooting and killing of Iyad, at the District court in Jerusalem, February 27, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

21 months after shooting, trial of officer who killed Palestinian with autism begins

By Aaron Boxerman

Tnuva’s dairy production line. (Tnuva)

Israeli food giant Tnuva launches food tech venture capital fund

By Ricky Ben-David

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