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G7 nations said today that they will take steps to deny Russia a so-called"most favoured nation" status, which would revoke the benefits of Russia's membership of the World Trade Organisation .

"It does me much pain to leave Vitesse in this way, but in the current situation I am taking this difficult decision in the interest of the club, employees, supporters, sponsors and other stakeholders," the Russian said in a statement on the club's website. At least 1,582 civilians in Ukraine's southeastern city of Mariupol have been killed as a result of Russian shelling and a 12-day blockade, the city council said in an online statement today.

Mykhailo, 35, who declined to share his surname, told the PA news agency:"Kyiv looks like a fortress. Incredible people, everything is even more surreal. The only thing I miss right now is my Friday evening pub with my buddies and beer.""If they continue, it's going to be the same as Vietnam War for US or Afghanistan for USSR.

Here, the pair are watching the departure of an evacuation train carrying their relatives, mother, wife and three children to Lviv at Kyiv central train station.By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editorShe said she looked outside and saw the sky was red with fire. It was about 5.45am. It was the first time the relatively peaceful west of Ukraine had been targeted in what appears to be an expansion of Russia’s offensive. Guards at the entrance to the airfield said it was not permitted for journalists to enter. Maria said she fled to the basement with her husband, 11-year-old granddaughter and another relative who was staying with them. She plans to move into her daughter's house closer to the centre of the city tonight as she was worried there may be more airstrikes.

He said the totality of the world's sanctions against Russia, as well as export controls, are"crushing the Russian economy".Earlier we mentioned Vladimir Putin's reference to"positive shifts" in negotiations with Ukraine.

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