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The head of the UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi tells the Security Council that the agency must be allowed to inspect Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, saying that fighting near the site has sparked a "grave" crisis. SOUNDBITE
The extent of death and destruction in Ukraine's devastated port city Mariupol suggests serious international law violations, the UN rights chief says, warning the horrors there would mark future generations. "The horrors inflicted on the civilian population will leave their indelible mark, including on generations to come," Michelle Bachelet tells the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
EU chief Charles Michel urges Belarus to "not take part" in Russia's military assault on Ukraine, ahead of an emergency European Union summit to decide new sanctions on Moscow over its invasion. SOUNDBITE
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a personal appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his troops from entering Ukraine at an emergency Security Council meeting Wednesday night. SOUNDBITE
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin promises that the "United States will not let Ukraine fail" at the opening of a meeting of Ukraine's international supporters in Germany, even as further aid remains stalled in Congress and Kyiv's forces face shortages of munitions. SOUNDBITE
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, meets Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels. The 47-year-old Kremlin critic died in an Arctic prison on February 16 after spending more than three years behind bars, prompting outrage and condemnation from Western leaders and his supporters. IMAGES
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