March 8, 2022

*) Kiev says Russian aircraft bombed central, eastern Ukraine Russian aircraft bombed cities in eastern and central Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials have said, adding the shelling also pounded suburbs of the capital Kiev. In cities near the Russian border, bombs fell on residential buildings and destroyed a power plant, a regional leader said. Bombs also hit oil depots in towns located west of Kiev. In Bucha, a Kiev suburb, the mayor reported heavy artillery fire. *) Second Russian general killed in Kharkiv fighting: Ukraine Staying in Ukraine, a Russian general has been killed in the fighting around Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, the Ukrainian military intelligence agency said. It identified him as Major General Vitaly Gerasimov and said he had fought with Russian forces in Syria and Chechnya and had taken part in the seizure of Crimea in 2014. Russia has not commented and it was not possible to confirm the death independently. Another Russian general had been killed earlier in the fighting. *) Russia becomes world's 'most sanctioned' country amid Ukraine war Russia has become the world's most sanctioned country due to its war on Ukraine, according to data by a monitor. Moscow has been subjected to 2,778 new sanctions in just under two weeks since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine, bringing the total to 5,532, according to the global sanctions monitoring database castellum.ai. In comparison, Iran has faced 3,616 sanctions, followed by Syria and North Korea, with 2,608 and 2,077 sanctions respectively. *) Israeli police kill another Palestinian man in alleged knife-attack Israeli police have shot dead a Palestinian man in an alleged stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City. Palestinian sources identified him as 22-year-old Abdel Rahman Qassam from a refugee camp near Ramallah. It was the second such incident in as many days. Rights groups accuse Israel of killing Palestinians who could have been arrested. And finally … *) Solemn Paris Fashion Week