Ukraine-Russia war latest today, Monday March 7

Here are the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine:

At least 364 Ukrainians have lost their lives in the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.
759 have been injured, according to the United Nations. The actual toll is believed to be “considerably higher.”

Another cease-fire attempt failed. Russian forces broke a cease-fire for the second consecutive day when they opened fire on Mariupol, again forcing the port city to halt evacuations of civilians.

Thousands of people were detained for anti-war protests in Russia. Over 4,300 people across 56 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, were detained over protesting President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent monitoring group.

Western powers are in talks about a ban on Russian oil and gas imports. The U.S. and its allies are having an “active discussion” about banning such imports from Russia, while ensuring there’s enough of an oil supply for the rest of the world. The Biden administration fears what that could mean for gas prices, but an energy imports ban would also deprive Russia of a large source of revenue.

Eight people in Ukraine ‘killed by Russian shelling’ while trying to flee Irpin
Raab dismisses fears Putin will use nuclear weapons as ‘rhetoric’
Oil prices jump to 13-year high as West mulls ban on Russian fossil fuels
Dominic Raab says ‘Putin must fail’ and rules out Ukraine no-fly zone
Millions with disabilities ‘abandoned’ in Ukraine, charities fear

Russian Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky killed by Ukrainians in blow to Putin