KYIV — Here are the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine:Russia encircling KyivRussian forces advance ever closer to the capital from the north, west and northeast. US authorizes $200 million military aidUS President Joe Biden authorises $200 million in additional military equipment for Ukraine. Ukraine claims a mosque where about 80 civilians, including some Turkish nationals, were sheltering in Mariupol was shelled but a person staying there denies the report, saying the bomb fell 700 metres away. Bio-weapons claims rejectedWestern countries reject Russian claims that the United States and Ukraine researched using bats to conduct biological warfare. 2.5 million fleeMore than two and a half million people have fled the “senseless war” in Ukraine, the UN says — more than half to Poland.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2022 06:13 UTC