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Latest Developments in Ukraine: March 5

by VOA News

   For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit [1]Flashpoint
   Ukraine.

   For the latest developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine,
   all times EST:

   1:32 a.m.: The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine says Russia's attack on a
   Ukrainian nuclear power plant is a war crime.

   12:57 a.m.: Formed in a fury to counter Russia's blitzkrieg attack,
   Ukraine's hundreds-strong volunteer "hacker" corps is much more than a
   paramilitary cyberattack force in Europe's first major war of the
   internet age. It is crucial to information combat and to crowdsourcing
   intelligence.

   "We are really a swarm. A self-organizing swarm," said Roman Zakharov,
   a 37-year-old IT executive at the center of Ukraine's bootstrap digital
   army. The Associated Press has the story.

   12:30 a.m.: The Russian war on Ukraine is also happening online, as
   people share images from around Ukraine. Caught in the middle are U.S.
   technology firms, which have taken steps to curtail Russian propaganda
   and make changes for Ukrainians' safety. But it's a fine line to walk
   as VOA's Michelle Quinn reports.

   12:05 a.m.: While U.S. President Joe Biden has played a key role in
   galvanizing Western nations' condemnation of Moscow's aggression
   against Ukraine, his administration is finding it harder to build a
   global coalition in the Indo-Pacific to isolate Russian President
   Vladimir Putin.

   Key regional partners such as Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore
   and Taiwan have announced significant financial sanctions and export
   controls against Moscow, but others have resisted Western pressure to
   even condemn the invasion. VOA's Patsy Widakuswara has the story.

   Some information in this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters
   and Agence France-Presse.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/flashpoint