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Latest Developments in Ukraine: March 17

by VOA News

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

   The latest developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, all
   times EDT:

   1:15 a.m.: CNN reports that four Russian warships, possibly carrying
   troops and combat vehicles bound for Ukraine, passed through Japan's
   Tsugaru Strait.

   1:09 a.m.: BREAKING: A piece of a downed missile has hit a residential
   building in Kyiv, the BBC reports. At least one person is dead, and
   three more are injured.

   12:06 a.m.: VOA's Natasha Mozgovaya reports that Russian authorities
   have blocked the website of Israeli Channel 9, which broadcasts in
   Russian.

   12:01 a.m.: While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was pleading
   for more military aid in a speech to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, a
   Ukrainian high school student in Washington was watching intently for
   signs of hope for her country. VOA's Carolyn Presutti [2]watched the
   speech with the 16-year-old Ukrainian teenager and her host mother.

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

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/flashpoint
   2. https://www.voanews.com/a/ukrainian-teenager-watches-zelenskyy-appeal-to-us-lawmakers-/6488983.html