The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, March 2. Click here for updates from March 1. Russia Says It Controls Ukraine’s Kherson A week after launching its invasion of Ukraine, Russia said its forces took control of the first sizable city on Wednesday, seizing Kherson in the south, as fighting raged around the country and Western nations tightened an economic noose around Russia. More than half a million Ukrainians have fled the fighting since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of his southern neighbor nearly a week ago. Russian bombardments of Ukrainian cities continued, with video posted on social media showing heavily damaged buildings around the second city of Kharkiv. “While he may make gains on the battlefield, he will pay a continuing high price over the long run,” President Joe Biden said at his State of the Union address. Straying from the prepared text, Biden added, “He has …
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