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Government will miss key levelling-up pledge by ‘around 192 years’
Researchers cautioned that even this projection may be overly optimistic.
Russia calls on NATO and EU to ‘stop pumping weapons’ into Ukraine
It comes as the US secretary of state Antony Blinken reinforced the message Moscow’s campaign was faltering and said Ukraine “can absolutely win against Russia".
No more visa appointments for Ukrainian refugees in Polish city until end of April, Tory MP says
Meanwhile, Poland has received an extraordinary number of Ukrainian refugees: over one million, prompting The Spectator to call it a “humanitarian superpower”.
‘Broke our hearts’: BBC report follows Ukrainian children with cancer fleeing hospitals due to invasion
"Utterly heartbreaking", tweeted Gary Lineker after watching the incredibly moving clip.
Google reviews flood in for driver who flattened Russian Embassy gates
"Fast delivery, nothing will get in the way of Desmond, not even a Russian gate, can't recommend highly enough", one person wrote.
Ukraine refugees made to wait in -3° cold outside UK visa centre
An 84-year-old woman was among those locked outside of the processing centre. "The UK has quite literally left them out in the cold."
Heartbreaking thread as Ukrainian MP tells how his town has been razed and his parents aren’t contactable
"Russia is deliberately and systematically bringing the city to a humanitarian catastrophe," he said. "What will happen in 2-3 days is very difficult to imagine".
Russia tells US it wants a return to Cold War relations in order to maintain ‘peaceful coexistence’
Last week Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov likened the Americans to Hitler and Napoleon.
Russia releases full list of ‘unfriendly countries’ – and everybody says the same thing
“It would’ve been easier to publish a list of countries who have been “friendly” to Russia," one person tweeted in response.