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Popular Soviet-era cinema director and writer Rustam Ibragimbekov has died at the age of 83 in Moscow.

The state border service received information that Russian aircraft had taken off from an airfield in Belarus, crossed into Ukrainian air space and then fired at the village of Kopani

The Ukrainian military said two other Belarusian settlements were also targeted in the operation. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russia widens its offensive on Ukraine, striking cities in the west and centre of the country for the first time.

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Russian aircraft launched an air strike on the Belarusian settlements of Kapani, Bukhlichy and Verkhni Terebezhov located near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, on Friday to involve the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus into the war with Ukraine, the press service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported.

The Ukraine Air Force has claimed that Russian planes turned around above Ukraine, after which they struck the territory of Belarus.According to the Air Force Command: "Russian planes entered the territory of Ukraine, turned over our towns ...

Ukraine says Belarus could be planning to invade its territory and accused Russia of trying to drag its ally into the war by staging air attacks on Belarus from Ukrainian air space.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on March 11 that Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no sign of being willing to engage in diplomacy, during a visit to Romania where she praised the country for taking in thousands of people fleeing the fighting in neighboring Ukraine.

Plus: Russia's 40-mile convoy makes move to encircle Kyiv and Russian fighter jets fire at Belarus