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An Estonian shipping agency says a cargo ship it manages has sunk off of Ukraine's Black Sea coast after an explosion.

ERR's streaming service Jupiter will start broadcasting Russian-language TV channel Current Time (Настоящее Время) and Ukrainian-language live channel ICTV UA.

The popular Russian television station Dozhd has suspended its operations amid pressure linked to its coverage of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russian billionaire tycoon Oleg Deripaska, known for his close ties with President Vladimir Putin, has called for an end to the war in Ukraine.

The European Union has agreed to measures providing temporary protection to the hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming into the bloc as they try to escape Russia's invasion and heavy bombardment of cities across Ukraine.

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entering its second week, President Vladimir Putin's government is pulling out all the stops to control information about the war and the impact of unprecedented Western sanctions.

A committee in Russia's State Duma has approved a draft law criminalizing the distribution of "false news" about military operations amid a crackdown on independent media outlets covering Moscow's ongoing, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

"We find this order to be in direct opposition to the values of all democratic societies," VOA responded.

Russia is not only attacking Ukraine. Independent media say they are in Moscows crosshairs, too.

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: