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Russian authorities arrest over 13,000 anti-war protesters: report

Russian authorities have arrested over 13,000 anti-war protesters as its crackdown on dissidents within the country continues.

People across the country are protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine, beginning a war that has killed at least 331, according to the United Nations.

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Ukrainian residents in Kherson witness overnight explosions

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Polish Mayor says his city has accepted 70-80,000 refugees

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Elon Musk: Europe should restart its nuclear power stations

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said Europe must reboot its nuclear power stations for the sake of national and international security. 

"Hopefully, it is now extremely obvious that Europe should restart dormant nuclear power stations and increase power output of existing ones," Musk tweeted. "This is critical to national and international security."

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South Korea to suspend Russia central bank

On Monday, South Korea said it intends to suspend transactions with Russia's central bank, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

The U.S. and the European Union have announced similar sanctions.

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Fmr. DHS secretary says U.S. needs to begin thinking 'next steps' on Russian invasion

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Rep. Mike Gallagher: Biden deterrence strategy will fail Taiwan like it did Ukraine

"When the dust settles, despite the very real bravery on display by the Ukrainian people, deterrence in this case failed," Rep. Gallagher said.

"The Biden Administration thought that sanctions and tweets would be enough to deter, but they failed to apply the kind of hard power that would have deterred Putin from launching this war in the first place. By the way, a war that could still escalate and involve us at any moment," he added.

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Oil hits 13-year high as Blinken signals openness to a ban on Russian oil imports

Oil prices surged to a 13-year high on Sunday as U.S. officials signaled an openness to a ban on Russian oil imports amid Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

West Texas Intermediate Crude, the U.S. benchmark, rose 9.5% to $126.64 a barrel as of 7:00 PM on Sunday evening. Brent Crude, the international benchmark, shot up 12% to $130.98 a barrel. 

WTI hit an all-time high of $147.27 and Brent hit $147.50 in July 2008.

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Scene at Polish border brings entire bipartisan US delegation to tears as families flee to safety

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Foreigners who fled Ukraine amid war with Russia now help others do the same

Foreign residents of Ukraine who successfully evacuated the country amid the ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine are asking embassies for help while they assist other ex-pats with their own escapes from the war-torn country.

Almost 80,000 third-country nationals from 138 countries have fled, the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.

The show of resilience, however, comes amid reports of racism and discrimination, which some African, Asian and Latin American evacuees have claimed, according to the Associated Press. That situation that has drawn criticism from international organizations, the Associated Press also reported.

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Attempt for humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine fails for second time

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NATO countries have 'green light' to send fighter jets to Ukraine, Blinken says

NATO members have a "green light" to send fighter jets as part of their military aid to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday.

"That gets a green light," Blinken said in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation." 

"In fact, we're talking with our Polish friends right now about what we might be able to do to backfill their needs if in fact they choose to provide these fighter jets to the Ukrainians," Blinken added. 

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Russia looks to Syrians for help with urban combat in Ukraine: Report

Russia is recruiting Syrians experienced in urban combat to help with its invasion of Ukraine, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal.

Russia has had troops in Syria since 2015 in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

An American assessment claims that Russia is now looking to recruit fighters from the country who have gained expertise in urban combat to help in the fight to take the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in their ongoing invasion of the country.

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Netflix suspends service in Russia amid Ukraine invasion

Netflix has suspended its service in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine.

"Given the circumstances on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia," a Netflix spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Sunday. 

The move comes after the streaming service, which first launched in the country in 2016, previously paused all future projects and acquisitions from Russia.

Variety reported that Netflix had four originals in the work, one of which was filming but has now been put on hold. 

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KPMG International to pull out of Russia and Belarus

Professional services network KPMG announced its decision to pull out of Russia and Belarus as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.

“We believe we have a responsibility, along with other global businesses, to respond to the Russian government’s ongoing military attack on Ukraine," the firm said in a statement. "As a result, our Russia and Belarus firms will leave the KPMG network.

"KPMG has over 4,500 people in Russia and Belarus, and ending our working relationship with them, many of whom have been a part of KPMG for many decades, is incredibly difficult. This decision is not about them – it is a consequence of the actions of the Russian Government.

"We are a purpose-led and values-driven organization that believes in doing the right thing. We will seek to do all we can to ensure we provide transitional support for former colleagues impacted by this decision.”

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Eric Shawn: Tears for Ukraine, the promise 'we will win'

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600 missiles fired into Ukraine: senior defense official

A senior defense official estimates that Russia has launched about 600 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the war began, though the attacks have so far not resulted in civilians losing the ability to communicate.

The official also said that Ukrainian air space remains contested, noting that Ukraine's air and missile defense has so far been effective and remains in use. 

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.

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Nikki Haley: Providing Russia with oil money is ‘absolute lunacy’

As war in Ukraine rages on, it's time the U.S. holds Russia accountable by withholding investment in Russian oil, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told "Sunday Morning Futures."

NIKKI HALEY: Stop reacting and start leading. First of all, work with Ukraine on real-time intelligence so that we can tell them everything that's happening that they can't see. Make sure that we send anti-tank, anti-air missiles immediately. Make sure that we are telling Poland and NATO that they've got to supply these planes to Ukraine. They need them right away so they can cover their own airspace. We've got to make sure we sanction these energy companies, all of them. We've got to make sure that we pull them out of the international banking system, and we need to stop taking any Russian oil. The idea that we would give our money to an enemy is unthinkable, and it's absolute lunacy. We can't allow this to continue… 

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Hundreds of Russian Orthodox clergy urge to 'stop the war' in Ukraine

More than 280 Russian Orthodox clergy signed an open letter urging for an end to the "fratricidal war" in Ukraine.

"We mourn the ordeal to which our brothers and sisters in Ukraine were undeservedly subjected," the letter read, according to a translation in The Christian Post.

"The Last Judgment awaits every person," continued the letter, which has garnered the signatures of 284 Russian Orthodox priests, archpriests and deacons, as of Sunday.

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Ukranian MP pleads with US officials: Show Putin he can't get away with this

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