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Zelensky vows to fight in forests, fields, shores, srteets
Ukraine President Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has given an unprecedented address to UK MPs in the House of Commons.
He referenced Winston Churchill, saying "we will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets".
A short while earlier the UK announced it would phase out Russian oil imports by the end of 2022US President Joe Biden confirmed a complete US ban on Russian oil, gas and coal imports in a move designed to deal a "powerful blow" to Putin.
The EU has also made moves towards reducing the continent’s reliance on Russian gasPeople have been leaving the Ukrainian cities of Irpin, near Kyiv, and Sumy via evacuation routes.
The UN says two million refugees have now fled the country since Russia invadedMcDonald's, Starbucks and Coca-Cola have become the latest Western companies to pause their work in Russia. - BBC news summery.