Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin says 'certain positive movements' in negotiations

A third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine ended without any resolution.

Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials.

The attack began Feb. 24, when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation."

Russian forces moving from neighboring Belarus toward Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, have advanced closer to the city center in recent days despite the resistance, coming within about 9 miles as of Friday.

Russia has been met by sanctions from the United States, Canada and countries throughout Europe, targeting the Russian economy as well as Putin himself.

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Mar 05, 2022, 8:36 AM EST

Blinken says visit to Poland comes at 'one of the most urgent moments'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday his visit to Poland comes at "one of the most urgent moments in the long history of friendship between our two countries."

Speaking at a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in the southeastern city of Rzeszow, Blinken said the ideals that bind Poland and the United States are "under threat in this region like never before."

"We will stand together, as we've been standing together, in support of Ukraine and against Russia's unprovoked unwarranted premeditated invasion," Blinken told reporters.

Out of the more than 1.36 million people who have been forced to flee Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24, over 756,000 have crossed into neighboring Poland, according to the latest figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau attend a joint press conference at the Bristol Hotel in Rzeszow, Poland, on March 5, 2022.
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Blinken noted that "at this moment of crisis for millions of Ukrainians and as the security of Europe hangs in the balance," it's an "incredibly powerful reflection of Poland's values that those fleeing the war will find refuge in Poland."

He outlined U.S. funding to support the needs of Ukrainian refugees in Poland and other countries, including a $2.75 billion requested aid package and the $54 million in humanitarian assistance announced last week.

Meanwhile, Rau warned Russia that Poland would not recognize any territorial transfers taken by force. He told reporters that Russian shelling of residential areas and a nuclear power plant in Ukraine "are war crimes under international law" and should "be prosecuted with utmost determination."

The U.S. has yet to say whether Russia has engaged in war crimes in Ukraine.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez

Mar 05, 2022, 8:19 AM EST

Russia's indiscriminate bombing of Ukraine will increase: US official

A senior U.S. official told ABC News on Saturday that they have no doubt Russia's indiscriminate bombing of Ukraine will increase in the coming days.

When asked how long they think Ukraine can hold out, the official said Ukrainian forces as a "whole" are degrading but are strong and growing as individuals or "partisans." At least 500 "fighters" from elsewhere crossed into Ukraine on Friday to join the fight against Russia, according to the official.

-ABC News' Martha Raddatz

Mar 05, 2022, 8:10 AM EST

Over 1.3 million refugees have fled Ukraine: UNHCR

More than 1.36 million people have been forced to flee Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24, according to the latest figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

More than 756,000 of the refugees from Ukraine are in neighboring Poland, UNHCR figures show.

PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard as children, teenagers and their parents carry their belongings to buses as they leave Kyiv's central children's hospital on March 5, 2022, for evacuation to Poland and Germany.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard as children, teenagers and their parents carry their belongings to buses as they leave Kyiv's central children's hospital on March 5, 2022, for evacuation to Poland and Germany, 10 days after Russia launched a military invasion on Ukraine.
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Mar 05, 2022, 7:37 AM EST

Russia's Aeroflot to suspend all international flights

Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot announced Saturday that it will temporarily suspend all international flights from March 8.

In a statement on its website, the airline cited "the occurrence of additional circumstances that impede the operation of flights."

"The cancellation also applies to international destinations in the schedule of Rossiya and Aurora airlines," Aeroflot said.

In this file photo taken on April 12, 2021, the logo of Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot is pictured on its tickets office in central Moscow.
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