Russia-Ukraine updates: US to ban Russian carriers from its airspace

Biden will announce the news in his State of the Union address, a source said.

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

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

Russians moving from Belarus towards Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, don't appear to have advanced closer towards the city since coming within about 20 miles, although smaller advanced groups have been fighting gun battles with Ukrainian forces inside the capital since at least Friday.

Russia has been met by sanctions from the U.S., Canada and countries throughout Europe, targeting Russia's economy and Putin himself.

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Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Mar 01, 2022, 11:43 AM EST

136 civilian deaths reported

A spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said 136 civilians have been killed in Ukraine, including 13 children.

Emergency personnel carry a body out of the damaged local city hall of Kharkiv, March 1, 2022, destroyed by Russian shelling.
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Another 400 Ukrainian civilians have been wounded, spokesperson Liz Throssell said.

A destroyed bridge near the town of Bucha in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.
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Mar 01, 2022, 11:14 AM EST

US, allies agree to release of 60 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves

The 31 countries on the International Energy Agency's Governing Board have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their 1.5 billion barrels of emergency reserves "to send a unified and strong message to global oil markets that there will be no shortfall in supplies as a result of Russia’s invasion," the IEA said in a statement.

Half of this release -- 30 million barrels -- will come from the U.S. strategic reserve, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.

Russia is the biggest oil exporter on the globe and the third-largest producer, the IEA said.

Mar 01, 2022, 10:56 AM EST

677,000 people have fled Ukraine

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said the number of Ukrainians who've fled their country has climbed to 677,000.

A man carries a baby as people struggle on stairways after a last minute change of the departure platform for a Lviv bound train in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022.
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Hundreds of beds are placed inside a sports hall to accommodate Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian invasion at the border crossing town of Medyka, Poland, March 1, 2022.
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Mar 01, 2022, 10:16 AM EST

Western officials walk out during Lavrov remarks

Diplomats from Western countries were seen on video walking out in protest as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council and Conference on Disarmament.

The meeting was held Tuesday in Geneva and Lavrov gave his address via video.

The Human Rights Council has faced criticism for years for including human rights abusers, including Russia. In a prerecorded video to the council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken questioned whether Russia should be allowed to keep its seat.

"One can reasonably ask whether a U.N. member state that tries to take over another U.N. member state -- while committing horrific human rights abuses and causing massive humanitarian suffering -- should be allowed to remain on this council," he said.

Ambassadors and diplomats leave the room while Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses with a pre-recorded video message the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, March 1, 2022.
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Ambassadors and diplomats leave the room while Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses with a pre-recorded video message the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, March 1, 2022.
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Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses an empty room at Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, after diplomats staged a walkout, March 1, 2022.
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Blinken accused Russia of hitting civilian targets like schools, hospitals, residential buildings, critical infrastructure, and cars, buses, and ambulances -- including the "monstrous rocket strikes" on an apartment complex in Kharkiv.

"Reports of Russia's human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law mount by the hour," he said.

"These are the human rights abuses this council was created to stop. If we cannot come together now, when will we come together?" he asked.

-ABC News' Fergal Gallagher, Conor Finnegan

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