| March 03, 2022   Russia's troops have taken "complete control" of Ukraine's port city of Kherson, a spokesperson for Moscow's defence ministry has claimed. Kherson is the first major city to be taken by Russia since the beginning of the invasion.
Its mayor, Igor Kolykhaev, said that Russian troops had forced their way into the city council building and imposed a curfew on residents.
As a result of the fighting, one million people have fled Ukraine so far, the UN refugee agency said. The UK's ministry of defence have also said that the Russian advance on the capital Kyiv has been delayed by "staunch Ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdown and congestion".
They said that the column remains more than 30km from the centre of the city.
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The Big Question  Why is Nato reluctant to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine? Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called on the West to declare and enforce a "no-fly zone" over its airspace to block the Russian Air Force from attacking its cities during the present invasion.
Such a measure would effectively render Russia's huge military superiority in the air null and void but would require extensive policing, presumably by planes belonging to the Western allies representing Nato.
The military alliance is refusing to countenance the idea. This is why.
NUMBER OF THE DAY 500 Nearly 500 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war in Ukraine, Moscow's defence chiefs say.
QUOTE OF THE DAY "Each of the 30 stones in the sarsen circle represents a day within a month, itself divided into three weeks each of 10 days." – The Stonehenge monument served as an ancient solar calendar, researchers claim. Professor Timothy Darvill concluded the site was designed as a calendar based on a solar year of 365.25 days, helping people keep track of the days, weeks and months.
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One million Ukrainian refugees flee as Kherson falls to Russian troops
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