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Meanwhile, the West is imposing new sanctions on Russia in order to isolate it from the international financial system and to "make it harder for it to finance the war machine."

"Deadly weapon" arrives in Ukraine tomorrow

"Developments in recent days, in which a peaceful Ukraine was unjustifiably attacked by Putin, have caused anxiety and compassion for the Ukrainian people. That is why the Bulgarian government has decided to send humanitarian and military-logistical aid to Ukraine.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said Russia's military operation into Ukraine has turned into a war and Turkey will act accordingly over its straits in line with the Montreux Convention.

"We have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said that Ukraine had agreed to hold talks.

An aid campaign has been launched by the Ukrainian Embassy in Ankara after Russia's attack on the country and a total of $10,800, along with 900,000 Turkish Liras, were collected as of late Feb. 26, a statement from the embassy said.

"This money will be used to strengthen the Ukrainian army and the defense of our country, down to the last penny," the embassy tweeted.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has decided to send defensive military equipment and humanitarian aid to Ukraine following an emergency meeting that he chaired this morning with Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Konstantinos Floros.

Poland's Iga Swiatek swept aside Anett Kontaveit in the Qatar Open final on Feb. 26 and dedicated her victory to "the people who are suffering in Ukraine."

Former French Open champion Swiatek, seeded seven, needed just over an hour to see off the fourth-seeded Estonian.

Russia spent upwards of $50 billion to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, then concocted the most elaborate doping scheme in history, all to cement its standing as a global sports superpower.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Moscow's offer to start peace negotiations in Belarus, instead, pointing at Istanbul, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest or Baku for talks.

"Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku. We proposed all of them," Zelensky said on Feb. 27 in an address posted online.

Bulgaria can provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Parliament Speaker Nikola Minchev told Nova TV today. According to the budget, there is a reserve for financing such operations.