Russia-Ukraine updates: US sanctions Russian military shipbuilder, diamond miner

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Last Updated: April 8, 2022, 4:34 AM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation” into Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with troops crossing the border from Belarus and Russia. Moscow's forces have since been met with “stiff resistance” from Ukrainians, according to U.S. officials.

Russian forces retreated last week from the Kyiv suburbs, leaving behind a trail of destruction. After graphic images emerged of civilians lying dead in the streets of Bucha, U.S. and European officials accused Russian troops of committing war crimes.

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Mar 15, 2022, 3:30 PM EDT

Fox News cameraman, producer killed in Ukraine

Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski has been killed in Ukraine, according to Fox News.

PHOTO: Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, left, poses with colleagues at the Kyiv Intercontinental Hotel, in an undated photo courtesy of the Fox News network.
Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, left, poses with colleagues at the Kyiv Intercontinental Hotel, in an undated photo courtesy of the Fox News network. Zakrzewski was killed and his colleague Benjamin Hall was wounded when their vehicle was struck March 14, 2022, by incoming fire in Horenka, outside of Kyiv in Ukraine.
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Zakrzewski, 55, was newsgathering with correspondent Benjamin Hall on Monday in Horenka, outside of Kyiv, when their vehicle was hit by incoming fire, the network said.

Hall was injured and hospitalized in unknown condition.

"Pierre jumped in to help out with all sorts of roles in the field - photographer, engineer, editor and producer and he did it all under immense pressure and with tremendous skill," a statement from Fox News PR said. "He was a professional, he was a journalist, and he was a friend. We here at the Fox News Channel want to offer our deepest condolences to Pierre’s wife, Michelle, and his entire family."

Ukrainian producer and fixer, 24-year-old Oleksandra Kuvshynova, who was working for Fox News during the war, was also killed in the shelling, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Oleksandra "Sasha" Kuvshynova alongside Trey Yingst and Pierre Zakrzewski in this undated photo provided by Fox News.
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Kuvshynova was described by her colleagues as "hard-working, funny, kind and brave."

"Her dream was to connect with people around the world and tell their stories and she fulfilled that through her journalism," Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement on her death sent to staff Tuesday.

Mar 15, 2022, 1:42 PM EDT

Refugee numbers reach 3 million

Over 3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine, according to Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

A girl holds her sibling in a temporary shelter for Ukrainian refugees in a school in Przemysl, near the Ukrainian-Polish border, March 14, 2022.
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Over 1.5 million of those refugees are children, according to UNICEF spokesperson James Elder.

Mar 15, 2022, 1:16 PM EDT

NATO leaders including Biden to meet March 24

NATO leaders will meet on March 24 to address the Russian invasion, NATO's "strong support for Ukraine, and further strengthening NATO's deterrence and defence," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg tweeted.

President Joe Biden will travel to Brussels next week to attend the NATO leaders summit, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.

"He will also join a scheduled European Council summit to discuss our shared concerns about Ukraine, including transatlantic efforts to impose economic costs on Russia, provide humanitarian support to those affected by the violence and address other challenges related to the conflict," Psaki said.

-ABC News' Conor Finnegan

Mar 15, 2022, 1:05 PM EDT

Russian TV anti-war protester fined and released

Anti-war protester Marina Ovsyannikova has been fined and released after crashing a Russian state news broadcast.

She told reporters she was interrogated for more than 14 hours and said she'd provide more comments on Wednesday.

Marina Ovsyannikova, the editor at the state broadcaster Channel One, speaks to the media as she leaves the Ostankinsky District Court after being fined for 30,000 rubles ($280, 247 euros) for breaching protest laws in Moscow, March 15, 2022.
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-ABC News' Patrick Reevell

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