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Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a flurry of credit rating moves on Friday, with S&P lowering Russia's rating to 'junk' status, Moody's putting it on review for a downgrade to junk, and S&P and Fitch swiftly cutting Ukraine on default worries.

The Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix is cancelled as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.

Uefa is in discussions over ending a longstanding relationship with Gazprom, after confirming the men’s Champions League final has been moved to Paris

UPDATED 3: The White House, in call with reporters tonight, made very clear that it's actively making sure that the SWIFT move against Russia does NOT impact energy payments, using two potential paths | #OOTT #ONGT #Ukraine The below is from Biden administration senior official https://t.co/W6n2bkGKgH

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's president says country will join EU sanctions, including asset freezes, targeting Russia.

Sweden will send military aid to Ukraine 🇺🇦. It includes 5,000 anti-tank weapons, 5,000 helmets, 5,000 body shields and 135,000 field rations. It also includes 500 million SEK to the Ukrainian Armed Forces🇺🇦. The total support is almost 1,4 billion SEK.

Did you just pronounce it Kiev? https://t.co/gn4Z1izkCa

46-48: The Senate vote to invoke cloture on Roe v Wade codification fails. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) only Dem to vote no. As @sahilkapur noted, "It leaves Congress with no viable path to keeping abortion legal nationally if SCOTUS guts Roe." https://t.co/jDbMRPbfjn

NOW - Kamala Harris: "When folks vote they order what they want. And in this case, they got what they asked for." https://t.co/uIE4SM9NK1

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: "Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically that's wrong." https://t.co/EEA8vW252k

JUST IN - US closes airspace to all Russian aircraft: Biden

❝Russia had accepted when we asked to withdraw its request for warships not registered in its Black Sea fleet to pass through the Straits❞ ❝Turkiye has no intention of joining in international sanctions against Russia❞: Turkish Foreign Minister https://t.co/ao2dGdWlqf https://t.co/s8p6UCPvcf