Among the strategic sites captured on the first day of the assault was the Chernobyl nuclear power station north of Kyiv, where staff still oversee the plant, though no reactors are in operation 36 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident.

Ukraine is one of the top three buyers of oil from Azerbaijan. The country imported about 337,000 tonnes of crude from Azerbaijan for $196 million in January 2022.

The project will widen the roads using low-maintenance concrete pavement and improve their condition to substantially reduce travel time and vehicle operating costs.

The United Kingdom is ready to guarantee loans of up to $500 million to support Ukraine and mitigate the economic consequences of Russian aggression. Italy is ready to allocate 110 million euros.

The rate on access operations to provide liquidity was raised to 14.5 percent from 11.25 percent and the rate on access operations to withdraw liquidity - to 12.5 percent from 9.25 percent.

Western countries denounced the Russian incursion, launched as the U.N. Security Council was debating the prospect of intervention, and pledged to introduce tough punitive measures on the Kremlin.