Russia pounds Kyiv suburbs * Israel won’t be ’route to bypass’ sanctions, eases refugee cap * ToI in Ukraine: Angels & uncertainty * Israel-US talk after Iran missile hit

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, March 14, 2022 [Pregnant woman injured in shelling of Ukrainian maternity ward dies, baby stillborn]( By [MSTYSLAV CHERNOV]( [Medics in Russian-besieged city of Mariupol says mother cried out ‘kill me now’ as she realized she was losing her child, died shortly after]( [Talks resume as Russia pounds Kyiv suburbs; apartment building hit in airstrike]( By [Dmitry Zaks and Dave Clark]( [Zelensky warns NATO will be attacked next as Russian offensive aims westward]( By [Ionut Iordachescu and Dave Clark]( Live updates [LIVE: Russia won’t rule out taking ‘full control’ of major Ukraine cities as talks resume]( By [TOI staff]( [2 dead after artillery slams into residential building, intercepted missile fragments land in Kyiv street; talks underway between Moscow, Kyiv via video link]( [Lapid vows Israel won’t be a ‘route to bypass’ sanctions on Russia]( By [TOI staff]( [Visiting Slovakia, FM says government ministries, financial institutions and Bank of Israel coordinating on matter; condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine]( [Plane belonging to oligarch Abramovich reportedly lands in Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Ukrainian FM reportedly agrees to speak with Lapid after weeklong snub]( By [TOI staff]( Double standard [J’lem takes down Old City projection of Ukraine, Russia flags after criticsm]( By [TOI staff]( [Display calling for peace summit removed following criticism that it disregarded Russia’s initiating the conflict; city says it would be happy to host Moscow-Kyiv ceasefire talks]( [Zelensky chief of staff lauds Israel’s ‘brave’ mediation efforts, new refugee rules]( By [TOI staff]( [Ukraine said to ask Yad Vashem to host rally addressed by Zelensky]( By [TOI staff]( [Facing blistering criticism, Israel eases limit on entry of Ukrainian refugees]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Interior Minister Shaked announces new policy exempting refugees with relatives in Israel from entry quota, but says ‘we cannot open our gates to everyone’]( [Bennett: Ukrainian refugees with relatives in Israel can stay until situation calms]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel to significantly shorten entry process for would-be immigrants from Ukraine]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Reporter's notebook [My journeys in and out of Ukraine, the angels who help, the uncertainty at the end]( By [Lazar Berman]( [ToI’s Lazar Berman describes his travels around the war zone, details the nightmare refugees are experiencing, and finds that even Israeli diplomacy only goes so far]( [Russia claims to kill ‘180 foreign mercenaries’ in strike on western Ukraine]( By [Agencies]( [Training facility is westernmost target struck during 18-day invasion; airstrikes from Mariupol to Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Kyiv continue to terrorize fleeing civilians]( [US officials fear frustrated Putin, angry at Ukraine war failures, ready to escalate]( By [NOMAAN MERCHANT]( [US national security adviser says Putin is ‘lashing out,’ could use bioweapons]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Mar. 14: Welcome to Israel, Ukrainian Jews. Now face the rabbinate]( By [TOI staff]( [News editor Amy Spiro breaks down Ukrainian refugee caps and personal status conflicts; Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman updates us on the controversial Citizenship Law]( [Rejecting state’s request, High Court to hear petition against Israeli refugee cap]( By [TOI staff]( [Lapid: Israel has moral duty to let in more non-Jews; ‘unforgivable’ airport scenes]( By [TOI staff]( [Population authority chief suggests initial cap on Ukraine refugees was a mistake]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Efraim Halevy]( [Ukraine crisis sharpens Israel’s existential need for conversion reform]( [The state’s survival depends on solidifying its Jewish majority, and only the Knesset, not the Chief Rabbinate, has the authority to set conversion policy]( [Power knocked out at Chernobyl nuclear disaster site hours after it was restored]( By [Agencies]( [Ukrainian officials say Russian forces damaged supply lines needed to prevent radiation leaks; state power company to attempt another repair]( [Moscow threatens Western firms with arrests, seizures over sanctions — report]( By [AFP]( [Large protests against Russian invasion of Ukraine in Berlin, other European cities]( By [Agencies]( Top Ops [Steven Greenberg]( [Purim as a Jewish ’National Coming Out Day’]( [The Esther story celebrates the outing of nearly every one of its characters, assuring LGBTQ youth that the Jewish tradition recognizes their experience]( [Yossi Kletzki]( [In Moldova, helping refugees in crisis, I broke Shabbat for the very first time]( [To procure the thousands of healthy, hot meals that would feed the arriving Ukrainians, I found myself, a Haredi Jew, shopping and cooking on the Sabbath]( Obituary [Brent Renaud, journalist killed in Ukraine, was an acclaimed filmmaker and producer]( By [PAMELA SAMPSON]( [Arkansas native was gathering material for report about refugees when he was gunned down by Russian soldiers near Kyiv]( [Red Cross chief: Ukraine war ‘nothing short of a nightmare,’ cannot continue]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Russia asking China for military equipment, US says ahead of meeting]( By [AAMER MADHANI and Josh Boak]( [Expert warns polio’s return could shatter Israel’s public health image, hurt tourism]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [There’s still only one clinical case and two other positive tests, but Prof. Nadav Davidovitch says situation is serious as virus can dodge elimination by spreading at small scale]( [COVID reproduction number rising steadily in Israel in recent weeks]( By [Amy Spiro]( Reporter's notebook [With Haredi volunteers, an Israeli entrepreneur, 28, rescues Jewish refugees in Lviv]( By [Lazar Berman]( [With rabbis and diplomats gone, ZAKA medics and tech businessman Guy Amar feed, shelter and transport hundreds of fleeing Ukrainians every day]( [CRM]( [Israel said barring Ethiopian Christian pilgrims from country, for fear they’ll stay]( By [TOI staff]( [In letter cited by Israeli TV, immigration authorities tell tourism agencies not to let groups because of concerns they won’t return home due to ongoing civil war]( [Israel’s deputy army chief, other top commanders arrive in US for security talks]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Herzi Halevi and senior IDF commanders to hold meetings at Pentagon; trip comes after Iran launched missiles on what it claimed was an Israeli ‘strategic center’ in Iraqi Kurdistan]( [Israel, UAE said pressing US for security guarantees from Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Iranian FM to visit Moscow for nuclear talks amid Russian sanctions demands]( By [AFP]( [Netanyahu says it’s ‘absurd’ Iran nuclear talks ongoing after Erbil attack]( By [Amy Spiro]( [In English and Hebrew video messages, former PM claims world powers are close to signing ‘a nuclear agreement that will give the ayatollahs a nuclear arsenal’]( [US State Department denounces ‘outrageous’ Iranian missile attack on Iraq’s Erbil]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Iraqi PM, Kurdish officials inspect Erbil site hit by Iranian missiles]( By [Agencies]( Interview [A taste of bygone Americana, ‘The Automat’ dishes out nostalgia with a cherry on top]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Director Lisa Hurwitz’s documentary about a once-beloved restaurant chain is the comfort foodie film we’re craving]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Newspaper in NSO storm: Deputy AG who probed claims of police spying failed at task]( By [TOI staff]( [Ousted Sudanese envoy to US warns Israel against backing coup in his country]( By [TOI staff]( [Children’s Purim parties brought forward by a day as snowy weather forecast]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Actor Moshe Ivgy released early after 5 months behind bars]( By [TOI staff]( [Volvo taps Israeli tech startup for automated inspection systems in US]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Visiting Washington, Shin Bet head warns of Ramadan flare-up with Palestinians]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Moroccan national carrier launches direct Israeli flights, following pandemic delay]( By [AFP]( [Man suspected of trying to kill wife with jumper cable]( By [TOI staff]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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