Mar 14, 2022 02:20 AM IST
China to face consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions: US
China to face consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions, said US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, as quoted by The Kyiv Independent.
Sullivan is due to meet with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on March 14.
Mar 14, 2022 01:35 AM IST
In talks about further negotiation for Ukraine’s EU membership: Zelenskyy
Mar 14, 2022 12:14 AM IST
Ukraine restores power supply at Chernobyl nuclear plant
Ukraine restores power supply at Chornobyl power plant, controlled by the Russian forces, reported The Kyiv Independent quoting Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister.
Mar 13, 2022 11:52 PM IST
Russia claims to killing 180 ‘foreign mercenaries’ in Ukraine, says it ‘will continue to kill’
Russia claims it killed 180 ‘foreign mercenaries’ in missile strike on Yavoriv military training ground in western Ukraine. The Russian government added that it will continue to kill foreign nationals in Ukraine whom it considers mercenaries, reports The Kyiv Independent.
Mar 13, 2022 10:53 PM IST
Putin frustrated over how war progressed so far: US security advisor
US National security advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday said American intelligence is not at all surprised that Russian President Vladimir Putin is expanding his attack in Ukraine. “Vladimir Putin is frustrated by the fact that his forces are not making the kind of progress that he thought they would make against major cities, including (capital) Kyiv; that he is expanding the number of targets, that he is lashing out, and that he is trying to cause damage in every part of the country (reflects that),” Sullivan told CNN in an interview. Full report
Mar 13, 2022 10:22 PM IST
Is Vladimir Putin seriously ill? What UK media reported so far
As Russia is continuing its aggression on Ukraine, several UK media outlets have reported about the Russian President’s changed appearance and what might be behind that. Some also reported that Putin’s ‘volatile behaviour’ could be linked to the steroids he is taking to battle Parkinson’s. Full report
Mar 13, 2022 09:55 PM IST
Russia says it attacked Ukraine training facility, killed up to 180 ‘foreign mercenaries’
Russia said on Sunday it had attacked the Yavoriv training facility in western Ukraine, adding the strike had killed “up to 180 foreign mercenaries” and destroyed a large amount of weapons supplied by outside nations, reported Reuters
Defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov told a briefing that Russia would continue its attacks against what he called foreign mercenaries.
Mar 13, 2022 09:43 PM IST
Turkish president Erdogan, Greek PM meet over Ukraine
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks in Istanbul on Sunday, seeking a rapprochement between the neighbouring NATO members to the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Mar 13, 2022 09:03 PM IST
China faces consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions over Ukraine, says US
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is due to meet with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday, warned Beijing that it would “absolutely” face consequences if it helped Moscow evade sweeping sanctions over the war in Ukraine
Mar 13, 2022 08:32 PM IST
Nearly 2.7 million refugees fled Ukraine since Russian invasion: UN
The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the Russian invasion launched by President Vladimir Putin on February 24 is now nearly 2.7 million, the UN said on Sunday
Mar 13, 2022 08:23 PM IST
Ukraine’s Mariupol city says 2,187 residents killed since start of war
The city council of Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol said in a statement on Sunday that 2,187 city residents had been killed since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Reuters reported
Mar 13, 2022 07:56 PM IST
U.S., allies will continue to escalate pressure on Russia, says Biden’s NSA Sullivan
Russia’s expansion of attacks to new targets in Ukraine near the Polish border reflects its growing frustration about the pace of the invasion, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday
Mar 13, 2022 07:32 PM IST
Britons to get 350 pounds a month to open homes to Ukraine refugees
Britain will pay people to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion as the government moves to deflect anger over its response to the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two, news agency Reuters reported
Mar 13, 2022 06:43 PM IST
US journalist shot dead in Ukraine: medic, witnesses
US journalist shot dead in Ukraine: medic, witnesses, reports AFP. Full story here
Mar 13, 2022 06:35 PM IST
300 Nigerians who were in northeastern Ukraine now return home
Some 300 Nigerians who were in northeastern Ukraine have now returned home, the government said at the weekend, AFP reported. The evacuation brings to more than 1,300 the number of Nigerian citizens brought home from Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
Mar 13, 2022 06:25 PM IST
Thousands of Russians scramble to leave Thailand as sanctions hit
Thousands of Russian tourists in Thailand are struggling to find a route home, Thai officials said Sunday, as international sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine hit holiday-makers, AFP reported
Russia’s invasion in February provoked a host of international measures targetting businesses and banks, with some Russian carriers cancelling flights and global payment firms suspending services.
Mar 13, 2022 05:58 PM IST
Moscow accused of phosporous gas attacks in Donbas
A senior Ukrainian police officer has accused Russian forces of launching phosphorous bomb attacks in the eastern region of Lugansk. International law prohibits the use of white phosphorous shells in heavily populated civilian areas, but allows them in open spaces to be used as cover for troops, reports AFP
Mar 13, 2022 05:52 PM IST
More than 250 detained in Ukraine protests across Russia
Russia detained more than 250 people for protesting Moscow’s “military operation” in Ukraine Sunday, as the conflict continues for a third week. OVD-Info, which monitors arrests during protests, said police had detained 268 people during demonstrations in 23 Russian cities, Reuters reported
Mar 13, 2022 05:20 PM IST
Sanctions have frozen around $300 bln of Russian reserves, says Putin’s finance minister
Foreign sanctions have frozen around $300 billion out of $640 billion that Russia had in its gold and forex reserves, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with state TV aired on Sunday
Mar 13, 2022 04:55 PM IST
Bombings of children’s hospitals and civilian targets are barbaric, says Pope
Pope Francis says ‘unacceptable armed aggression’ against Ukraine must stop, adding that the bombings of children’s hospitals and civilian targets are barbaric
Mar 13, 2022 04:39 PM IST
Germany to take 2,500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova
Germany to take 2,500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova, reports Reuters
Germany to take 2,500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova, reports Reuters
Mar 13, 2022 04:27 PM IST
Turkey or Israel might mediate talks with Russia, says Ukrainian presidential adviser
Turkey or Israel might mediate talks with Russia, says Ukrainian presidential adviser
Mar 13, 2022 04:22 PM IST
UK says looking at using sanctioned oligarch properties for refugees
Britain is looking at whether it can use properties owned by sanctioned individuals in the country for humanitarian purposes, Reuters reported. “I want to explore an option which would allow us to use the homes and properties of sanctioned individuals for as long as they are sanctioned for humanitarian and other purposes,” housing minister Michael Gove told BBC Television, when asked if the homes of sanctioned oligarchs could be used to house Ukrainian refugees.
Mar 13, 2022 04:12 PM IST
Russian army imposes curfew, banns protests, arms in occupied cities in Ukraine, reports the Kyiv Independent
Russian army imposes curfew, banns protests, arms in occupied cities in Ukraine, reports the Kyiv Independent
Mar 13, 2022 04:02 PM IST
Death toll in the attack on military base in Lviv mounts to 35, says governor
Death toll in the attack on military base in Lviv mounts to 35, AFP quotes regional governor.
Mar 13, 2022 03:48 PM IST
Indian embassy in Ukraine to be ‘temporarily relocated in Poland,’ says government amid war
“In view of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Ukraine, including attacks in the western parts of the country, it has been decided that the Indian Embassy in Ukraine will be temporarily relocated in Poland. The situation will be reassessed in the light of further developments,” says the ministry of external affairs
Mar 13, 2022 03:44 PM IST
Nine killed by bombing in southern city of Mykolaiv
Nine killed by bombing in southern city of Mykolaiv, AFP quotes regional governor
Mar 13, 2022 03:43 PM IST
Bus carrying Ukrainians crashes in Italy, one dead
Bus carrying Ukrainians crashes in Italy, one dead, reports news agency AFP
Mar 13, 2022 03:33 PM IST
Europe’s 9/11 moment’: Ukraine envoy tweets videos from war-hit parts
More than two million people have already fled the Ukraine war yet Russia’s offensive, which has entered the third week, continues, Kyiv has said, reiterating that civilians are being targeted, and residential areas are witnessing shelling. Full story
Mar 13, 2022 02:48 PM IST
PM Modi discusses Ukraine crisis, global turmoil and border situation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review India’s security preparedness amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The prime minister was fully briefed on the situation in Ukraine and its global fallout, the position of the Russian and Ukrainian forces. He was also informed of the assessment whether the situation would escalate. Full report
Mar 13, 2022 02:10 PM IST
9 dead, 57 injured at Ukraine military base as Russia offensive continues, reports AFP
Ukraine says foreign instructors present at Lviv military base attacked by Russia. Full report
Mar 13, 2022 01:15 PM IST
Russia attacks western Ukraine’s biggest military base
Russia launched a missile attack, with no apparent casualties, on the biggest military base in western Ukraine, less than 25 km (15 miles) from the Polish border, local military officials said as per Reuters.
Mar 13, 2022 12:13 PM IST
Russia said to strike western Ukraine as Zelenskyy warns of desolation
Russian forces launched a missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the Polish border on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be the westernmost attack of the war, and air raid sirens again woke residents in the capital Kyiv, news agency Reuters reported.
“The occupiers launched an air strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security” in Yavoriv, the Lviv regional military administration said in a statement. “According to preliminary data, they fired eight missiles.”
Mar 13, 2022 11:01 AM IST
Kyiv is already effectively “under siege”, says Zelenskyy’s adviser
Russian forces advance ever closer to the capital from the north, west and northeast. Russian strikes also destroy an airport in the town of Vasylkiv, south of the city, AFP reported.
Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak says Kyiv is already effectively “under siege” as the army and volunteers prepare to defend the city, street by street.
Mar 13, 2022 10:20 AM IST
Moscow could attack US convoys carrying military equipment to Ukraine: Russian Minister
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow has warned the United States that Moscow could attack convoys carrying military equipment to Ukraine, calling them “legitimate targets,” news agency AP reported.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced additional aid to Ukraine of up to $200 million for weapons, military services, education and training.
Mar 13, 2022 10:17 AM IST
Ex-tennis pro Stakhovsky in Ukraine ‘with a gun in my hands’
About months after the last match of Sergiy Stakhovsky’s professional tennis career, the 36-year-old Ukrainian left his wife and three young children in Hungary and went back to his birthplace to help however he could during Russia’s invasion.
“I don’t have the words to describe it. I would never imagine in my life that it would come to this — that I would be in my home city … with a gun in my hands,” Stakhovsky said Saturday, rubbing his left cheek with his palm during a video interview with The Associated Press from what he said was a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine’s beleaguered capital.
Mar 13, 2022 08:14 AM IST
President Zelenskyy warns against ‘pseudo-republics’
Russia is trying to create new “pseudo-republics” in Ukraine to break his country apart, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address to the nation Saturday as per news agency AP.
Zelenskyy called on Ukraine’s regions, including Kherson, which was captured by Russian forces, not to repeat the experience of Donetsk and Luhansk. Pro-Russian separatists began fighting Ukrainian forces in those eastern regions in 2014.
Mar 13, 2022 07:39 AM IST
Air raid alerts across Ukraine as Russian aggression continues
Mar 13, 2022 06:37 AM IST
Ukraine’s gas reserves fall sharply; production, import continues
Ukraine’s gas reserves amount to 9.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) with production continuing at all facilities except at plants in areas where fighting is taking place, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said late on Saturday.
Imports continue from Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, Shmygal said in a video address.
Before Russia’s invasion, Ukraine consumed around 30 bcm of gas per year, producing 20 bcm and importing the remaining volumes from Europe.
Mar 13, 2022 05:51 AM IST
Britain will pay 350 pounds to people to open their home to Ukraine refugees
Britain will pay people to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion as the government moves to deflect anger over its response to the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two.
The new scheme called “Homes for Ukraine” will let refugees from the war come to Britain even if they do not have family ties, the government said on Sunday.
Britain will pay people 350 pounds ($456) a month if they can offer refugees a spare room or property for a minimum period of six months.
Mar 13, 2022 05:42 AM IST
New mayor installed in Ukraine’s Melitopol city after detention of its elected mayor
A new mayor has been appointed in Ukraine’s Melitopol city after the elected mayor was detained by the Russian forces, according to Zaporizhzhia regional administration. The elected mayor, Ivan Fedorov, was detained by Russian forces on Friday.