- Russia-Ukraine war: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian troops are now building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast after withdrawing from the north and center of the country as he also urged Ukrainians not to let up.
Updated on Apr 01, 2022 02:23 PM IST
The war between Russia and Ukraine has entered its sixth week. Early Friday, a Ukrainian government agency – responsible for the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nunclear power plant – said the last Russian troops have left the nuclear plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his nighttime video address to the nation, said that Russian troops are now building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast after withdrawing from the north and center of the country as he also urged Ukrainians not to let up. “We know their intentions. We know what they are planning and what they are doing,” Zelenskyy said. “We know that they are moving away from those areas where we hit them in order to focus on other, very important ones where it may be difficult for us”.
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest.
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Apr 01, 2022 02:21 PM IST
Red Cross concerned Mariupol evacuation may not happen
The Red Cross said it was “not yet clear” that the evacuation of civilians from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol would go ahead as planned on Friday, as quoted by AFP.
“We remain hopeful, we are in action moving towards Mariupol… but it’s not yet clear that this will happen today,” Ewan Watson, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, told reporters in Geneva, as an ICRC team of three cars and nine staff headed towards the city.
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Apr 01, 2022 01:30 PM IST
West likes to reduce any meaningful international issue to Ukraine crisis: Russia FM
Lavrov said that the “western colleagues like to reduce any meaningful international issue to the crisis in Ukraine”.
“We do not fight anything and we appreciated that India is taking this situation in the entirety of effect and not just one-sided way,” he added.
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Apr 01, 2022 01:15 PM IST
Russia foreign minister Lavrov, Jaishankar hold bilateral talks in Delhi
External affairs minister S Jaishankar said that the bilateral relations between India and Russia have continued to grow in many areas, underlining that the meeting is taking place in a difficult international environment quite apart from the pandemic.
“India has always been in favour of resolving disputes through diplomacy,” Jaishankar added.
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Apr 01, 2022 01:00 PM IST
Russia eases some curbs on transferring money abroad
Russia’s central bank said it was easing restrictions on foreign fund transfers for individuals for a six-month period.
“Within a calendar month, individuals have the right to transfer no more than 10,000 U.S. dollars or the equivalent in another currency from the Russian Federation from their account in a Russian bank to their account or to another person abroad,” the bank said in a statement.
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Apr 01, 2022 11:12 AM IST
UK says Ukraine has retaken villages of Sloboda, Lukashivka
Ukrainian forces have retaken the villages of Sloboda and Lukashivka, British military intelligence said on Friday. The villages are located along main supply routes between the city and Kyiv.
“Ukraine has also continued to make successful but limited counter attacks to the east and north east of Kyiv,” Britain’s Ministry of Defence said.
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Apr 01, 2022 10:01 AM IST
Fuel storage unit on fire in Russian city near Ukrainian border
A fire broke out at a fuel storage facility in Belgorod, a Russian city located close to the Ukrainian border, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said, two days after the province was rocked by blasts at an arms depot.
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Apr 01, 2022 08:43 AM IST
Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere
More than a month after taking over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Russian troops handed its control back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early on Friday, according to Ukrainian authorities.
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Apr 01, 2022 07:44 AM IST
Peace talks to resume today
Russia and Ukraine are to resume peace talks online on April 1, a senior Ukrainian official told Reuters.
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Apr 01, 2022 06:38 AM IST
Don’t throw Russia out of G20, aid group says, with eye on food crisis
Excluding Russia from the Group of 20 major economies and other international institutions could slow efforts to address a worsening global food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, the head of German aid group Welthungerhilfe (WHH) told Reuters. Read more
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Apr 01, 2022 06:16 AM IST
European Parliament leader says visiting Kyiv
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has said she is on her way to Ukraine, making her the first EU leader to visit the war-torn country, reports AFP.
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Apr 01, 2022 06:04 AM IST
Pentagon: Weapons shipments arrive in Ukraine
The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16.
As Imran Khan’s options fade, Pak summons US envoy over ‘threatening letter’
The US State Department rubbished the claims made by embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan over Washington’s role in an alleged “foreign conspiracy” to oust him from power.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 01:23 PM IST
Premium Conversations | Decoding the Indian-American story with Ro Khanna
- Congressman Khanna spoke to HT about his roots, the pitfalls of Big Tech, the India-US relationship, the success of Indian-Americans, the future of the Democratic Party, and his political ambitions.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 01:11 PM IST
Ukraine war: Canada calls for exclusion of Russia from G20 meet
While Canada has imposed sanctions upon the Russian leadership, including its President Vladimir Putin, the West may find it more difficult to remove him from the G20 summit in Bali under Indonesia’s presidency.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 01:03 PM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Toronto
Silicon Valley Congressman bats for tax on digital firms to support local journalism
Ro Khanna, who has recently authored a book, Dignity in the Digital Age: Making Tech Work For All, added that January 6, the rise of QAnon and misinformation about public health have woken up tech companies, the blinders are off in Silicon Valley, and there is ‘almost’ a desire for regulation.
Updated on Apr 01, 2022 11:51 AM IST
Prashant Jha | Washington
Sri Lanka crisis: 45 arrested after night of violence leaves at least 10 injured
Sri Lanka news: Colombo has $51 billion in foreign debts, of which $4 billion is due this year – and the crisis has led to soaring fuel and food prices and shortage of essential commodities.
Updated on Apr 01, 2022 11:25 AM IST
Critical of Indian silence on Russia, US Congressman supports deeper India-US ties
Ro Khanna argued that that the US was not asking India to cut off all its oil imports or defence ties, but censure Vladimir Putin, and this should be an ‘easy call’ for India since it had never entertained territorial expansionist ambitions itself.
Updated on Apr 01, 2022 10:53 AM IST
Prashant Jha I Washington
Sri Lankan security forces deployed in Colombo after night of violence
- The South Asian nation of 22 million people is facing widespread shortages of essential goods and sharp price rises, weighed down by enormous debt.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 10:22 AM IST
Sri Lanka: One person ‘severely injured’ as police fire tear gas at protesters
Sri Lanka has huge debt obligations and dwindling foreign reserves, and its struggle to pay for imports has caused the shortages.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 09:51 AM IST
Biden says Putin may have fired some advisers or put them under house arrest
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said it is dangerous if Putin is misled about the reality of the war. Obviously, the US does not want them to do well in the war, Kirby said.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 08:44 AM IST
Ten injured in Sri Lanka protests, security forces ‘fire into crowd’: 10 updates
- The protests heated up on Thursday after hundreds of protesters tried to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the capital Colombo, demanding his resignation.
Updated on Apr 01, 2022 09:44 AM IST
To Imran Khan’s ‘I have everything’, ex-wife Reham Khan’s reply
Imran Khan’s ex-wife Reham khan Reply: Imran Khan’s ex-wife Reham Khan said Pakistan was a great place when Imran Khan was not the prime minister, reacting to Imran Khan’s address to the nation.
Updated on Apr 01, 2022 06:50 AM IST
Don’t throw Russia out of G20, aid group says, with eye on food crisis
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February is driving food prices sharply higher across the world and triggering shortages of staple crops in parts of central Asia, the Middle East and north Africa, according to United Nations officials.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 06:33 AM IST
Police offered to arrest Will Smith, Oscars producer reveals behind the scenes
- During theAcademy Awards event, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about the appearance of the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Published on Apr 01, 2022 06:22 AM IST