Russia-Ukraine War: More than 677,000 people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion.New Delhi: Russian forces launch a massive strike on local government headquarters in the centre of Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, killing at least 10 people.Another apparent Russian airstrike on Kyiv’s main television tower in the capital city’s centre killed five, knocking down state broadcasting.Residents in Kyiv dig in as satellite images show a Russian military column dozens of miles long bearing down on the city.In a phone call to US President Joe Biden Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that it is important to stop “aggressor” Russia “as soon as possible’.Zelensky also asked the EU to “prove” it is with Ukraine by accepting it as a member, in a video address to the European Parliament.”Without you, Ukraine is going to be alone,” he says.More than 677,000 people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, the UN’s refugee agency says, with the number rising rapidly.
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Catholic charity Caritas Poland said it will take in 2,000 children from Ukrainian orphanages, with the first group of 300 arriving on Wednesday.”Our eastern neighbours are talking about a humanitarian catastrophe that is approaching fast,” Caritas Poland director Marcin Izycki told PAP.”We have decided to respond to the crisis in Ukraine and provide shelter to the most vulnerable in our country,” he said on Tuesday.The children will come mainly from orphanages in eastern Ukraine, which has been worst affected by Russia’s assault on the country.Russia-Ukraine War: Moscow Threatens To Block Russian-Language Wikipedia Over Invasion Article
Russian authorities have threatened to block Wikipedia’s Russian-language site over an article that mentions deaths among Ukrainian civilians as well as the Russian forces that have entered Ukraine, Russian Wikipedia said on Tuesday. In a tweet, it posted a picture of a notification from the Russian communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, informing it of a threat from state prosecutors to block the site over a Russian-language article titled “Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)”.Russia-Ukraine War: Boeing Suspends Operations In Russia Amid Backlash Over Ukraine Invasion American aviation giant Boeing on Tuesday announced it was suspending its support for Russian airlines and its operations in Moscow amid a growing backlash to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”We have suspended major operations in Moscow and temporarily closed our office in Kyiv,” the Ukrainian capital, a Boeing spokesperson said.Ukraine Crisis: Venezuela Assures “Strong Support” To Russia In rare backing for Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday assured Vladimir Putin of his “strong support” in a telephone call, according to a Kremlin statement.In the call initiated by Caracas, the Venezuelan leader also condemned “destabilizing actions of the United States and NATO” and spoke out against a Western campaign of “lies and disinformation,” it said.