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EU sanctions Putin oligarchs, spokesman
The European Union imposed sanctions on 26 prominent people, including top Kremlin-linked oligarchs and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman. The other influential who have been sanctioned are, Igor Sechin, head of state oil giant Rosneft, and Nikolay Tokarev, boss of pipeline mammoth Transneft.Mar 01, 2022 | 07:43AM IST
PM Modi chaired high-level meeting to review Operation Ganga
PM Modi chaired a high-level meeting, his second on Monday, to review the ongoing efforts under Operation Ganga to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine. The Prime Minister said that the entire government machinery is working round the clock to ensure that all Indian nationals there are safe and secure. He also said that India will help people from neighbouring countries and developing countries who are stranded in Ukraine and may seek assistance.Mar 01, 2022 | 07:36AM IST
PM Modi thanks Slovak Republic PM for assisting in evacuating Indians
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Eduard Heger, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, and thanked his Slovakian countrepart for the assistance provided by Slovak Republic in the evacuation of Indian citizens from Ukraine, and for permitting special evacuation flights from India. Notably, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has been deployed to Slovakia to oversee the evacuation efforts of Indian citizens.Mar 01, 2022 | 07:32AM IST
Operation Ganga: Ninth flight departs Bucharest for New Delhi with 218 Indian nationals
We will not rest till our fellow Indians are safe.
Ninth #OperationGanga flight departs Bucharest for New Delhi wi… t.co/bvwq7iwtRN— ANI (@ANI) Mar 1, 2022Mar 01, 2022 | 07:26AM IST
Consider no-fly zone for Russian aircraft, missiles: Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to West
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy appealed to the West to consider a no-fly zone for Russian missiles, planes, and helicopters after the bombardment of Kharkiv. Zelenskiy claimed that the Russian military had launched 56 rocket strikes and fired 113 cruise missiles since beginning its invasion of Ukraine on February 24.Mar 01, 2022 | 07:23AM IST
Russia used a vacuum bomb in its invasion: Ukraine envoy to US
Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, claimed that Russia used a vacuum bomb during its militray invasion. “They used the vacuum bomb today,” Markarova said after a meeting with lawmakers. “…The devastation that Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is large,” Markarova was quoted by Reuters as saying.Mar 01, 2022 | 07:07AM IST
Russia-Ukraine crisis: India calls for immediate cessation of violence
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti told a rare emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on Ukraine said that New Delhi is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and reiterated that his country advocates for immediate cessation of violence and end to hostilities.”My government firmly believes that there is no other choice but to return to the path of diplomacy,” Trimurthi said.Mar 01, 2022 | 06:58AM IST
US expels 12 Russian UN staff for ‘espionage activities’
The United States announced to expel 12 members of Russia’s UN mission from America for being “intelligence operatives”. Richard Mills, the US’s deputy ambassador to the UN, told a Security Council meeting that “Those diplomats that have been asked to leave the United States were engaged in activities that were not in accordance with their responsibilities and obligations as diplomats.”Mar 01, 2022 | 06:55AM IST
Russian shelling in Kharkiv: At least 11 killed
As the Russian military continues to shell Kharkiv, at least 11 civilians were reported to be killed. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24.Mar 01, 2022 | 06:52AM IST
At UN, Russia defends its military operation in Ukraine
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said that Moscow’s “special military operation” was launched in defence of two breakaway areas in eastern Ukraine was being misrepresented and further added that his country was “seeking to end the war” and it was Kyiv at fault.”Russian actions are being distorted and thwarted,” he said, adding that “The Russian Federation did not begin these hostilities that were unleashed by Ukraine against its own residents.”Mar 01, 2022 | 06:46AM IST
If Ukraine does not survive…international peace will not survive: Kyiv
Taking part in the UN General Assembly’s rare emergency session, Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya appealed to the international community tp help his country against Russia’s military invasion and stressed that “If Ukraine does not survive … international peace will not survive.”Mar 01, 2022 | 06:42AM IST
ICC agrees to open probe on ‘situation in Ukraine’
The International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan confirmed that he was launching a probe on the “situation in Ukraine” following Russia’s military invasion.”Today I wish to announce that I have decided to proceed with opening an investigation into the situation in Ukraine, as rapidly as possible,” Khan said in a statement.”I am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine” since 2014, he added.