Russia Ukraine War Updates: Russian forces seize control of southern Ukrainian city Kherson
Rights groups and observers say Russia is using cluster bombs in its invasion of Ukraine, a charge Moscow denies. If confirmed, deployment of the weapon, especially in crowded civilian areas, would usher in new humanitarian concerns in the conflict, Europe’s largest ground war in generations.
Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombarding the central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest city and Kyiv’s main TV tower in what the country’s president called a blatant campaign of terror. “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed after the bloodshed on the square in Kharkiv. Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed in the attack on the TV tower, which is a couple of miles from central Kyiv and a short walk from numerous apartment buildings. A TV control room and power substation were hit, and at least some Ukrainian channels briefly stopped broadcasting, officials said. At the same time, a 40-mile (64-kilometer) convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced slowly on Kyiv, the capital city of nearly 3 million people, in what the West feared was a bid by Russian President Vladimir Putin to topple the government and install a Kremlin-friendly regime. The invading forces also pressed their assault on other towns and cities, including the strategic ports of Odesa and Mariupol in the south.
6 flights departed for India in last 24 hours: Jaishankar
Six flights under India’s evacuation mission ‘Operation Ganga’ have departed for India in the last 24 hours, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. India launched the evacuation mission under which the Indians from Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovakia are being brought back home after they exited Ukraine through its land border crossings. Jaishankar said the flights that departed for India in the last 24 hours included the first one from Poland. In the last few days, Indian evacuation flights were operating from Romanian capital Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest.
American Express ends cooperation with Russian banks
American Express announces that it is ending cooperation with sanctioned Russian banks. Russia has stepped up shelling of Ukraine on Wednesday which is the seventh day of the war.
Ukrainian city of Kherson falls to Russia
Russian forces have reportedly seized control of Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, as Moscow stepped up assaults on Day 7 of the invasion. However, there has been no word from local officials.
Russia Ukraine War: China, Ukraine FMs hold phone talks
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation at request with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday.
Kuleba briefed Wang about the first round of Ukraine-Russia talks, saying that the end of the fighting is the top priority for Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported.
Ukraine stays open to a negotiated settlement to the current issue and treats the talks with Russia with positive sincerity, said Kuleba, adding that despite current difficulties, the Ukrainian side remains calm and willing to push forward the talks.
Russia Ukraine War: Russian paratroopers attack military medical center in Ukraine
Russian paratroopers landed in Kharkiv and attacked one of the city’s military medical centers, Ukrainian forces are repelling the attack
Russia Ukraine War: Russian-led ISSF bans shooters from Russia, Belarus
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has banned shooters from Russia and Belarus from all its events owing to the invasion of Ukraine that has triggered global outrage.
The decision came even as a World Cup takes place in Cairo, Egypt where Russian shooters were competing till Tuesday. The statement from ISSF now indicates that they may no longer be able to continue in the event.
“Following the respective decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board and a meeting with the IOC President, the ISSF decided that athletes from the Russian Federation and Belarus will not be allowed to take part in ISSF Championships,” the ISSF said.
“This decision entered into force at 16.00 CET (8.30pm IST) on March 1, 2022 and is valid until upon further notice,” it added.
Russia Ukraine War: Visuals of Indian Air Force’s C-17 transport aircraft carrying humanitarian assistance
#WATCH | Visuals of Indian Air Force’s C-17 transport aircraft carrying humanitarian assistance. The aircraft left for Romania at 4 am this morning pic.twitter.com/Rz90ysVUtf
— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2022
News Credit: India TV News
