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Russia attacks military base, Ukraine pushes for no-fly zone: 10 facts

March 14, 2022
Bharat Times

Ukraine war: UN agencies call for immediate ceasefire

new Delhi:
Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine are intensifying, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators preparing to talk again after both sides cited progress over the weekend.

Here are the top 10 updates to this big story

  1. The fourth round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia will take place today, with both sides applauding progress in the earlier round aimed at ending more than two weeks of fighting. In Belarus, three rounds of talks between the two sides focused mainly on humanitarian issues and some corridors were opened to avoid fighting for civilians.

  2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged NATO to impose a no-fly zone on his country. He warned that its member states would soon be attacked by Russian forces after an airstrike on a Ukrainian military base near the Polish border.

  3. US President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron in a call on Sunday underscored their commitment to hold Russia accountable for the attack on Ukraine, the White House said in a statement.

  4. Ukraine reported renewed airstrikes on an airport in the west, heavy shelling in Chernihiv northeast of the capital, and attacks on the southern city of Mykolaiv, where officials said nine people were killed. A Interior Ministry official said Ukrainian forces launched retaliatory strikes in the Mykolaiv and eastern Kharkiv regions.

  5. UN agencies called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the attacks on health professionals and facilities in Ukraine that have killed 12 people, describing them as acts of “unconscious cruelty”.

  6. Fighting rages in the Kyiv suburbs as Russian forces approach the capital. According to the Ukrainian president’s office, only the roads to the south are open and Kyiv is preparing to “relentlessly defend”.

  7. The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the Russian offensive launched by President Vladimir Putin on February 24 is now nearly 2.7 million, the United Nations said. More than half have gone to Poland.

  8. Pope Francis issued a heartfelt appeal for an end to the “genocide” and “unacceptable armed attack” in Ukraine, which Russia attacked last month. He condemned the “barbarism” of killing children and civilians, saying: “In the name of God … stop this massacre.”

  9. Energy officials in Kyiv said power had been restored at Ukraine’s retired Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was seized by Russian forces in the days before the invasion.

  10. An American journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday in the Kyiv border suburb of Irpin, which has seen some fierce fighting since Russia invaded Ukraine. The media outlet said 50-year-old video documentary maker Brent Renaud was working for Time Studios on a project about global refugee issues.