Latest developments on Ukraine-Russia tensions after Russia launched military operation against Ukraine
Latest developments on Ukraine-Russia tensions after Russia launched military operation against Ukraine
India and China refrained from voting United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Ukraine. Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council and its president for this month, has vetoed the resolution. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Tirumurti said India is “deeply disturbed” by the situation in Ukraine and is “deeply concerned” about the welfare of Indian citizens and students there. “It is extremely regrettable that the path of diplomacy has been abandoned and we must return to it,” said Mr. Tirumurti.
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India has scored a round Evacuation of its citizens trapped in Ukraine, The first batch of Indian students left Chernivtsi in a bus for the Ukraine-Romania border. The Indian Embassy in Kiev announced that the evacuation was being organized in collaboration with the Indian Embassies in Romania, Hungary and Poland. Air India will start evacuation flights As for countries bordering Ukraine from Saturday, even the government has urged other airlines to join an “operation” to bring back Indians trying to flee the war-torn country.
Air India will operate each flight to Bucharest and Budapest as special government charter flights, the airline tweeted late Friday.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised his troops for their courage as they press their attack across Ukraine and land on Kiev.
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After Mr Putin declared war on Ukraine, world leaders have imposed sanctions against Russia. The conflict began to intensify on February 21, 2022, after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized separatist territory Deployed troops to eastern Ukraine and in a peacekeeping role.
Here are the latest updates:
Russia
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India
Air India plane leaves for Bucharest from Mumbai to rescue Indians stranded in Ukraine
An Air India plane left for Romania’s capital Bucharest on Saturday morning from Mumbai airport to rescue Indians stranded in Ukraine due to Russian military attack.
Senior government officials said the flight, AI1943, took off from Mumbai airport at around 3.40am and is expected to land at Bucharest airport at around 10am (Indian Standard Time).
He said Indian nationals arriving at Ukraine-Romania border by road are being taken by Indian government officials to Bucharest so that they can be evacuated by Air India flight.
Australia
Australia wants to join global move to ban Putin
Foreign Minister Maris Payne said on Saturday that Australia wants to join others in directly imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and has increased its punitive financial measures for members of Russia’s parliament and more oligarchs.
The United States, Canada, the European Union and Britain said they would impose sanctions on Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as Washington tries to increase pressure on Moscow after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“It’s an extraordinary step for leaders to approve, but it’s an extraordinary situation,” Mr Payne told a news conference, adding that the government was taking advice on how to follow other countries in the move. .
Ukraine
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister urges Apple to cut supply of products, services to Russia
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister on Friday urged Apple Inc’s top boss Tim Cook to cut supply of its products and block access to the App Store in Russia.
Mykhailo Fedorov, who is also Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, tweeted a copy of the letter sent to Mr Cook, calling on the iPhone maker to “stop supplying Apple services and products to the Russian Federation, including blocking access to the App Store”. was asked for.
Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
America
India-Russia ties different from Washington’s equation with Moscow: US
India’s ties with Russia are different from what the US shares with the latter, and that is fine, the Biden administration said, underlining that Washington calls on every country to leverage Moscow’s rules-based international order. Used to protect it.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US shares important interests and values with India. “We share important interests with India. We share important values with India. And we know that India’s relationship with Russia is different from our relationship with Russia. Of course, that’s fine,” Price told reporters at his daily news conference on Friday.
“India has a relationship with Russia that we certainly don’t have. India and Russia have a relationship, including in the defense and security sector, that we don’t. Certainly from countries that have the advantage of using that leverage in a constructive way,” he said in response to a question. -PTI
Ukraine
Ukraine says it shot down military plane
Ukraine’s military said it shot down a Russian military transport plane with paratroopers.
According to a statement from the Army General Staff, the IL-76 heavy transport aircraft was shot down near Vasilkiv, a town 40 kilometers south of Kiev. The Russian military has so far not commented on the incident, and the report could not be immediately verified. -ap
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