Russia-Ukraine War Updates: Ukraine confirms Russia’s capture of southern city Kherson

Russia-Ukraine War Day 8 Updates: Russian forces laid siege to two strategic Ukrainian seaports Wednesday and pressed their bombardment of the country’s second-biggest city, while the huge armoured column threatening Kyiv appeared stalled outside the capital. Moscow’s isolation deepened, meanwhile, when most of the world lined up against it at the United Nations to demand it withdraw from Ukraine. And the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into possible war crimes. The second round of talks aimed at ending the fighting was expected Thursday, but there appeared to be little common ground between the two sides. Russia reported its military casualties for the first time since the invasion began last week, saying nearly 500 of its troops have been killed and almost 1,600 wounded. Ukraine did not disclose its own military losses but said more than 2,000 civilians have died, a claim that could not be independently verified.

Canada stands with Ukraine: Justin Trudeau

Spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today. I applauded his leadership and the courage of Ukrainians. Volodymyr, Canada and the world stand with you – and call for an immediate end to President Putin’s illegal attacks that have resulted in the deaths of civilians: Justin Trudeau

Student gets warm welcome at Delhi airport

#WATCH An Indian student receives a warm welcome from her parents and relatives upon her safe return to the country from war-torn Ukraine, at Delhi airport pic.twitter.com/sFzMChARaG

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2022

Union Minister Ajay Bhatt welcomes evacuees

#WATCH Fourth IAF aircraft carrying Indians rescued from Ukraine arrives at Hindan airbase near Delhi; MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt interacts with the evacuees

I welcome you all on your safe return to our motherland… PM Modi himself is monitoring all developments, he says. pic.twitter.com/nxQ2X4z9m0

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2022

Govt taking care of every student returning from Ukraine: Minister

We are taking care of every student returning from Ukraine. Our four Union ministers are taking care of every aspect of evacuation operations in different neighboring countries of Ukraine. Operation Ganga is progressing successfully: MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt

Fourth IAF aircraft carrying Indians arrives at Hindan airbase

Fourth IAF aircraft carrying Indians rescued from Ukraine arrives at Hindan airbase near Delhi; MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt interacts with the evacuees I welcome you all on your safe return to our motherland… PM Modi himself is monitoring all developments, he says.

Finland, Sweden get letters from Putin

Finland and Sweden, which are not NATO members, have received letters from Putin demanding to provide security guarantees for Russia.

IAF’s 3 evacuation flights with 628 Indians land in Hindon airbase

The IAF’s three evacuation flights with 628 Indians from the Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary’s Budapest and Polish city Rzeszow landed at the Hindon airbase here in the early hours of Thursday, sources said. The Indian Air Force’s first flight carrying 200 people from Bucharest landed at 1.30 am and Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt welcomed them at the airbase, they noted. All three IAF flights were conducted using C-17 military transport aircraft, sources said. India has been evacuating its citizens through special flights from Ukraine’s western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive. The second evacuation flight of the IAF with 220 Indians from Budapest landed at the Hindon airbase on Thursday morning, sources mentioned. A little while after the second, the IAF’s third evacuation flight arrived at the airbase from Rzeszow with 208 Indians, they noted, adding the fourth flight is expected to arrive later in the morning. Four Union ministers have gone to Ukraine’s western neighbours to facilitate the evacuation of Indian nationals. Hardeep Singh Puri is in Hungary, Jyotiraditya Scindia is in Romania, Kiren Rijiju is in Slovakia and V K Singh is in Poland.

Ukraine’s most vulnerable among those fleeing Russia’s war

Some of the 1 million people who have fled Russia’s devastating war in Ukraine count among society’s most vulnerable, unable to decide on their own to flee and needing careful assistance to make the journey to safety. In the Hungarian town of Zahony on Wednesday, more than 200 Ukrainians with disabilities residents of two care homes in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv disembarked into the cold wind on a train station platform after an arduous escape from the violence gripping Ukraine. The refugees, many of them children, have serious mental and physical disabilities, and were evacuated from their care facilities once the Russian assault on the capital intensified.

MMBS student from Punjab’s Barnala dies of stroke in Ukraine

A 22-year-old student from Punjab’s Barnala district who had suffered an Ischemia stroke and was undergoing treatment for about a month died Wednesday in the war-hit Ukraine. Chandan Jindal was admitted at the Emergency Hospital Vinnytsia in Ukraine, official sources said. His family has requested the government to bring back his mortal remains. Jindal was studying at Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia.

India abstains again on Ukraine vote at UN; resolution censuring Russia passes with 141 votes

Proud to witness today’s historic, overwhelming vote in defense of Ukraine and the @UN Charter. 141 UN Member States have voted to #StandWithUkraine and hold Russia accountable. pic.twitter.com/xivMvpgY7y

— Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (@USAmbUN) March 2, 2022

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