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@slakster @janusmyth JUST IN: #AirIndia 's AI 1947 enroute to #Kyiv to bring back Indians turns back mid-way after Ukraine closed its airspace to commercial aircraft, reports @jagritichandra #RussiaUkraineConflict

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra Correction: #India has special relationship with #Russia and New Delhi can play a more active role in controlling the situation. We urge PM Modi to immediately contact President Putin and our President Zelensky, says Ambassador Igor Polikha of #Ukraine. #RussiaUkraineConflict

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra #NATO ambassadors are to hold an emergency meeting this morning on Russia's attack on Ukraine, an alliance official told AFP.

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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra JUST IN: Visuals from #Kharkiv in #Ukraine. Russia's ambassador to the UN told an emergency Security Council meeting late on Wednesday that Moscow's military operation against #Ukraine was targeting "the junta" in power in #Kiyv . Follow live updates here: thehindu.com/news/internati…

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra Rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine asked #Moscow for military help against #Kiyv, the Kremlin announced late Wednesday. Here are top news developments till now on the #RussiaUkraineConflict
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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra #Putin says left with no choice but to defend #Russia from threats in #Ukraine. Follow live updates on the #RussiaUkraineConflict here: thehindu.com/news/internati…

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra #China, a close ally of #Russia, has called on all parties involved in the Ukrainian issue to exercise restraint and avoid taking any action that may aggravate tensions. #RussiaUkraineConflict
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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra U.S. President #JoeBiden spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky soon after #Russia launched an attack on #Ukraine, the White House said. thehindu.com/news/internati…

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra India’s Permanent Representative to the UN , T.S. Trimurti, said: “We call for an immediate de-escalation; situation is in danger of spiraling into a major crisis. If not handled carefully, it may undermine security. The security of all parties should be taken into account.”

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra Reports say five planes, one helicopter of Russian Armed Forces downed in #Luhansk region; Russia denies. Follow live updates on the #RussiaUkraineConflict here: thehindu.com/news/internati…

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra JUST IN: #India sending more Russian speaking officials to embassy in #Kyiv as well as countries neighbouring Ukraine to help in creating alternate evacuation routes for Indians in #Ukraine, says sources. | @janusmyth

@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra At least eight people killed, 9 wounded in Russian shelling: says Ukraine. #RussiaUkraineConflict
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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra Here are the top 10 developments on the #RussiaUkraineConflict so far:
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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra #Ukraine’s envoy to India urged the Ministry of External Affairs to activate high-level dialogue involving PM Modi and the leaders of Ukraine and #Russia. Photo: Reuters #RussiaUkraineConflict
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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra People waiting at the #Kyiv Airport. The embassy has asked Indian students stuck in Ukraine to refrain from going towards Kyiv and stay in their respective cities. Photo: Reuters
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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra Scenes from #Ukraine, even as the border guard said Russian military columns have crossed Ukrainian border into #Chernihiv, #Kharkiv and #Luhansk regions. Photos: Getty Images, AP, Reuters and AFP.

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@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra Update : At least eight people killed, 9 wounded in Russian shelling: says #Ukraine. #RussiaUkraineConflict

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JUST IN: Ambassador Polikha compares the crisis with Mahabharata, and says that the crisis solution dates back to antiquity. Urges India to play a role, reports @janusmyth

We are hoping for much more support from India. We are deeply dissatisfied with the Indian position. We are pleading for strong voice of India: Ambassador Polikha @janusmyth

UPDATE: Ministry of External Affairs runs 24X7 control room to offer assistance to stranded Indians. #RussiaUkraineConflict
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Watch | As the United Nations and the rest of the world scramble to put pressure on #Russia to cease the attack by threatening with sanctions and retaliation, Russian troops have entered the Ukrainian border. #RussiaUkraineConflict
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A Ukrainian presidential advisor says that Russian forces have launched an attack on #Ukraine from the north, east and south. The advisor, Mykhailo Podolyak, said “the Ukrainian military is fighting hard”. #RussiaUkraineConflict
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Watch | Security camera footage shows a line of Russian military vehicles crossing into #Ukraine from Russian-annexed #Crimea.
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A screen recording of flight tracking website FlightRadar24 shows aircraft diverting around Ukraine, February 24, 2022 in this still image taken from video. | Photo Credit: Reuters

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“We are still in #Kyiv and were woken up by a loud blast 15 minutes back from the Boryspil airport side,” said Baroon Varma, an Indian student in the city, through a message on the social media.

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Adviser to Ukraine’s President says about 40 people have been killed so far in Russian attack on the country, reports AP.

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The Ukrainian Premier League suspended operations saying that the suspension was due to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to impose martial law. #RussiaUkraineConflict
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An adviser to Ukraine’s president says about 40 people have been killed so far in the Russian attack on the country. He didn’t specify whether the casualties included civilians.

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“We are deploying additional defensive land and air forces to the eastern part of the alliance, as well as additional maritime assets,” #NATO ambassadors said. Photo: AFP
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#Ukraine’s president says his country has cut diplomatic ties with #Russia after it was attacked. Photo: Reuters

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#NATO agreed at emergency talks on Thursday to further beef up its land, sea and air forces on its eastern flank near Ukraine and Russia after President #VladimirPutin ordered a military offensive in Ukraine.
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#Poland has raised the level of readiness of some military units due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, its ministry of defence said on Thursday.
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Thursday signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in the Baltic country in response to Russia’s military attack on Ukraine.
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Eighteen people died on Thursday in an air strike on a military base near #Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of #Odessa, the local administration said.
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#NATO chief #JensStoltenberg said that the alliance had no intention to send forces into Ukraine after Russia invaded its pro-Western neighbour.
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A Ukrainian military plane was shot down on Thursday and five people were killed, Ukrainian police and the state emergency service said, as its armed forces sought to defend against a massive Russian military operation.
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Ukrainian police said Russia had carried out 203 attacks since the beginning of the day, with fighting going on almost everywhere throughout Ukraine’s territory.
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United States President #JoeBiden was meeting with G7 allies to hammer out a raft of new sanctions against #Russia after it invaded #Ukraine, and will later speak to the American people on a crisis that he warns will cause “catastrophic loss of life.”
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The #EuropeanUnion summoned the Russian ambassador to the EU to convey its “strongest condemnation” of the attack on #Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy service said in a statement.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said #Kyiv's forces were fighting invading Russian troops for control of the #Chernobyl plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
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Just in | Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla begins briefing on #Ukraine: PM has conveyed to Cabinet Committee on Security that topmost priority for is the safe evacuation of Indian citizens and students, reports @suhasinih
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EAM S. Jaishankar is speaking to his counterparts in #Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovak Republic which have land borders with #Ukraine, as well as #EU High Rep and UK Foreign Secy today.
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FS on UNSC resolution criticizing #Russia actions: We have seen a draft resolution, but it will undergo some changes, can't say what position we will take right now.
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FS Shringla denies that the government delayed plans for evacuation, says the Indian Embassy in #Ukraine issued advisories, facilitated those wishing to leave, but many students were not keen to leave studies.
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FS Shringla says Govt is in touch with Ukrainian officials including the #Ukraine Ambassador but "we have not been told of any disappointment"- in response to Ukraine Ambassador briefing.
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FS: all options for evacuation are being explored, we are looking at both commercial and military planes to be used.
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#G7 leaders have strongly condemned #Russia's attack on #Ukraine. The German government, put out a joint statement after a virtual leaders’ meeting, vowing to bring “forward severe and coordinated economic and financial sanctions.”
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Just in | PM #NarendraModi speaks to Russian President #VladimirPutin about #Ukraine crisis, reports @suhasinih
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PM Modi sensitized Putin about concerns over safety of Indians, attaching highest priority to their safe exit: PMO.
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