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Zelenskyy said his govt is carefully considering a Russian demand of Ukrainian neutrality, a key point of contention as negotiators for both sides prepare for a fresh round of talks
Zelensky has also repeatedly stressed that Ukraine needs security guarantees of its own as part of any deal
The Russian military declared Friday that the "first stage of the operation" had been largely accomplished, allowing Russian troops to concentrate on their "top goal - the liberation of Donbas."
About 140,000 people had fled the city on the Sea of Azov before the Russian siege began and 150,000 have exited since then, leaving 170,000 still there
A spokesperson for the city mayor said about 90% of buildings in Mariupol had been damaged and about 40% had been destroyed
Even the devastating 11-year war in Syria, source of the world's biggest refugee crisis, didn't force out so many people so fast
Talks arranged after call between Erdogan and Putin; 160,000 people still trapped in Mariupol, says mayor
He said probably they thought it would be like Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014
Spot gold was down 1.2% at $1,934.61 per ounce, as of 0651 GMT. U.S. gold futures fell 1% at $1,935.00
CLOSING BELL: Bharti Airtel, up 4 per cent, was the top gainer on the Nifty50 index, followed by Coal India, Axis Bank, Eicher Motors, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, HUL,IndusInd Bank, and Power Grid
When the bombs started falling on Ukraine's Kyiv, Tatyana Zhuravliova had a horrible deja vu: she felt the same panic she suffered as a little girl when the Nazis were flying air attacks on Odesa.
Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine's military in the east in the hope of forcing Kyiv into surrendering part of the country's territory to possibly end the war.
Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon's devastating two-year economic collapse. Now, amid the Russia-Ukraine war, she finds herself struggling to put food on the table for her family of four.
Russia's war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons
Apple Inc is planning to cut the output of its iPhone and AirPods devices as the Ukraine crisis and looming inflation start to weigh on demand for consumer electronics, the Nikkei reported
U.S. oil exports have climbed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and barrels of domestic oil are instead being exported via the Gulf Coast, traders said
Japan will revise its foreign exchange law to prevent Russia from evading Western financial sanctions following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine through cryptocurrency assets, government officials said
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise.
As Moscow's invasion of Kyiv has entered its second month, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the world cannot let Russian President Vladimir Putin win in Ukraine because if he can get away with it
French FM Jean Yves Le Drian said "Mariupol is the new Aleppo", as he compared the largest Syrian city that witnessed some of the worst fighting to the besieged Ukrainian port city