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Vladimir Putin discusses Ukraine crisis over phone with Macron, Scholz

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and urged them to influence the Kiev authorities to stop "criminal acts"

Russians strike near Ukraine's Kyiv, block aid convoy; port city reels

Russian forces pounded the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, shelling its downtown as residents hid in an iconic mosque and elsewhere to avoid the explosions

New mayor installed in Ukraine's Melitopol after Russia detains elected one

A new mayor has been appointed in Ukraine's Melitopol city after the elected mayor was detained by the Russian forces, according to Zaporizhzhia regional administration.The elected mayor, Ivan Fedorov, was detained by Russian forces on Friday.Galina Danilchenko, the newly installed mayor was introduced on local TV, CNN reported citing the statement published on the Zaporizhzhia regional administration website.The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has posted a hard-hitting statement on its Facebook account that calls the detention of the Melitopol mayor a "war crime."Foreign ministry further urged the international community to react immediately to this incident and also to increase pressure on Russia to end its barbaric war against the Ukrainian people," the statement said."The fact of the abduction of the Mayor of Melitopol, along with hundreds of other facts of war crimes by Russian occupiers on the Ukrainian soil, are being carefully documented by law enforcement agencies. The ...

US authorizes $200 million for additional arms, equipment to Ukraine

US President Joe Biden authorized $200 million for additional arms and equipment to Ukraine, White House said on Saturday (local time).

Air raid alerts added by Google for Android phone users in Ukraine

American tech giant Google will now be adding Air Strike alerts for its Ukrainian Android users amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis.According to GSM Arena, this update comes as part of Google's Play Services and reportedly, the company is enabling it at the request of the Ukrainian government.The feature is supposed to be supplemental to the already existing raid alert systems. The company's VP of Engineering said that Google has used the same low-latency system that it uses for detecting earthquakes.Earlier, shortly after the Russian military operation in Ukraine commenced, the company had announced that it would disable some of its Google Maps features in Ukraine such as traffic information and crowd data. Their argument was that the data could be used as military intelligence.

Moscow Stock Exchange will not resume trading next week: Russian bank

The Russian Central Bank has said that it will not resume trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange in the equity market during the week of March 14 in wake of the ongoing war in Ukraine.Via its website, the Bank of Russia also said that the foreign currency market will reopen at 10 am (local time) (2 am ET) on Monday, and commodity trading will also resume then, CNN reported.As for stock market operations during the week of March 21, the central bank indicated that it will make an announcement at a later date.The exchange has been closed since Russia launched its military operations in Ukraine. The United States, European Union and other Western allies imposed sanctions and the Russian ruble plunged to record lows against the US dollar.

Russia plans to take full control of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant: IAEA

Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that Russia plans to take full and permanent control of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant under Rosatom management, Director General said

West's unrelenting sanctions will accelerate Russia's economic downfall

Even before Ukraine invasion, Russia's economic capabilities were hardly capable of sustaining an empire

Ukraine says Russia shot at evacuation convoy, killing 7 including a child

Ukrainian defence ministry on Sunday said that Russians fired at a convoy that was evacuating women and children in the Kyiv region, killing seven people including one child."Russians shot at a column of women and children in Kyiv region, who were trying to evacuate along a previously agreed "green" corridor. The result of this brutal act - seven dead. One of them is a child," the Ukrainian defence ministry said in a Tweet.Media outlet The Kyiv Independent reported that the attack took place on March 11 as a column of women and children was leaving the village Peremoha in Kyiv Oblast, using the approved corridor.Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba today said that Russians are trying to organize a sham separatist "referendum" in Kherson, mimicking what they did in eastern Ukraine and Crimea in 2014."Following 2014 playbook, Russians now desperately try to organize a sham ...

Russia's action in Ukraine threatens democracy across Europe: Kamala Harris

US Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the unity between the US and its NATO and European allies and warned that Russia's military operations in Ukraine pose a threat to all democracies.

Will impose individual retaliatory sanctions against West soon: Russia

Russia will publish individual sanctions against the West in the near future, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday.

'Ready to negotiate with Russia', says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Amid escalating war between Moscow and Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his readiness to enter into negotiations with Russia in Jerusalem.

Covid pandemic, Russia-Ukraine conflict impacting export: Tea industry body

A body of tea planters on Saturday said exports of the commodity will be adversely impacted due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The shipment of Indian tea has already been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the geopolitical situation after Russia's invasion of Ukraine would aggravate it further, Tea Association of India (TAI) president Ajay Jalan said. The payment issue with Iran, one of the largest importers of Indian tea, is also another challenge for tea exporters, he said. Addressing the 35th biennial general meeting of TAI, Assam Branch, Jalan said, "I stand before you at a critical juncture when the world is witnessing a major war in Europe wherein the Western countries have swiftly introduced draconian economic measures." The volume of India's tea export to countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including Russia, is 58-65 million kgs, he said, adding that "the war is bound to affect trade in this region". Coupled with the fact that India has an ongoing .

LIVE: Ukraine says Russian forces kill seven civilians in evacuation convoy

The Ukrainian intelligence service said the seven, including one child, were killed as they fled the village of Peremoha and that ''the occupiers forced the remnants of the column to turn back'

France says Putin is not ready to end Ukraine war, fighting rages

Putin did not show a willingness to end a war with Ukraine during a call on Saturday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a French presidency official said

Ukraine crisis: Zelensky open for talks with Putin in Israel

Putin has ignored numerous previous offers of talks from Zelensky

Indian students look for newer destinations to study medical education

Countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Spain, Germany, Kyrgyzstan and the UK, among others, may gain popularity amid Ukraine crisis, says an expert

Biden authorises $200 mn in new weapons, military training for Ukraine

The aid is part of broader US support in the form of aid and sanctions

Ukraine crisis: Zelensky demands release of Melitopol mayor

He said that Ukraine expects the leaders of the world to show how they can influence the liberation (of) a man who personifies Ukrainians who do not give up

Ukraine crisis: Tata Steel seeks alternative to Russian coal

The steelmaker used to buy 10-15 per cent of its coal requirements from Russia for use in pulverised coal injection, Tata Steel Managing Director said