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Consider Ukrainian students as war victims, urges doctors body

The National Medical Forum has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to consider those medical students who have been evacuated from Ukraine as war victims.

PM Modi, Japan counterpart hold talks on global and regional issues

EAM Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the agenda of the summit talks between Modi and Kishida included multifaceted bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues of mutual interest

Putin 'in better shape than ever', says Belarus President

Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the notion that Putin, who is 69, was not at the height of his powers

Ukraine says lost access to Sea of Azov as Russia tightens grip on Mariupol

Ukraine's defence ministry acknowledged on Friday it had 'temporarily' lost access to the Azov Sea, a strategic link with the Black Sea

Ukraine President Zelensky warns war will cost Russia for generations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces are blockading his country's largest cities to wear the population down into submission

Russia uses hypersonic missiles in strike on Ukraine arms depot

Russia's Interfax news agency said it was the first time Russia had deployed the hypersonic Kinzhal system since it sent its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24

Clearing live ordnance will take years: Ukrainian Interior Minister

Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky says it will take years to defuse the unexploded ordnance once the Russian invasion is over.

Battered but not broken: How trade is responding to Russia-Ukraine war

Russia's first McDonald's store in opened in 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a potent symbol that the Cold War was ending and a great ideological wound healing.

Over 30 settlements in Kyiv region 'liberated': Ukraine President Zelensky

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that since Moscow started its invasion of his country on February 24, more than 30 settlements in the Kiev region has been "liberated"

Zelenskyy calls for restoring territorial integrity, justice for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a video saying that he wants a serious conversation with Moscow as "the time has come to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine"

Zelenskyy urges 'meaningful negotiations on peace' with Russia

As Moscow's war on Kiev entered the 24th day on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged "meaningful negotiations on peace" with Russia.

Russian President Putin rallies behind troops while lethal fire rains down

As Russian troops rained lethal fire on Ukrainian cities, Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally to lavish praise on his Russian forces

Russian cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue

Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, colors that appeared to match the Ukrainian flag

6.5 million people displaced inside Ukraine due to Russian invasion

Amid escalating war between Russia and Ukraine, the UN migration agency on Friday (local time) estimated that nearly 6.5 million people have now been displaced inside Ukraine.

Zelensky warns Russia of 'high price' of conflict with Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia will pay a "high price" for its conflict with Ukraine, the presidential press service said

Ukraine war: CAS upholds FIFA ban on Russian football teams

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday rejected the request filed by the Football Union of Russia (FUR) to stay on the suspension of all Russian teams and clubs

Putin, Macron discuss situation in war-torn Ukraine over phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine during a telephone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Ukraine says it'll take years to defuse mines after Russian invasion

Ukraine's interior minister said Friday that it will take years to defuse unexploded ordnances after the Russian invasion. Speaking to The Associated Press in the besieged Ukrainian capital, Denys Monastyrsky said that the country will need Western assistance to cope with the massive task once the war is over. A huge number of shells and mines have been fired at Ukraine and a large part haven't exploded, they remain under the rubble and pose a real threat, Monastyrsky said. It will take years, not months, to defuse them. In addition to the unexploded Russian ordnances, the Ukrainian troops also have planted land mines at bridges, airports and other key infrastructure to prevent Russians from using them. We won't be able to remove the mines from all that territory, so I asked our international partners and colleagues from the European Union and the United States to prepare groups of experts to demine the areas of combat and facilities that came under shelling, Monastyrsky told the .

Russia central bank flags 'inevitable' surge in inflation: Report

The central bank board met on rates after raising the key rate from 9.5 per cent on Feb 28 to 20 per cent

Russian gas flows to Europe through Nord Stream 1 pipeline decline

Flows to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline across the Baltic Sea were at 58,954,743 kWh/h on Thursday morning, data from the pipeline operator company showed.