Russia Ukraine War Updates: Zelensky says Ukraine must accept fact that it won't join NATO

Russia will be forced to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights because of its withdrawal from the Council of Europe, said MP Slutsky.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Canadians Tuesday to imagine bombs landing in their communities as he urged the Canadian Parliament and government to exert greater economic and military pressure on Russia.

Zelenskyy asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and lawmakers for help to enact a no-fly zone over the Ukraine.

“Justin, can you imagine you and your children hearing all these severe explosions, the bombing of the airport, the bombing of the Ottawa airport?” Zelenskyy said.

“Cruise missiles are falling down and your children are asking you What happened?'”

Speaking by video from Ukraine to a packed House of Commons chamber, Zelenskyy said the Russian war on his country is designed to annihilate Ukraine and subjugate its people.

Turkish foreign minister to visit Russia and Ukraine this week, says President Erdogan amid war.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with the stakeholders of 'Operation Ganga', under which about 23,000 Indian citizens and 147 foreign nationals belonging to 18 countries were evacuated from war-torn Ukraine.

During the interaction, representatives of the Indian community and private sector in Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary narrated their experiences of being part of Operation Ganga, the challenges they faced, and expressed their sense of satisfaction and honour at having contributed to such a complex humanitarian operation.

The European Union in new set of sanctions against Russia has banned the exports of champagne, luxury cars, apparel.

97 children killed since the start of Ukraine war, Ukrainian President Zelensky told Canadian Parliament, AFP reports.

Russia has sanctioned US President Joe Biden and several top US officials, AFP reports.

Pierre Zakrzewski, a news cameraman with Fox News has died in the outskirts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv when he was working with the correspondent Benjamin Hall and an incoming fire hit their vehicle, says the network.

Three Indians stranded in Kherson, Ukraine have been evacuated via Simferopol and Moscow. They boarded their flight from Moscow a short while ago. Embassy of India in Russia facilitated their transit and accommodation en route: MEA

Kyiv says Ukraine-Russia conflict talks resume

Zelensky says Ukraine must accept fact that it won't join NATO

The International Organisation for Migration says more than 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded, reports AP.

Two missiles hit the Dnipro airport on the night of March 15, destroying a runway and damaging a terminal, according to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko.

China on Tuesday said its stance on the Ukraine conflict is “completely objective, impartial and constructive,” and repeated accusations the U.S. is spreading misinformation over reports Beijing has responded positively to a Russian request for military supplies. Beijing has refused to criticize Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, or even to refer to the conflict as a “war”. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian's comments came after U.S. adviser Jake Sullivan and senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi met in Rome on Monday, with the Biden administration increasingly concerned that China is using the Ukraine war to advance Beijing's long-term interest in its competition with the United States.

The new EU sanctions include a ban on any deals with certain Russian state-owned enterprises. The EU will also prohibit European rating agencies from assigning ratings to Russia and Russian companies said the European Commission.

19 people have been killed, and 9 others injured in Russia’s attack on TV tower in Rivne. According to Rivne Oblast Governor Vitalii Koval, there might be more victims, as the rescuers are still working at the scene. The strike happened on March 14 in Rivne,

The leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are travelling to Ukraine's capital Tuesday on a European Union mission to show support for the country as Russia's forces move closer to Kyiv. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said in a tweet: “The aim of the visit is to express the European Union's unequivocal support for Ukraine and its freedom and independence.

A series of Russian strikes hit a residential neighbourhood of Ukraine's capital on Tuesday, igniting a huge fire and frantic rescue effort in a 15-story Kyiv apartment building. At least one person was killed and others remain trapped inside.

Russia's share of arm imports to India fell from 69 per cent in 2012-17 to 46 per cent in 2017-21, according to a report released on Monday by Stockholm-based defence think-tank SIPRI. Russia started a war against Ukraine on February 24, which led the US and other western countries to impose extremely harsh economic sanctions on the country.

Polish, Czech, Slovenian PMs visiting Kyiv on Tuesday, says a statement.

With the Russia-Ukraine crisis in foresight, the US and Europe fear that Chinese President Xi Jinping will take the opportunity to attack Taiwan.
The start of Russia's "military operation" last month has pushed Taiwan to the forefront of geopolitics again. While the western countries are afraid that Taiwan will face the same situation as Ukraine, the leaders of both the country (Taiwan and China) insisted that Taiwan and Ukraine are not on the same platform, American editorial magazine National Review reported.

Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about a damaged power line at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), now external power supply has been restored, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said. "Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today that efforts were continuing to resume external electricity supplies to the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), a day after Ukrainian specialist teams repaired one of two damaged power lines connecting the site to the grid, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said," the IAEA said in a statement.

Women and girls pay the highest price in all crises and conflicts from Myanmar and Afghanistan to the Sahel and Haiti, and “the horrifying war in Ukraine now joins that list,” the head of the U.N.women's agency said Monday. Undersecretary-General Sima Bahous told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women's annual meeting that with every passing day the war is damaging the lives, hopes and futures of Ukrainian women and girls.

A medical student from Andaman and Nicobar Islands has returned home from war-torn Ukraine, officials said on Tuesday. Swetha Dam, a resident of Port Blair, was stranded on the Sumy State University campus for 14 days.

The Defence of Ukraine said "Since the beginning of the open war of the Russian Federation against the state, 45 air targets of the enemy have been destroyed by means of air defense of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine".

Power supply renewed to Ukraine's Chernobyl plant, reported Ukraine TV.

Loud explosions heard in centre of Ukraine capital Kyiv, reported AFP

Russia has fired over 900 missiles against Ukraine. The announcement was made by a senior U.S. Department of Defense official during a closed-door briefing on March 14.

A Russian missile attack that killed at least 35 people in western Ukraine, some 15 miles from NATO member Poland, has stirred anxiety and spurred Poles to rush to passport offices and stockpile essentials amid fears the war could cut off supplies, or even spill over into Poland. A long line of applicants, unseen for decades, formed Monday outside Warsaw’s main passport office on Krucza Street. Canned food, bottled water, flashlights and batteries filled shoppers’ baskets. People in the street talked of the latest news and their worries for the future.

Mariupol City Council has confirmed that around 2,357 people in the city have died as a result of Russian war as of March 14, and that all other estimates are false.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations will continue Tuesday. Speaking in a video address, Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian delegation did good work during Monday’s talks. He didn’t provide further details.

Russia has requested both military and financial assistance from China amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Citing sources, CNN reported that among the assistance Russia requested was pre-packaged, non-perishable military food kits, known in the US as "meal, ready-to-eat" or MREs. Earlier, it was reported that Russia has asked China for military assistance including drones, to support its invasion of Ukraine, a top US official cited by CNN broadcaster said.

The United States sanctioned Russian National Guard Director Viktor Zolotov, Military Technical Cooperation Director Dmitry Shugaev, and Rosoboronexport Director General Alexander Mikheev, along with eight deputy defense ministers, over the situation in Ukraine, the State Department said in a press release.

United Nations has "deep concerns" on China's alignment with Russia at present time, a US official said, adding that the national security adviser was directed about those concerns and the potential implications and consequences of certain actions. "We do have deep concerns about China's alignment with Russia at this time, and the national security adviser was direct about those concerns and the potential implications and consequences of certain actions," the official said.

The United Nations chief has warned that Russia's war on Ukraine is holding “a sword of Damocles” over the global economy, especially poor developing countries that face skyrocketing food, fuel and fertiliser prices and are now seeing their breadbasket “being bombed.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters on Monday that “Russia and Ukraine represent more than half of the world's supply of sunflower oil and about 30 per cent of the world's wheat” and that “grain prices have already exceeded those at the start of the Arab Spring and the food riots of 2007-2008.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that 20 people have been killed while 28 were injured by a missile launched by the Ukrainian troops. According to the military, the attack occurred in a residential neighborhood in Donetsk with a Tochka-U tactical missile.

The prices of edible oil are soaring as the import of sunflower oil from Ukraine and Russia has stopped amid the ongoing war between the two countries. Kanhaiya Lal Gujrathi, Director, Poona Merchant's Chamber, told ANI, "The oil prices have increased by around Rs 300 to Rs 400 per 15 kg container. There is a shortage of oil in the market as the import has stopped totally."

NASA on Monday, March 14 insisted that tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on International Space Station operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month, reported AFP. 

The European Aviation Safety Agency has stopped certificates for Russian airlines. Without them, they have no access to flights over EU countries.

As the war between Moscow and Kyiv rages on, India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, R Ravindra on Monday said that New Delhi has been consistent in calling for an immediate end to all hostilities in Ukraine. While addressing a UNSC briefing, Ravindra said our Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) has repeatedly called for an urgent ceasefire and that there is no other path left but of dialogue and diplomacy.

According to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, 100 Russian soldiers were killed and six vehicles were destroyed. Russia tried to break through Ukrainian defenses in Donetsk Oblast to no avail, the army reports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has extended martial law in the country for another 30 days. 

Japan has imposed sanctions on 17 individuals from Russia. Among them are State Duma deputies, Renova group owner Viktor Vekselberg and Yuri Kovalchuk's relatives.