The latest development came as Moscow launched air strikes on Kyiv and the western Ukrainian region of Lviv on Sunday, officials said, prompting neighbouring Poland's armed forces to activate aircraft to ensure airspace safety near the border.
Residents of Kyiv were woken up by loud explosions around 5 am as the missiles arrived at roughly the same time from different directions, said Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Administration.
PM Modi also assured President Zelenskyy of strengthening the relations between India and Ukraine besides promising support for peace and bringing an early end to the ongoing conflict.
The details were independently confirmed by four other sources, who also spoke on condition of anonymity. Another of the sources said Putin's trip to China would probably take place in the second half of May.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kuleba is expected to seek India's support for a peace summit that is being planned in Switzerland within the next couple of months.
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would need to think about who it could talk to about the possibility of peace in Ukraine, suggesting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was not an option. Watch to know more!
The 71-year-old Russian leader faces three token rivals from Kremlin-friendly parties who have refrained from any criticism of his 24-year rule or his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
The final day will test the strength of the country's opposition, which called for all its supporters to vote at the same time at noon, in an action dubbed "Noon Against Putin."
Hundreds of Nepali citizens are reported fighting for the Russians against Ukraine. A small number of Nepali citizens are serving in the Ukrainian Army, too, but both conflicting nations have not shared the details with the government of Nepal.
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow is scheduled to hold Presidential elections from March 15-17. In charge of all the levers of state, incumbent Vladimir Putin, 71, is expected to easily win a landslide victory and another six-year term.
Putin said the nuclear war scenario was not "rushing up" as of now and there was no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. He said that if the US sent troops to Ukraine, Moscow would consider it as an intervention, and reiterated that Russia is ready for negotiations.
The announcement is set to come as Poland’s president and prime minister meets President Joe Biden at the White House later on Tuesday to talk about ways to bolster support for Ukraine.
The IL-76 aircraft was captured descending toward the ground with one of its engines on fire. Other footage showed a column of black smoke rising from the crash site.
Pope Francis has said that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.
Regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has always condemned civilian killings and called for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. In a major statement, PM Modi told President Putin that "this is not the era of war".
A new trend has emerged in which social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X are being used where scamsters offer attractive jobs abroad and arrange student visas to send our youths promising them lakhs of rupees as monthly wages.
Sweden has stayed out of military alliances for more than 200 years and long ruled out seeking NATO membership. But after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it ditched its longstanding policy of nonalignment almost overnight and decided to apply to join the alliance.
Citing officials, the news agency reported that the investigating agency has conducted a massive search operation in at least seven cities in connection with a human trafficking network taking Indians to the Russia-Ukraine war zone.
The protesters burned tyres and threw firecrackers outside PM Donald Tusk's office in the Polish capital as they protested against food imports from Ukraine and the EU's plan on climate change. Police used tear gas, pepper sprays and stun grenades to quell the protest in Warsaw.
"We have learnt about the tragic death of an Indian national Shri Mohammed Asfan. We are in touch with the family and Russian authorities," the Indian Embassy in Russia wrote on X.
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