Ukraine President Zelenskyy underscored the soaring influence of India in the global perspective and stressed how "Everyone in the world recognises the significance and weight of India's role in global affairs".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused China of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine.
The Ministry of External Affairs announced the appointment of Ravi Shankar, a seasoned Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from the 1995 batch, as the upcoming Ambassador of India to Ukraine. Presently serving as an Additional Secretary in the MEA.
According to Russian sources, Putin has sought to freeze the war on the current frontlines but is frustrated by the West and the Ukrainian President for refusing talks. Russia currently controls 18 per cent of territory in Ukraine and has launched a new offensive targeting the Kharkiv region.
The latest military aid package for Ukraine includes 155mm artillery shells, precision aerial munitions and ground vehicles, as Kyiv faces a shortage of ammunition to counter Russian forces. Moscow launched 15 missiles that killed seven people in Kharkiv as its troops are gaining on the battlefield.
PM Modi has affirmed India's commitment to engaging in significant summits aimed at advancing the global agenda for peace, security, and development. He made this statement in reference to his invitations to attend both the G-7 meeting and the upcoming Ukraine peace summit next month.
Putin arrived in the Chinese capital to begin his two-day state visit that sends the world a message about his priorities and partnership with Xi. Russia has increasingly become economically dependent on China after the former's invasion of Ukraine amid Western sanctions.
This is Putin's first foreign trip since he began his fifth term as President and seeks to highlight the "no limits" partnership with China announced in 2022. China has backed Russia politically in the conflict in Ukraine and Putin is expected to push Xi for further support to Russia's war economy.
The United States is rushing ammunition, armoured vehicles, missiles and air defences to Ukraine to ensure their speedy delivery to the front line, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
The decision came as Russian forces were establishing positions inside the Ukrainian border town of Vovchansk in the northeastern Kharkiv region and fighting there was intense.
Showing off his guitar-playing skills, Blinken asserted that the US is fighting for a free Ukraine against Russia, and ultimately a free world. He arrived by train in Kyiv and was the first American official to visit the country after the US passed a $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine.
The arrest of General Yuri Kuznetsov signals a widening of the biggest government corruption scandal in years, two days after President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly removed Sergei Shoigu from the post of defence minister.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to welcome his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. This will be Putin's first foreign trip since he was sworn in as president and began his fifth term in office.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that the building had been damaged by fragments of a downed Tochka-U TRC missile. This was the second attack on Belgorod after the city came under fire on May 11.
Russia launched two cross-border attacks near Ukraine's Kharkiv region and pushed 1 km inside the border near Vovchansk, in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls a new wave of "counteroffensive actions". Zelenskyy warned that Russia was planning a major operation soon.
The arrests come after the CBI uncovered a significant trafficking operation orchestrated by travel agents. These agents promised Indian youths opportunities in Russia but instead forced them into the conflict zone by seizing their passports.
During their talks on Monday, Macron and Xi called for an immediate ceasefire of the Israel-Hamas war and a political settlement of the Iran nuclear issue. On Ukraine, Xi warned against using the crisis to stoke a "new Cold War".
Russia's tactical nuclear weapon drills are a response to statements from the West about sending troops to Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, an announcement Ukraine dismissed as evidence of Moscow's "desperation".
The US had been secretly shipping long-range missiles to Ukraine in recent weeks as the latter's war with Russia has almost reached a breaking point. The missiles were contained in a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that was approved by President Biden in March.
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