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Ukraine strike on Russian territory reported as talks resume

The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said an airstrike on Russian soil by a pair of helicopter gunships caused fires and wounded two people

India in a divided world: Keeping old friendships and cultivating new ones

The question for India, as a middle or swing power with long-term external dependencies for energy and military hardware, is how to not let old friendships come in the way of new ones, notes T N Ninan

Russia to extend space station participation till 2030, says NASA

According to the NASA's budget estimates, the ISS, launched in 1998, will be "de-orbited" in January 2031

Ready to supply to India any goods that it wants to buy from Russia: Lavrov

Will intensify efforts to bypass dollar-based payment system, says Russian Foreign Minister

Russians leave Chernobyl; Ukraine braces for renewed attacks

Ukraine's state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl came after soldiers received significant doses of radiation

Russians leave contaminated Chernobyl; Ukraine braces for renewed attacks

Russian troops left the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear site early Friday after returning control to the Ukrainians, authorities said.

Russia trying to regroup, resupply, reinforce in Ukraine, says NATO

NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia is "trying to regroup, resupply and reinforce" its offensive in eastern Ukraine's separatist Donbas region.

Ukraine war: Russians leaving Chernobyl after radiation exposure

Russian forces seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the Feb. 24 invasion, raising fears that they would cause damage or disruption that could spread radiation.

Putin tells Europe: Pay in roubles or we'll cut off your gas supplies

Putin's decree on Thursday leaves Europe facing the prospect of losing more than a third of its gas supply.

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to hold talks with EAM Jaishankar today

Lavrov arrived in India on Thursday. This is the first trip of Lavrov to India since Moscow launched a "special military operation" in Ukraine on February 24.

US not seeking to change India-Russia ties: Ned Price on Lavrov's visit

Price made these remarks amid Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to India. He is expected to meet and hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today.

'No clear evidence' that Putin is scaling back military operations: Biden

The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing

Biden threatens biggest emergency oil reserve draw, Brent slips over 5%

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that 'unfriendly' countries, including all EU members, will need to set up ruble accounts to pay for gas deliveries from April

Around 40-50 Indians still in Ukraine, only few willing to return: Govt

The Ukrainian authorities had shut down the country's airspace for civilian aircraft after the Russian attack on February 24

Ukraine crisis: President Zelensky takes aim at imports of Russian diamonds

Zelenskyy's video address at the parliament elicited a long round of warm applause, but Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo reiterated the Western stance that NATO is not a party in the war

Russian regulator plans to fine Google over Ukraine war videos

Russia's communications regulator may fine Google over its failure to remove certain "illegal" videos related to Ukraine invasion on the YouTube platform

UK spy chief says Russian soldiers disobeying orders in Ukraine

Demoralised Russian soldiers in the Ukraine were refusing to carry out orders and sabotaging their own equipment and had accidentally shot down their own aircraft, a UK intelligence chief said

India to allow Russia to invest, borrow from domestic market: Report

Amid mounting sanctions on Russia for launching military operations in Ukraine, India in line with its old ties and friendly relations will allow Moscow to invest and borrow in the domestic market.

Ukrainian president Zelenskyy says defence is at a 'turning point'

Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv and intensified attacks in other parts of the country Wednesday

Satellite modems nexus of worst cyberattack of Ukraine invasion

On Wednesday, Google said it had identified a state-backed Russian hacking group engaged in a credential-phishing campaign targeting the militaries of multiple Eastern European countries