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US authorizes $200 million for additional arms, equipment to Ukraine

US President Joe Biden authorized $200 million for additional arms and equipment to Ukraine, White House said on Saturday (local time).

Air raid alerts added by Google for Android phone users in Ukraine

American tech giant Google will now be adding Air Strike alerts for its Ukrainian Android users amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis.According to GSM Arena, this update comes as part of Google's Play Services and reportedly, the company is enabling it at the request of the Ukrainian government.The feature is supposed to be supplemental to the already existing raid alert systems. The company's VP of Engineering said that Google has used the same low-latency system that it uses for detecting earthquakes.Earlier, shortly after the Russian military operation in Ukraine commenced, the company had announced that it would disable some of its Google Maps features in Ukraine such as traffic information and crowd data. Their argument was that the data could be used as military intelligence.

Russia plans to take full control of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant: IAEA

Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that Russia plans to take full and permanent control of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant under Rosatom management, Director General said

Ukraine says Russia shot at evacuation convoy, killing 7 including a child

Ukrainian defence ministry on Sunday said that Russians fired at a convoy that was evacuating women and children in the Kyiv region, killing seven people including one child."Russians shot at a column of women and children in Kyiv region, who were trying to evacuate along a previously agreed "green" corridor. The result of this brutal act - seven dead. One of them is a child," the Ukrainian defence ministry said in a Tweet.Media outlet The Kyiv Independent reported that the attack took place on March 11 as a column of women and children was leaving the village Peremoha in Kyiv Oblast, using the approved corridor.Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba today said that Russians are trying to organize a sham separatist "referendum" in Kherson, mimicking what they did in eastern Ukraine and Crimea in 2014."Following 2014 playbook, Russians now desperately try to organize a sham ...

Russia's action in Ukraine threatens democracy across Europe: Kamala Harris

US Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the unity between the US and its NATO and European allies and warned that Russia's military operations in Ukraine pose a threat to all democracies.

'Ready to negotiate with Russia', says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Amid escalating war between Moscow and Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his readiness to enter into negotiations with Russia in Jerusalem.

LIVE: Ukraine says Russian forces kill seven civilians in evacuation convoy

The Ukrainian intelligence service said the seven, including one child, were killed as they fled the village of Peremoha and that ''the occupiers forced the remnants of the column to turn back'

France says Putin is not ready to end Ukraine war, fighting rages

Putin did not show a willingness to end a war with Ukraine during a call on Saturday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a French presidency official said

Ukraine crisis: Zelensky open for talks with Putin in Israel

Putin has ignored numerous previous offers of talks from Zelensky

Biden authorises $200 mn in new weapons, military training for Ukraine

The aid is part of broader US support in the form of aid and sanctions

Ukraine crisis: Zelensky demands release of Melitopol mayor

He said that Ukraine expects the leaders of the world to show how they can influence the liberation (of) a man who personifies Ukrainians who do not give up

Ukraine crisis: Tata Steel seeks alternative to Russian coal

The steelmaker used to buy 10-15 per cent of its coal requirements from Russia for use in pulverised coal injection, Tata Steel Managing Director said

Ukraine crisis: Italy seizes Russian billionaire's $578-million yacht

The Sy A yacht was identified by Italian police as belonging to belonging to billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, who made a fortune in fertilizer production and coal energy

Ukraine crisis: Premier League disqualifies Abramovich from running Chelsea

The league board's decision to disqualify the Russian oligarch from being a director ends his 19 years in control of the west London club but does not directly impact the players

Ukraine crisis: YouTube now blocking Russia state-affiliated media globally

Last week Apple pulled RT and Sputnik's apps from its global App Stores following a request by Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov

Ukraine says Russia shelled mosque, sheltering 80 civilians, in Mariupol

The Ukrainian Embassy in Turkey reported earlier that a group of 86 Turkish nationals, including 34 children, were among those seeking refuge from an ongoing Russian attack on the encircled port city

Oil, sanctions, jets: How US Congress pushes Biden on Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy pleaded with Congress last weekend that if the US was unwilling to impose a no-fly zone, it should at least send the planes and other air support

Fighting rages outside Kyiv, Ukraine says evacuations threatened again

Bulk of Russian ground forces outside Kyiv, says UK; Ukraine says humanitarian corridors threatened

After invading Ukraine, Russia becomes world's most sanctioned country

Due to its war on Ukraine, Russia has become the most sanctioned in the world, according to a New York-based sanctions watchlist site.

Suspense continues over India hosting 44th Chess Olympiad, decision soon

Suspense continues as to the venue of the 44th Chess Olympiad that was shifted out of Moscow, Russia by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) following Russian military operations in Ukraine.