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Ukraine conflict: Russia shells Mariupol every 30 mins, says Mayor

Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko on Friday said the Ukrainian city is being shelled by Russian forces every 30 minutes.

More than 1 million children have fled Ukraine since February 24: UNICEF

More than 1 million children have now fled Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country, UNICEF said

Republican senators urge Biden to send Polish warplanes to Ukraine

Republican US senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course and allow the transfer of Poland's MiG fighter jets to the Ukrainians.

US rejects Russian, Chinese claims of use of biological weapons in Ukraine

US is not assisting Ukraine with biological weapons in its war with Russia and there are no indications that biological weapons are being used by Ukraine, said a US Defense Department official.

Ukrainian capital Kiev has become a fortress, says Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko

Vitaliy Klitschko said that the Ukrainian capital has become a "fortress" being defended by armed civilians.

Google to send air raid alerts to Android users in Ukraine before attacks

Google has initiated air raid alerts for Android users in Ukraine directly on their phones before expected attacks happen near them.

$13.6 bn aid package for Ukraine, allies wins final Congressional approval

A $13.6 bn emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies easily won final congressional approval Thursday.

UNSC to discuss Russia claim of US military biological activity in Ukraine

Council diplomats confirmed the meeting scheduled for 10 am EST, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of an official announcement.

It's a miracle to have survived war, say evacuated Indian students

Indian students, who were stuck in beleaguered Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, said it was a miracle to survive the war and they were relieved to have finally reached Delhi.

Premier Li Keqiang offers China's help for ''grave'' Ukraine situation

China's premier on Friday called the situation in Ukraine grave and offered Beijing's help in playing a positive role for peace while continuing to refuse to criticise Russia.

China chooses Russia over Ukraine despite history of military trade

Despite Ukraine providing military technology to China, Beijing seems more inclined towards Russia in the ongoing war between Moscow and Kyiv.

No chemical weapons were developed in Ukraine, says Volodymyr Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that "no chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction were developed" in his country.

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of attack on humanitarian corridor in Mariupol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor in the city of Mariupol.

We have not criticised India's position on Ukraine: German Ambassador

German Ambassador to India, Walter J. Lindner told IANS that the German government has not put any pressure on India or any other country to take sides on the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Facebook, Instagram to allow posts calling for violence against Russians

Meta is planning to allow the publication of calls for violence against Russians in response to the invasion of Ukraine, media reports said on Friday.

US authorities reverse course, allows Ukrainian family to seek asylum

US authorities allowed a Ukrainian woman and her three children to seek asylum Thursday, a reversal from a day earlier when she was denied entry under the Biden administration's sweeping restrictions for seeking humanitarian protection. The 34-year-old woman and her children ages 14, 12 and 6 entered San Diego for processing after authorities blocked her path hours earlier, triggering sharp criticism from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats. Blaine Bookey, legal director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, was returning to San Diego Wednesday from Tijuana, where she was helping Haitian migrants. She saw the Ukrainian woman crying with her children, looking "very uncomfortable" with a reporter "in her face". Bookey's tweets and media coverage sparked renewed criticism of a Trump-era order to deny people a chance to seek asylum under an order to prevent spread of COVID-19 known as Title 42 authority. Schumer raised the Ukrainian woman's case as he ...

AI flight carrying students evacuated from Ukraine's Sumy lands in Delhi

An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said.

Canada will take as many Ukraine refugees as it can: Justin Trudeau

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday during a visit to Poland that his country will take as many refugees fleeing war in Ukraine "as we can". Trudeau said "our hearts break" to see millions of Ukrainians fleeing for their lives and leaving all they have behind. "Canada will help, Canada is there to help," Trudeau said in Poland, a fellow NATO member which neighbors Ukraine and has opened its border to the refugees. Almost 1.5 million people have fled to Poland since February 24, when Russia's army invaded Ukraine. In talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Trudeau expressed support for Poland's openness to the refugees and discussed ways of supporting Ukraine and continuing tough sanctions on Russia. In Warsaw, Trudeau also held talks with visiting US Vice-President Kamala Harris. Trudeau said his government is speeding up immigration procedures to allow the refugees to come very quickly to Canada, where many people of ...

Ukraine has lost connection with Chernobyl nuclear plant, says IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday that Ukraine had lost all communication with the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia accepts economy in 'shock' as tanks roll into Kyiv's outskirts

Kremlin to ask military for info on hospital strike