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IOC urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia and Belarus: Report

Volleyball and shooting both have world championships scheduled to be held in Russia; there is also a World Cup qualifying playoff match against Poland scheduled for March 24 in Moscow

Ukraine crisis: World fine-tuning Russia sanctions; EU targets Putin

President Putin signed treaties with leaders of DPR and LPR on February 21, recognising the two regions of Ukraine as independent

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Volodymyr Zelensky says he's target number 1

Ukraine's Defence Ministry on Friday said more than 1,000 Russian servicemen have been killed so far in the conflict

Channi requests Jaishankar for safe evacuation of Indians from Ukraine

SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, AAP's Bhagwant Mann and Punjab Lok Congress president Amarinder Singh also appealed to the Centre to ensure their safe return

Ready to hold 'high-level negotiations' with Ukraine, Putin tells Xi

Around the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday reiterated his call for Russian President Putin to hold talks and stop the conflict

EAM Jaishankar receives phone call from Ukrainian foreign minister

Ahead of the crucial vote at the UN Security Council on the Russian attack on Ukraine, the country's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and shared his assessment of the current situation in Ukraine. Jaishankar said he emphasised that India supports diplomacy and dialogue as the "way out". "Received call from Ukrainian FM @DmytroKuleba. He shared his assessment of the current situation.I emphasised that India supports diplomacy & dialogue as the way out," Jaishankar tweeted. "Discussed predicament of Indian nationals, including students. Appreciate his support for their safe return," he added. The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on Friday evening on a draft resolution on Russia's military operation in Ukraine as well as the escalating situation in the eastern European country. The draft resolution is set to condemn in the strongest terms Russia's military operation in Ukraine that has triggered strong outrage by the ...

India sets up camps on Ukraine's borders; asks stranded nationals to move

India has set up camps on Ukraine's borders touching Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia for evacuation of stranded nationals from the war-hit east European nation.

Putin tells Xi that Russia willing to hold high-level talks with Ukraine

China has refused to call Russia's action in Ukraine an "invasion" or criticise Moscow despite intensifying assaults from Russia's military

'I don't want to die': Ukrainians fear as Russian invasion closes in

In a train station just across the border in Poland, hundreds of people from Ukraine sought shelter

New Western sanctions to break Russian supply chains, President Putin told

The US and its allies have decided to block assets of four large Russian banks, impose export controls and sanction oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin

State to bear the cost of bringing 5,000 Tamil students in Ukraine: Stalin

The state has opened 24x7 helpline for Tamilians stranded in the war-torn nation. India weighing evacuation options via land through Hungary, Poland, Belarus, Slovak Republic and Romania

Russian troops advance on Kyiv as Ukrainian leader pleads for help

Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides

Ukraine invasion: What to know as Russian troops sweep in

Russian forces moved to the outskirts of Ukraine's capital as US officials warned that President Vladimir Putin may be intent on installing a new, more friendly government

Bilateral payments with Russia unlikely to be impacted amid sanctions

Bilateral payments with Russia may not be impacted even as the US and other western countries have imposed economic sanctions on Moscow in the wake of the attack on on Ukraine. India and Russia bilateral payments are made in Indian rupee. For both imports and exports, payments are made or received in the rupee for shipments. So, sanctions by the West may not have an impact on the payments, barring exchange rate fluctuation, sources said on Friday. Russia is one of biggest suppliers of defence products and equipment to India mostly under government-to-government contract. Bilateral trade between India and Russia stood at USD 9.4 billion so far this fiscal year, against USD 8.1 billion in 2020-21. India's main imports from Russia include fuels, mineral oils, pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical machinery and equipment and fertilisers. While major export items from India to Russia include pharmaceutical .

Centre contemplating to evacuate students from Kyiv via land routes: Bommai

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said the Indian government is contemplating bringing back Indian students stranded in war-torn Ukraine through land routes.

I've asked 27 leaders of Europe, all are afraid: Ukraine President

The Ukrainian president says Kiev has been left to fend for itself as NATO is "afraid" to give it any guarantees, RT reported.

Ukraine conflict: US Congress for $600-million weapon assistance to Kiev

Biden reiterated that no US forces will be sent into Ukraine

India stops buying sunoil as Ukraine conflict affects shipments: Dealers

About 380,000 tonnes of sunflower oil shipments from Black sea region to India are stuck at ports and with producers. New purchases have stalled after ports suspended operations post Ukraine crisis.

800 casualties among Russian forces, claims Ukraine defence ministry

The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has said its armed forces have inflicted some 800 casualties on Russian forces since the military operations began on Thursday.

Govt must give clear plan to fetch Indians from Ukraine: Salman Khurshid

Amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said that Centre must come up with a clear proposal on bringing back the Indians stranded in Ukraine.