Russia Ukraine Crisis Enters Second Month: Live Updates

Bhubaneswar: A month has passed since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While the war has claimed tens of thousands of lives and has displaced more than 3 million, there is no sign yet of when it will end.

On Friday, Ukraine has called on European Union to close land, sea, air connections with Russia and Belarus. Watch this space for the Live Updates:

1. We stand for peace, no question of linking Ukraine situation to issues of trade: S Jaishankar;
2. Indian banks avoid Russia entities on West blacklist;
3. Russian ex-president Dmitry Medvedev says Western sanctions won’t sway Kremlin;
4. Kremlin says US talk of Russia using chemical weapons a tactic to divert attention;
5. Russian health regulator says medicine shortage due to spike in demand;
6. Thousands march in support of Ukraine in Bulgaria;
7. Russia denies breaching international law with phosphorus bombs;
8. Ukraine urges EU to close Russia, Belarus borders to enforce sanctions;
9. Russia is preparing to attack Poland: Ukraine envoy;
10. Asked whether Russia will rebuild Ukraine’s Mariupol, Kremlin says there is no official position on the issue;
11. Kremlin says US talk of the ‘ephemeral threat’ of Russia possibly resorting to chemical weapons in Ukraine is a tactic to divert attention away from awkward questions for Washington;
12. Russia-Ukraine crisis: 300 feared dead in Mariupol theatre bombing;
13. Zelenskyy asks EU leaders for quick membership;
14. Ukrainian aid centre hit by Russian shelling, four killed, say police;
15. Ukraine has retaken towns 35km east of Kyiv, says UK;
16. Hungary rejects Zelenskyy’s appeal for weapons;
17. Germany to end Russian coal imports by autumn: Ministry;
18. US, EU announce ‘task force’ to wean Europe off Russian gas: Statement;
19. Russia says destroyed largest military fuel storage site in Ukraine;
20. Missiles hit Ukrainian military unit near Dnipro, governor says;
21. Some prominent Russians quit jobs, refuse to support war;
22. Half of Ukraine’s children now displaced by Russia’s war;
23. Ukraine urges halt to Russia’s assault as Biden heads to Poland;
24. Ukraine, Russia conduct first prisoner swap;
25. Ukraine says destroyed Russian naval vessel in Azov Sea;