Bhubaneswar: For the second consecutive day, Russia continued with its all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea, despite international condemnation. Till Friday, Russian troops attacked Ukraine on multiple fronts from Belarus, Russia and Crimea. While the ongoing confrontation has escalated the tensions between Russia and the West to another level, here’s a look at the latest news on the conflict:
- Russia announces ‘partial restriction’ of access to Facebook over platform’s ban of Kremlin-backed media
- More than 50,000 Ukrainians flee country in 48 hours, says UN
- Moscow is willing to conduct high-level negotiations with the Ukrainian side: Putin
- First batch of Indian evacuees from Ukraine reach Romania
- Council of Europe suspends Russia over Ukraine invasion
- Russia continues to largely hit military targets: US defense official
- There are indications of Russian cyber attacks against Kakhovka power plant, says US defense official
- Kremlin says Ukrainian nationalists have deployed missile systems in residential areas in big cities
- Ukrainian FM shares assessment of situation with EAM
- EAM S Jaishankar speaks to Ukraine Finance Minister
- Ukraine claims Russian saboteurs are dead
- European Union to freeze assets of Vladimir Putin
- India issues new advisory for evacuation via Poland; Indians advised cross border on foot via Shehyni-Medyka Crossing
- No one is planning to occupy Ukraine, our intention to deNazify: Russian FM
- Russian forces now in Kiev, about 9km north of Kiev’s parliament: Ukraine
- Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping talk over Ukraine crisis
- Russia ready to talk if Ukraine army ‘lays down arms’, says Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
- Saint Petersburg stripped of the right to hold the UEFA Champions League final, Kremlin calls it ‘shame’
- Joe Biden said US forces are not going to Europe to fight in Ukraine but to defend and reassure NATO allies in the East.
- Two loud explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed to Bucharest Nine for defense aid, sanctions, and pressure on Russia.
- US President Joe Biden said that US forces are not, and will not be, engaged in the conflict with Russia in Ukraine.
- Protection of civilians must be priority number one. International humanitarian and human rights law must be upheld, said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
- After attacking Ukrainian government websites and banks with massive cyberattacks, Russia-sponsored hackers are hitting Internet infrastructure in the country.
- Hours after the invasion on Thursday, Russian forces seized control of Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
