April 19, 2024 09:49 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Maldives opposition demands President Muizzu's impeachment over leaked reports alleging corruption by him | AAP claims conspiracy to kill Arvind Kejriwal after mango eating row | India successfully tests Indigenous Technology Subsonic Cruise Missile | Telangana missionary school vandalised after students questioned over saffron attire | Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra's properties attached by ED in Bitcoin scam

Ukraine Conflict: About 130,000 civilians still held hostage in Mariupol

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Up to 130,000 civilians are being held hostage by Ukrainian nationalists in Mariupol, the head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Mikhail Mizintsev, said on Sunday.

Russian warplanes destroy 89 Ukrainian military targets during day

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Russian air force has destroyed 89 Ukrainian military objects and downed seven drones over the past 24 hours, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.

Mariupol's seige will be remembered for centuries: Volodymyr Zelensky

Kyiv/UNI: The Russian attacks on the besieged city of Mariupol is an "act of terror" and will be "remembered for centuries", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.

Ukraine calls on China to condemn 'Russian barbarism'

Kyiv/IBNS: Ukraine has urged China to join the West in condemning the "Russian barbarism" after the United States warned Beijing of consequences if it backed Moscow's attack on Kyiv, reports said.

No sign of Ukraine bioweapons labs says disarmament chief, after further Russian claims

New York: The UN is not aware of any biological weapons programme being conducted in Ukraine, the Organization’s disarmament chief told the Security Council once more on Friday, responding to fresh allegations by the Russian Federation, that it had evidence to the contrary.

Ukraine invasion: Needs keep growing with cities facing ‘fatal shortages’; breakthrough as UN convoy reaches Sumy

New York: After a missile attack near the airport in Lviv in western Ukraine early on Friday, UN humanitarians warned that the situation across the country remains dire, as Russia’s military invasion continues.

Ukraine: Over 9,000 people leave Mariupol

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that more than 9,000 people were able to leave the besieged port city of Mariupol to safer places, The Khaleej Times reported.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo/UNI/Sputnik: Several current and former European politicians addressed the Norwegian Nobel Committee with a request to nominate Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and for this reason extend the nomination procedure until Mar 31.

War on Ukraine: Russian missiles hit Lviv aircraft repair plant

Kyiv/UNI: The Russian missiles struck an aircraft repair plant in Lviv on Friday morning, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said.

Ukraine's Mariupol suffers 50-100 attacks daily: City Council

Kyiv: The Mariupol city in Ukraine is witnessing 50 to 100 attacks daily, according to the city council.

Ukraine: Actress Oksana Shvets dies in Russian 'rocket attack'

Kyiv: A popular Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets has died in a Russian rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv, media reports said on Friday.

UK, US, France request UNSC meeting on Ukraine

Six countries - including the United Kingdom, France, and the United States - have requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the UK permanent mission to the UN said.

Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelensky addresses US lawmakers, appeals for greater Western intervention

Washington/IBNS: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday made an emotive appeal to United States lawmakers for greater Western intervention against the Russian attack.

Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second: UNICEF

New York: Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of people who have now fled the country since the Russian invasion began, passed three million.

Fox News Channel cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, journalist Oleksandra 'Sasha' Kuvshynova killed in Ukraine

Fox News Channel cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra 'Sasha' Kuvshynova were killed close to war-hit Ukraine's Kyiv city when the vehicle in which they were travelling came under attack.