Russia Advances To Grip Ukraine, PM Modi Dials Putin For Safe Evacuation Of Indians | Top Points

From PM Modi's conversation with President Putin to Russian military taking control of Kherson, here are the top 10 updates from the seventh day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

New Delhi: By the end of the seventh day of Russia's military advance, Ukraine claimed that it is battling on in the port of Kherson, the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, as airstrikes and bombardment caused devastation in cities that Moscow's bogged down forces have failed to capture.

It is now almost a week since Russia is trying to achieve its aim of overthrowing Ukraine's government, reportedly killing over 2,000 civilians and destroying government buildings, hospitals, kindergartens and homes.

As Russia continues to hunker down bunkers and bomb shelters in key cities of Ukraine, an advisory from the Indian government instructed citizens to vacate Ukraine's Kharkiv 'immediately', forcing them to set out on a long march to the borders.

Here are the top 10 updates from the seventh day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine:

India Asks Its Citizens To Leave Kharkiv 'Immediately'

As fighting intensified in Kharkiv, India on Wednesday asked its nationals to leave the second-largest Ukrainian city urgently to three nearby places "even on foot", while Russia promised to create "humanitarian corridors" for evacuation of Indians from the conflict zones.

PM Modi Speaks To Russian President Putin

PM Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and discussed the issue of the safe evacuation of Indians from war-torn Ukraine. Read More: https://bit.ly/3hvpEea

PM Modi Holds Fifth High-Level Meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Wednesday night on the Ukraine crisis as India stepped up its efforts to evacuate its citizens, mostly students, from the country under attack from Russia.

India, Among 34 Others, Abstains From Voting Against Russia At UNGA

In its third abstention in less than a week, India on Wednesday abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution that strongly deplored Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

MEA On India's Evacuation Programme

Indian Ministry of External Affairs informed that there has been a sharp increase in the number of Indians who have left the war-torn nation. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that the government estimates that nearly 17,000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine borders.

Second Indian Student Dies In Ukraine

A 22-year-old student from Punjab's Barnala district who had suffered an Ischemia stroke and was undergoing treatment for about a month died Wednesday in the war-hit Ukraine.

Russia Says World War 3 Will Be ‘Nuclear And Destructive’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said that if a third world war happens, it will involve nuclear weapons and it will be disastrous. Russia would face a "real danger" if Kyiv acquired a nuclear weapon, Lavrov said.

Ukraine’s Kherson Under Russian Military Control: Reports

The crisis in Ukraine has aggravated with the Russian military taking control of Kherson. As per news agency Reuters, Governor of Ukraine’s Kherson has said the city is completely surrounded by the Russians.