Russia Attacks Ukraine Day 2 HIGHLIGHTS | IAF Heavy-Lift Aircraft Fleet On Stand By For Evacuating Indians From Ukraine
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Russia-Ukraine Crisis HIGHLIGHTS: The Russian military said the first day of Ukraine invasion was "successful" as President Vladimir Putin launched a military offensive in the east European country, AFP reported.
Russia claimed that its army had destroyed more than 70 military targets, including 11 airfields. On the other hand, Ukraine claimed it had killed more than 100 Russian military personnel and destroyed seven Russian planes, four helicopters, more than 10 armored vehicles, a report in The Kyiv Independent said.
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Russian air strikes hit military facilities across the country as ground forces crossed into Ukraine from several directions.
AFP quoted Ukrainian official sources as saying that at least 68 people were killed, including both soldiers and civilians, due to heavy bombardments. In the deadliest single strike, 18 people were killed at a military base near Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odessa.
In a televised address, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the nation has cut all diplomatic relations with Russia.
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On Thursday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the situation unfolding in Ukraine.
"PM Modi appealed for an immediate cessation of violence, and called for concerted efforts from all sides to return to the path of diplomatic negotiations and dialogue," the PMO said in a statement.
With Ukraine closing its airspace in the wake of a Russian military operation, Foreign Secretary of India Harsh V Shringla said roadways have been mapped out to evacuate Indian nationals from Kyiv.
Council Of Europe Suspends Russia Over Ukraine Invasion: Report
In the view of Vladimir Putin's order to conduct military operations in Ukraine, the Council of Europe has suspended Russia over its attack on the european country, news agency AFP quoted council's statement.
We Have Demanded Centre To Bring Our Citizens Back From Ukraine: Maha Minister Aditya Thackeray
An evacuation plan should be made immediately. We all have demanded the Central govt to bring our citizens back from Ukraine. We believe that the government will plan something and inform us accordingly: Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray
Putin Calls Ukrainian Govt 'Terrorists', 'Neo-Nazis'
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on the Ukrainian army to overthrow the country's leadership whom he described in a televised address as "terrorists" and "a gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis"
IAF Heavy-Lift Aircraft Fleet On Stand By For Evacuating Indians From Ukraine
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday said that it is all geared up for the evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in the war-torn Ukraine amid Russian military's operation in the european country.
"Indian Air Force is geared up for any requirements of the evacuation of our citizens from Ukraine," an IAF spokerson Wing Commander Ashish Moghe told news agency ANI when asked about the possibility of its planes going for bringing back Indian nationals.
No Info On How We'll Travel To Evacuation Zones': Indian Student Stranded In Ukraine
"We are currently at underground metro stations in Kharkiv on the eastern side of Ukraine, and the evacuations are taking place via Poland that is on the western side. We have no information on how we'll travel to the evacuation zones," an Indian student stranded in Ukraine told ANI.
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