Russia Ukraine Crisis HIGHLIGHTS | Russia, Ukraine Complete Peace Talks For Now, Will Hold Second Round
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Ukraine said the first round of talks with Russia about ending the fighting has concluded, more talks could happen soon.
The US State department Suspended operations at its Embassy in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
"Russia-Ukraine talks begin in Belarus, between high-level delegations from the two countries; aimed at ending hostilities between the two countries," reports Russian state media.
Air India Express joins Operation Ganga. IX 1201 Mumbai- Bucharest (flight) departed at 1:50 pm. Scheduled arrival in Bucharest at 6:15 pm local time; intends to carry 182 passengers. Departure from Bucharest at 7:15 PM (local time). Arrival in Mumbai at 9:30 am tomorrow
Kremlin on arms supplies to Ukraine says- EU is acting in hostile fashion towards us, adds, "Weapons' supplies to Ukraine are dangerous and destabilizing": Reuter
Ukraine's president Volodymr Zelensky has urged Russian soldiers to lay down their weapons and desert as Ukrainian and Russian delegations were set to hold talks on Moscow's invasion
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says allies are stepping up support to Ukraine with air defence missiles, anti-tank weapons, as well as humanitarian & financial aid: Reuters
Zelensky demands 'immediate' EU membership for Ukraine, reported AFP.
Ukraine President's office says its main goal of talks with Russia is immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops: Reuters
We're suffering a lot of civilian casualties. According to official information of our Ministry, already 16 children were killed from bombings, shellings & so on as result of Russian peace-fighting operation: Dr Igor Polikha, Ambassador of Ukraine to India
We've further isolated Russia from int'l financial system this morning. Working with our partners, and G7, we are determined to impose the most severe economic measures possible against President Putin for his abhorrent campaign against Ukraine. Putin must fail: UK PM
A Ukrainian delegation has arrived at the Belarusian border for talks with Russian representatives, says Ukraine President's Office: Reuters
IndiGo is operating 2 evacuation flights using A321 aircraft to bring back Indians safely. These flights are being operated from Delhi to Bucharest, Romania & Budapest, Hungary via Istanbul, today as part of Govt of India’s Operation Ganga mission: IndiGo
Ukraine's ambassador Dr Igor Polikha in India will address a press conference at 2pm today. Russia and Ukraine is likely to hold talks in Belarus at 2:30 pm today.
In Belarus, everything is ready to host Russia-Ukraine negotiations. Waiting for delegations to arrive: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus
Ukrainians rallied in front of the White House in Washington, DC to support their native country.
Greece on Monday closed its airspace for all Russian aircraft in line with a European Union decision, the country's civil aviation authority said: Reuters
SpiceJet will operate a special evacuation flight to Budapest, Hungary to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine and bring them home.
Ukrainian military says Russian troops have slowed down "the pace of the offensive": AFP News Agency
Indian students stuck in Ukraine being taken to Budomierz (Poland), away from Shehyni (Ukraine), on buses.
Weekend curfew lifted in Kyiv. All students are advised to make their way to the railway station for onward journey to the western parts. Ukraine Railways is putting special trains for evacuations: Embassy of India in Kyiv, Ukraine
As regards the bearing that Russia Ukraine Crisis will have on our immediate imports & exports to Ukraine, we're rightly worried about what comes from there. But I'm more worried about what will happen to our exporters, particularly farmer sector to Russia & Ukraine: FM in Chennai
The sixth Operation Ganga flight takes off from Budapest (Hungary), 240 Indian nationals are being brought back to Delhi: EAM Dr S Jaishankar.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar spoke with EAM Jaishankar over phone & discussed evacuation of Indian students stuck in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Discussions also held on evacuations via Belgorod (Russia) route. Matter of aiding students stuck at Romania-Poland border also discussed.
Kyiv Defence Commander said, "Russian troops repeatedly tried to storm the outskirts of Kyiv. All movements were under control, columns of Russian equipment were destroyed. Invader suffered significant personnel losses, is demoralized and exhausted."
The situation in Kyiv is under control. All attempts to achieve the goal by the Russian occupation forces failed
• The enemy continued to try to break through the defenses of Kyiv. Columns of Russian troops repeatedly tried to storm the outskirts of the capital.
• All movements of enemy forces were under control, and timely decisions were made.
• Columns of occupier equipment were destroyed. The enemy suffered significant personnel losses.
• Russian troops are demoralized and exhausted. We have shown that we know how to protect our home from uninvited guests.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday welcomed 27 students hailing from the state who reached Gandhinagar in a bus from Delhi where they had landed after evacuation from Ukraine by a special flight.
In the last two days, around 100 students studying in war-torn Ukraine have reached their home state Gujarat from Mumbai and Delhi.
The 27 students who reached capital city Gandhinagar hail from different parts of Gujarat. The state government is making arrangements to send them along with their parents to their respective destinations, the government said in a statement.
"Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday morning welcomed the youths with flowers and asked about their well-being. The students had reached the Gandhinagar circuit house from Delhi by the Volvo bus around Sunday midnight," the Chief Minister's Office said.
Patel interacted with the students and assured their parents of all possible help from the government.
24x7 Control Centres set up to assist in the evacuation of Indian nationals through the border crossing points with Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovak Republic.
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog says missiles have hit a radioactive waste disposal site in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, but there are no reports of damage to the buildings or indications of a release of radioactive material.
In a statement late Sunday, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi says Ukrainian authorities informed his office about the overnight strike. He says his agency expects to soon receive the results of on-site radioactive monitoring.
The report came a day after an electrical transformer at a similar disposal facility in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was damaged. Such facilities typically hold low-level radioactive materials such as waste from hospitals and industry, but Grossi says the two incidents highlight a 'very real risk.'' He says if the sites are damaged there could be 'potentially severe consequences for human health and the environment.''
A dedicated Twitter handle has been set up to assist in the evacuation of Indians from Ukraine.
An emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly to be held today at 10 am (New York time). Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly will preside over the Session.
The UN's two major bodies -- the 193-nation General Assembly and the more powerful 15-member Security Council -- will hold separate meetings on Monday on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a reflection of widespread international demands for an immediate cease-fire and escalating concern for the plight of millions of Ukrainians caught up in the war.
The Security Council gave a green light on Sunday for the first emergency session of the General Assembly in decades. It will give all UN members an opportunity to speak about the war on Monday and vote on a resolution later in the week that US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said would "hold Russia to account for its indefensible actions and for its violations of the UN Charter."
French Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere announced that the Security Council will hold a meeting on Monday afternoon on the humanitarian impact of Russia's invasion, a session sought by French President Emmanuel Macron to ensure the delivery of aid to growing numbers of those in need in Ukraine.
Both meetings follow Russia's veto Friday of a Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops. The vote was 11-1, with China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstaining.
European subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Sberbank is facing bankruptcy, the European Central Bank says. Sberbank Europe AG has "experienced significant deposit outflows as a result of the reputational impact of geopolitical tensions
India abstained from a procedural vote taken in the UN Security Council to call for a rare special emergency session of the UN General Assembly on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, even as New Delhi welcomed Moscow and Kyiv's decision to hold talks at the Belarus border.
The resolution was adopted with 11 votes in favour, paving the way for the General Assembly to meet on the crisis as soon as Monday. India, China and the UAE abstained, while Russia voted against the resolution. This will be only the 11th such emergency session of the General Assembly since 1950.
The vote calling for the UNGA session was procedural so none of the five permanent members of the Security Council -- China, France, Russia, the UK and the US -- could exercise their vetoes.
Spokesperson Ned Price said, "Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union. They were joined by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine to discuss the global response to Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine. The Secretary and G7 foreign ministers underscored to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba their unified response to Russia’s invasion. Together we are supporting the Ukrainian people and imposing severe costs and consequences to hold Russia accountable for its war of choice. We stand with Ukraine and recognize the bravery and heroism of the Ukrainian people."
The fifth Operation Ganga flight, carrying 249 Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine, departed from Bucharest (Romania) reaches Delhi airport.
Background
Russia-Ukraine Crisis HIGHLIGHTS: Even when Russian forces escalated the tensions in Ukraine, launched attacks in the country's second-largest Kharkiv on Sunday, Ukraine President Zelensky has agreed for peace talks with Moscow without 'pre conditions'.
“We agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River,” Zelensky announced on his official Telegram channel, describing a phone call Sunday with President Aleksandr G Lukashenko of Belarus.
The European Union agreed Sunday to provide some €500 million in arms and other aid to the Ukrainian military as it battles Russia’s invasion, in a move the bloc described as a “watershed moment” in its history.
The EU’s treaties bar the bloc from using its normal budget to fund operations with military or defense implications. Under the plans announced Sunday, the EU will use an off-budget so-called “European Peace Facility” financing instrument with a ceiling of 5 billion euros that can be used to provide military aid.
“For the first time ever, the EU will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and other equipment to a country that is under attack,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a media appearance alongside the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell. “This is a watershed moment,” she added.
The plan was agreed at an emergency videoconference of EU foreign affairs ministers on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, the highest U.N. court on Sunday confirmed that Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia, saying Russia's claim it invaded Ukraine to prevent a genocide is false and asking judges to order "provisional measures" to protect Ukraine.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had said earlier on Sunday he had filed the suit at the International Court of Justice, also known as the world court. In a statement, the court confirmed it has received Ukraine's complaint. It did not say when the case would be heard
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