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Russia Ukraine Crisis HIGHLIGHTS: The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Monday at 1:30 PM Indian Standard Time on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
Talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Belarus ended but no official information has come from either side regarding discussion held in the meeting. The second round of talks between both the countries is being expected to be held.
An emergency special session of the 193-member UN-General Assembly was held on Monday at 8:30 PM Indian Standard Time where the issue of Russia’s attack on Ukraine was discussed. Representatives of all the 193 member countries spoke on the issue, and voting on a resolution can take place today.
Regarding the safety and security of Indian nationals stuck in Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting for the second consecutive day with senior officials. In the meeting that took place on Sunday, the Prime Minister had given the responsibility of coordinating safe and smooth evacuation of Indians after reaching Ukraine's neighbouring countries.
Under this, VK Singh will coordinate in Poland , Kiren Rijiju in Slovakia , Hardeep Puri in Hungary while Jyotiraditya Scindia will coordinate in Romania and Moldova.
A new route through the bordering country of Moldova has also been made operational where teams have been deployed to assist Indians, said Arindam Bagchi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs on Monday.
“As of now, six flights have arrived carrying around 1400 Indian citizens. Four flights have arrived from Bucharest (Romania) and two flights from Budapest (Hungary),” he added.
Three more flights, two from Bucharest and one from Budapest is scheduled in the next 24 hours.
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