According to Ukraine ‘s emergency services, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has killed over 2,000 Ukrainian people and destroyed hundreds of infrastructures, including transportation facilities, hospitals, kindergartens, and houses. According to Reuters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that about 6,000 Russians were killed in the first six days of the battle. Meanwhile, according to the RIA news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that if a third World War broke out, it would entail nuclear weapons and be devastating. Russia, which launched a “special military mission” against Ukraine last week, would face a “serious risk” if Kyiv obtained nuclear weapons, according to Lavrov.
Key events:
 China has stated that it will not join financial sanctions against Russia.
On Wednesday, China’s bank supervisor said that it would not join the US and European nations in slapping financial penalties on Russia.
China is a significant customer of Russian oil and gas, and it is the only major country that has not condemned Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine. According to Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Beijing opposes the sanctions.
“We will not join such penalties,” Guo stated at a press conference, “and we will maintain normal economic, trade, and financial interactions with all relevant parties.” “We oppose financial penalties, particularly those imposed unilaterally because they lack a legal basis and will have negative consequences.”
All Indian nationals are asked to leave Kharkiv immediately: the Indian Embassy.
The Indian Embassy in Ukraine issued an urgent warning to all Indian nationals to vacate Kharkiv urgently.
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URGENT ADVISORY TO INDIAN STUDENTS IN KHARKIV.@MEAIndia @PIB_India @DDNational @DDNewslive pic.twitter.com/2dykst5LDB
— India in Ukraine (@IndiainUkraine) March 2, 2022
According to the deputy regional governor, a cruise missile hit the municipal council building in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
According to the deputy governor of the region, Roman Semenukha, Russian soldiers fired a cruise missile into the municipal council building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday. A Russian strategic target, Kharkiv, has been shelled heavily over the last two days, with 21 people dead in the previous 24 hours.
In Ukraine, a Punjabi MBBS student died after a stroke.
Chandan Jindal, a 22-year-old fourth-year medical student at Pyrogov Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, and a local of Barnala, Punjab, died of a cerebral stroke early Wednesday morning. His cousin Neeraj Jindal, a Barnala Nagar Council municipal councillor and the BJP’s state vice-president, corroborated the report.
 PM Modi will preside over a meeting on the Ukraine issue.
At 8:30 p.m. tonight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis. (ANI)
 A Russian delegation is visiting Ukraine to meet with officials for negotiations.
According to The Guardian, quoting Belarus’ Belta news agency, a Russian delegation is on its way to meet with Ukrainian authorities for negotiations. The exact site of the talks has yet to be determined.
 The area near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has been taken over by the Russian military.
According to The Guardian, the Russian military has taken control of the territory surrounding Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power facility, quoting UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi.
Russian diplomats informed the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to Grossi, that workers had continued their work and radiation levels “remain normal.” According to Grossi’s remark, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is Europe’s most prominent and houses six of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors.
The Russian assault on Ukrainian cities has come to a halt.
While Moscow increased its fatal bombing of major populated centers that its invasion force has failed to control, Ukrainians stated they were fighting in the first large city Russia claimed to have conquered.
After failing to destabilize Ukraine’s government in less than a week, Western countries are concerned that Moscow would resort to new, far more brutal techniques to force its way into cities it had anticipated seizing quickly. (Reuters).
Edited by- Subbuthai Padma
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