India hints at a minute change in its stand on Russia’s military operations in Ukraine as PM Narendra Modi united his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, to determine the wide implications of the clash. In the meantime, Russia claims to have broken through the defences of Mariupol, encircled southern port, and is now inside, while airstrikes continue on Mykolaiv.
In a two-hour phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, US President Joe Biden laid out the “consequences” of any assistance for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
Here are the latest updates on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Qatar has gained Diplomatic and energy opportunities due to Russia- the Ukraine conflict.
Because of US tensions with other Gulf Arab governments, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has offered up political and commercial opportunities for gas producer Qatar to extend energy supplies to the West and strengthen its partnership with Washington. Qatar has taken a fairly.
neutral stance in the conflict, but it has signalled through its response that it can provide major diplomatic and economic help to Western partners while avoiding taking sides.
One of the largest steel mills of Europe was damaged In Ukraine’s Mariupol.
Azovstal, one of the largest iron and steelworks in Europe has been heavily damaged as Russian forces encircled the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. “One of Europe’s largest metallurgical plants has been destroyed. #Ukraine has suffered massive economic losses.
The environment has been ruined “Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian legislator, took to Twitter to express her displeasure. Vasylenko shared a video of explosions at a factory, with thick columns of grey and black smoke rising from the structures on Sunday.
Mariupol residents have been forced to flee to Russia.
According to Mariupol authorities, Russian military forces were pushing inhabitants in the besieged Ukrainian city to flee to Russia, with others being forced to relocate to isolated places. The Mariupol City Council claimed in a statement on Saturday that Russian forces abducted inhabitants of the Left Bank district, as well as citizens, largely women, and children, who were hiding in a bunker beneath a sports club, according to Ukrayinska Pravda.
Thousands of Ukrainians have been forcefully deported by Russia says Mariupol.
Mariupol’s city council claimed that Russian soldiers forcibly evacuated a huge number of residents from the besieged city last week. After Russia spoke of refugees arriving from the vital port of Mariupol.
Numerous Mariupol people have been deported onto Russian territory in the last week, the council said in a statement late Saturday on its Telegram channel.
The 36th Ukrainian Naval Infantry Brigade’s headquarters in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, is no longer operational. The base’s barracks, where an unknown number of marines were sleeping, are now a pile of debris, as rescuers continued to search for bodies of missing troops on Saturday. An early morning rocket attack a day earlier demolished the base’s barracks, where an unknown number of marines were resting.
According to a senior Ukrainian military officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect sensitive military information, the attack killed over 40 marines, making it one of the worst attacks on Ukrainian forces since the war began three weeks ago. However, there are signs that the death toll may be substantially higher.
Australia prohibited Exports of alumina and bauxite to Russia.
Australia stepped up its sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine on Sunday, banning all alumina and bauxite exports and promising more armaments and humanitarian aid.
As per the reports of AFP, the export prohibition is aimed at reducing aluminium output in Russia, which imports 20% of its alumina from Australia.
Russia not to initiate talks with the West: Lavrov.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Russia is ready to cooperate with Western countries but will not take steps to enhance relations with them.
According to Xinhua news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday, “Let’s see how they plan to break free from the stalemate they’ve created. Their values, free-market principles, private property inviolability, and the presumption of innocence are all trampled on by themselves “.
Published By :- Tarsem Singh
Edited By :- Khushi Thakur
