The MEA in an urgent advisory for Indians in Kharkiv has asked them to reach three specific points by 6pm (Ukrainian time) today itself. India has launched Operation Ganga to bring back its nationals in Ukraine. Stay with TOI for the latest developments.
Scindia interacts with Indian students at Romania airport, praises them for their bravery:
With Operation Ganga being carried out on a war-footing basis, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday interacted with Indian students at Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest in Romania. While speaking to the Indians at the airport today, the minister said that those still stuck at Romanian borders or coming to the borders will no longer be made to travel to Romania's capital to catch the flight.He said he will arrange for those students to be sent home directly from there. Students seemed happy to see him and greeted him and shared any problems they had with him.
Ukraine air force says two Ukrainian Mig-29 fighters battled two Russian planes in battle over Kyiv region:
Two Russian planes destroyed, Ukraine also lost one fighter, the source said.
Russia switching to new, far more violent tactics:
He met Ukrainian people," US President Joe Biden said in his annual State of the Union address to Congress.
Russian missile strike hit buildings in Zhytomyr city, rescue efforts underway:
Russian missile struck a residential building in Zhytomyr located in the north of the western half of Ukraine on Wednesday.As per the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the airstrikes resulted in piles of debris, flattened homes and buildings.Rescue operation is underway.
Ukraine foreign minister says it is not clear when more talks with Russia will take place:
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China says it won't join in financial sanctions on Russia:
China won't join the United States and European governments in imposing financial sanctions on Russia, the country's bank regulator said on Wednesday.China is a major buyer of Russian oil and gas and the only major government that has refrained from criticizing Moscow's attack on Ukraine.Beijing opposes the sanctions, said Guo Shuqing, the chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission."We will not join such sanctions, and we will keep normal economic, trade and financial exchanges with all the relevant parties,” Guo said at a news conference. "We disapprove of the financial sanctions, particularly those launched unilaterally, because they don't have much legal basis and will not have good effects."
5,300 people have been registered entering Germany from Ukraine:
A total of 5,309 people have been registered entering Germany from Ukraine according to federal police, the government said on Wednesday."But as you know, there are no border controls, at least no regular border controls, only random checks. That's why it is very possible that significantly more people have already reached Germany," an interior ministry spokesperson told a regular news conference.
Spain to send 'military hardware' to 'Ukraine resistance':
Spain will supply "offensive military hardware" to Ukraine following Russia's invasion of its pro-Western neighbour, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told parliament on Wednesday. Until now, Spain had said it would send military support only as part of a wider package unveiled by the European Union on Sunday, in which Brussels agreed to unblock 450 million euros ($500 million) for member states to buy arms for Ukraine.
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