LIVE: Russia's military ops in Ukraine a 'forced measure', says Putin

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Ukrainian forces were fighting to prevent Russian troops from capturing the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl.

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'MEA is taking steps to bring back about 18,000 Indians'

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'The Embassy continues to remain open and operate in Kyiv'

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Ukraine hit by second wave of missile strikes: Official

Ukraine is being hit by a second wave of missile strikes, an adviser to president Volodymyr Zelenskiy told a briefing on Thursday.

 

Authorities in Kyiv say the first wave, launched shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a military operation on Thursday morning, hit military command centres and other buildings in several Ukrainian cities.

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CBDT issues refunds of over Rs 1.82 trn to over 20.7 mn taxpayers

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‘We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country’: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls on citizens to fight, promises weapons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on all citizens who were ready to defend the country from Russian forces to come forward, saying Kyiv would issue weapons to everyone who wants them.

 

Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday, the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two and confirmation of the worst fears of the West.

Zelenskiy urged Russians to come out and protest against the war.

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More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers dead, dozen wounded: Report

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Ukraine urges PM Modi to address Putin to stop this war says, Ukraine Ambassador

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The current events have nothing to do with a desire to infringe on the interests of Ukraine: Putin

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Ukraine says 50 Russian troops killed, four tanks destroyed

Ukraine's military said on Thursday it had destroyed four Russian tanks on a road near the eastern city of Kharkiv, killed 50 troops near a town in Luhansk region and downed a sixth Russian aircraft, also in the country's east.

 

Russia has denied reports that its aircraft or armoured vehicles have been destroyed.

 

Ukraine's border guard service said that three of its servicemen had been killed in the southern Kherson region and that several more were wounded.

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We will unleash full sanctions package against Russia, Germany's Baerbock says

The world must respond resolutely to Russia's invasion of Ukraine or later pay an even higher price, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday, pledging to unleash a "full" package of sanctions against Russia.

 

Adding that Ukraine had done nothing to merit Russia's invasion, she addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling him that he would never destroy people's belief in freedom and democracy.

 

"We woke up in a different world today," Baerbock told reporters. "We will launch the full package of massive sanctions against Russia ... If we do not take a firm stand now, we will pay an even higher price."

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Indian Embassy in Kyiv: Schedule of special flights stands cancelled

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'Germany can ensure energy supply without Russian gas'

Germany can guarantee security of supply even without Russian gas or oil, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday.

 

"We will have to buy more gas, but also coal from other countries," Habeck told broadcaster ZDF, adding that Germany, which gets half its gas from Russia, was too dependent on Russian oil and gas.

 

Habeck said he expects oil and gas prices to continue to rise in the short term following Russia's attack on Ukraine but said he hoped prices will later level off at a manageable level.

 

Habeck said he didn't see the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which the German government had put on hold earlier this week, as being able to go online in the short or medium term.

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European stocks plunge 3%, in correction territory after Russia attacks Ukraine

European stocks plunged 3% on Thursday as investors dumped riskier assets after Russia attacked Ukraine, raising fears that a war in Europe will fuel higher inflation and derail economic growth.

 

The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 2.9% - hitting its lowest since May 2021 while marking a correction or 10% decline from its January record high.

 

The German DAX fell 3.7% to March 2021 lows, bearing the biggest brunt of the sell-off on fears over the country's heavy reliance on energy supplies from Russia.

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Ukraine cenbank bans FX purchases on interbank market, fixes hryvnia rate

Ukraine's central bank has banned foreign currency purchases on the interbank market and fixed the official hryvnia exchange rate on Feb. 24, Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko said on Thursday as Ukrainian assets suffered after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

 

Shevchenko said foreign currency sales would not be limited.

 

He said the bank was prohibiting the issuance of cash in foreign currency and limiting cash withdrawals from accounts to 100,000 hryvnia ($3,356.67) a day.