LIVE: 'US committed to do all necessary to make Ukraine war stop'

Washington is committed to doing every needed to stop the war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday as he went into a meeting with his EU counterparts

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Joe Biden had constructive conversation with Quad leaders: White House

US President Joe Biden had a constructive conversation with Quad leaders amid the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday.

 

The Quad leaders -- US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi --- convened a virtual meeting on Wednesday where they prominently discussed Russia's military operation in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the eastern European nation.

 

The President felt it was a constructive conversation, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference. Read on...

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Russia-Ukraine war LIVE: Europe’s largest nuclear plant on fire as Russia attacks

Europe’s largest nuclear power plant suffered a fire as Russian troops began shelling early Friday, raising concerns over the safety of the facility.

Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Russia’s military to immediately halt firing on the plant and to allow a security zone to be established in a message posted to Twitter.

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Russian forces take control of crucial Ukrainian energy hub and seacoast

Russian forces battled for control of the city that is home to the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe in Ukraine's south on Thursday and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea, as Ukrainian leaders called on citizens to rise up and wage guerrilla war against the invaders.

 

The fighting at Enerhodar, a city on the Dnieper River that accounts for one-quarter of the country's power generation, came as another round of talks between the two sides yielded a tentative agreement to set up safe corridors inside Ukraine to evacuate citizens and deliver humanitarian aid. Read on...

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One million people flee Ukraine

One million people have fled Ukraine so far, and a million more have abandoned their homes for Ukrainian cities farther from the fighting. The United Nations predicted that 10 million Ukrainians — roughly a quarter of the population — could be displaced, including about four million who are likely to become refugees in other countries, NYT reported.