Indians were brought home on 2 C-17 aircraft today
New Delhi:
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its eighth day today. Major cities are still under Ukraine’s control and Russia has stepped up its offensive and is now bombing civilian areas too.
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Three Indian Air Force aircraft brought home a total of 648 Indians, including students, from war-hit Ukraine in the early hours today. The C-17 aircraft took off from Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary capital Budapest and Poland’s Rzeszow, respectively.
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In Ukraine, Russian forces claimed to have taken the Black Sea city of Kherson in the south but the city’s mayor insists that it is under Ukrainian control.
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Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv continues to come under intense shelling. Russian forces have reportedly surround Mariupol, a strategic port on the Sea of Azov.
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Russia says that 498 of its troops have been killed in Ukraine, its first announced death count since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion.
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Russia moots the possibility of ceasefire talks on Thursday with Ukraine, which says a delegation is “on its way” for the talks at an undisclosed location on the Belarus-Poland border.
