12:31 AM, 10-Mar-2022
Air raid on hospital, 17 workers injured
Russia is constantly attacking hospitals in Ukraine. An official quoted by a news agency said that 17 workers were injured in an airstrike on the Mariupol Children’s Hospital.
11:04 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Will provide weapons to protect Ukraine’s skies: Britain
Britain’s Finance Secretary Liz Truss has said that the best way to protect Ukraine’s skies is through the anti-air weapons system the UK is now going to provide to Ukraine. The people of Britain stand with Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was also present during this.
10:40 PM, 09-Mar-2022
17 injured in attack on hospital in Mariupol
The governor of Ukraine’s Doneksk region, Pavlo Kirilenko, said 17 people were injured in a Russian attack on a children’s hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol today. Some of them are pregnant women as well. He accused Russia of attacking during the ceasefire.
10:29 PM, 09-Mar-2022
At least 516 civilians have been killed in Ukraine so far
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has said that at least 516 civilians have been killed and 908 injured in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s attack on February 24. The High Commission says that the real figure could be much higher. Most of the people lost their lives in shelling, missiles and air strikes.
10:12 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Indian students reached Poland from Sumi, expressed their gratitude
#WATCH , Students of Sumy State University, after reaching Poland from #Ukrainethank PM Narendra Modi, the people & government of Ukraine, Government of India, the Indian World Forum, RedCross, and Embassy of India in Kyiv.#OperationGanga pic.twitter.com/BuH55IwEeP
— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2022
09:59 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Britain to send anti-tank, anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine
The Secretary of Defense of the UK (United Kingdom) has said that Britain is preparing to send a small consignment of Starstrike anti-aircraft weapons and Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine.
09:43 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Children’s hospital hit by Russian strike
Ukrainian officials say a children’s hospital and maternity center have been hit by a Russian attack in Mariupol. According to an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, many pregnant women and children were buried under the rubble.
09:30 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Ukraine bans export of wheat, oats and other food items
The Ukrainian government has banned the export of wheat, oats and other food grains. Ukrainian officials are trying to make sure they can provide food to people during the intense war with Russia. New rules on agricultural exports, introduced this week, also prohibit exports of coarse cereals, buckwheat, sugar, live cattle and meat and its other “by-products”, according to a government announcement. Ukraine’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Policy Roman Leshchenko said in a statement released on the government website and his Facebook page that “the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine” is aimed at stabilizing the market and “meeting the needs of the population in vital food products”. export ban is required.
09:18 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Threatened students trapped in Ukraine – will travel to the border on foot
Students trapped in Sumi, war-torn Ukraine, threatened to march to the Russian border on foot carrying Indian flags in a video. This video of him created an uproar in the national and international media and then Indian officials started trying to get him out of there soon. Medical student Jisna Jiji said, “We were requesting the authorities to evacuate as soon as our resources were running out and the shelling continued but the requests did not affect the deaf ears. Upset over not getting any response, we decided to put the video on social media. It spread and within hours we got a reply from the government, we are being evacuated.” Jisna is part of 700 medical students who decided to reach the border on foot.
09:01 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Poland ready to supply MiG fighters to Ukraine
Poland’s prime minister said on Wednesday that his country is ready to supply its Russian-made MiG fighters to Ukraine directly through NATO. He said that this is a very serious decision which should be taken by all the member states of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as it affects the wider security. Prime Minister Mateusz Moravecki said it was now up to NATO and the US to decide whether to provide MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, which is fighting Russia’s aggression. On a visit to Vienna, the Prime Minister said, “Poland is not a party in this war and NATO is also not a party in this war.” It should be done by and with one voice by all NATO member states.” He said that talks are on on this subject.
08:48 PM, 09-Mar-2022
PM Modi’s talk with the Prime Minister of Hungary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the phone on Wednesday. The two discussed the current situation in Ukraine. Both agreed to continue efforts to stop the war early and bring Russia-Ukraine to the negotiating table.
08:28 PM, 09-Mar-2022
600 Indians evacuated from Sumi leave for Poland
The last large group of around 600 Indian students, who were evacuated from Ukraine’s north-eastern city of Sumy, have boarded a special train from Lviv to Poland and are likely to fly to India on Thursday. The students reached Lviv in western Ukraine from Poltava by another special train. The Indian Embassy in Ukraine said in a tweet on Wednesday, “The Ambassador flagged off the special train with 600 Indian students of Sumy University at Lviv Railway Station. They will travel to Poland and board their evacuation flights to India tomorrow.” There is hope. Stay safe, have courage.”
08:13 PM, 09-Mar-2022
3 million Ukrainians will need food help
The World Food Program has said that more than 3 million Ukrainian citizens will need food assistance. This United Nations agency executive director David Beasley said this in Warsaw. Here he discussed with the Foreign Minister of Poland the help of Ukrainian refugees coming to this country.
08:01 PM, 09-Mar-2022
China accuses NATO
China has accused NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) of elevating tensions between Russia and Ukraine to a state of war. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lalijian called on the new US to take China’s concerns seriously and refrain from undermining its rights or interests in handling the Ukraine issue and relations with Russia.
07:48 PM, 09-Mar-2022
Evacuation of citizens could not be done from Kharkiv’s Izyum
The evacuation of civilians from Izyum was not possible due to Russian military shelling in eastern Kharkiv, Ukraine. Regional governor Oleh Sinehubov has said this. One of the six humanitarian corridors announced today for the evacuation of civilians was earmarked for the Izyuv to Lozova. But the governor said that the buses only kept waiting at the entry of Ijayum.