Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Strategic Ukrainian port Mariupol ‘blockaded’ by Russian forces

The latest developments on Ukraine-Russia tensions after Russia launched military operation against Ukraine on February 26, 2022

Russia’s attack on Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Zaporizhzhia, on March 5, 2022, triggered worldwide panic with the United Nations Security Council raising alarm at the prospect of a nuclear incident in Ukraine. U.S. embassy in Ukraine called the incident a ‘war crime’.

The UN Human Rights Council voted to to set up an international commission of enquiry into Russia’s actions in Ukraine. India was among 13 countries of the 47-member council elected from UN members that abstained from the resolution.

Russia’s global isolation intensified as BBC halted operations in the country, while Russia blocked access to Facebook and Twitter.

The conflict began escalating on February 21, 2022, after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and deployed troops in a peacekeeping role.

Here are the latest updates:

Three IAF aircraft carrying 629 Indians from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries landed at the Hindon air base here on Saturday morning, the air force said.

India has been evacuating its citizens from war-torn Ukraine’s neighbouring countries such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive.