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The latest developments on Ukraine-Russia tensions after Russia launches military operation against Ukraine
Almost four days after Russia began its military operation, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a delegation will meet with Russian officials at an unspecified location on the Belarusian border.
This development followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s orders to put Russian nuclear forces on high alert, a move that Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said was timed to put pressure on Ukraine during the negotiations.
The Russian invasion has so far resulted in the deaths of 352 Ukrainian civilians including 14 children, according to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. Additionally, around 400,000 Ukrainians have crossed into the EU since the start of the offensive.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a two hour long, high level meeting on February 27, in which he reiterated that, “ensuring safety of our students and evacuating them” is top priority. India has brought back a total of 907 stranded citizens from that country since Saturday when the first evacuation flight from Bucharest with 219 people on board landed in Mumbai under Operation Ganga.
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:
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says missiles have hit a radioactive waste disposal site in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, but there are no reports of damage to the buildings or indications of a release of radioactive material.