Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | UN chief Guterres wants Ukraine humanitarian cease-fire
The Hindu
Here are the latest developments from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict
A senior Ukrainian official says at least 5,000 people have been buried in the besieged southern city of Mariupol since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled a budget proposal with a f $6.9 billion infusion of funding for Ukraine and NATO, with another $1 billion allocated to Washington’s efforts to counter Moscow’s influence.
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators will meet on Tuesday for their first face-to-face talks in weeks. The discussions come after President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kyiv’s negotiators are studying a Russian demand for Ukrainian neutrality.
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 chief has launched an initiative to immediately explore possible arrangements for “a humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine” in order to allow the delivery of desperately needed aid and pave the way for serious political negotiations to end the month-long war.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he asked Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths, the head of the U.N.’s worldwide humanitarian operations, to explore the possibility of a cease-fire with Russia and Ukraine. He said Griffiths has already made some contacts.
The tribunal set up under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act, 2007, will not get jurisdiction to annul the gift deed if the deed does not contain the condition that the transferee should provide basic amenities and physical needs to the transferor parent/senior citizen of the property, the High Court of Karnataka has said.
Despite a few anxious moments when he was trailing during the counting of votes, BJP’s P.C. Mohan has been elected as Member of Parliament for the fourth term from the Bengaluru Central constituency. He defeated Congress candidate Mansoor Ali Khan by a margin of 32,707 votes. In an interview with The Hindu, Mr. Mohan shared his vision and ideas to develop Bengaluru as a global city, and spoke about lake development and speedy completion of ongoing projects such as suburban rail among his top priorities.