Russian invasion of Ukraine: Top 10 developments immediately

On the fourth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops entered Kharkiv, the nation’s second-largest metropolis, the place fierce combating was reported. The metropolis’s mayor later said that Ukrainian forces have repelled the Russian try to seize Kharkiv.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces to be placed on excessive alert at the same time as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to begin peace talks with Russia.

Here are high developments within the Russia-Ukraine battle:

🔴 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to begin peace talks with Russia, his workplace mentioned Sunday. Following a cellphone name with Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, Zelenskyy’s workplace mentioned he had agreed to ship a delegation to a gathering on the Belarusian-Ukrianian border close to the Pripyat river. The talks can be the primary to happen since Russia invaded Ukraine. His workplace mentioned the talks can be held with out preconditions. “We agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River,” Zelenskyy mentioned in an announcement.

🔴 Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces placed on excessive alert amid tensions with the West over his invasion of Ukraine. Putin ordered the Russian protection minister and the chief of the navy’s General Staff to place the nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty”. His order raised the menace that the tensions with the West over the invasion in Ukraine may result in the usage of nuclear weapons.

🔴 Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of Nato, mentioned Putin’s nuclear rhetoric is “dangerous”. “This is dangerous rhetoric. This is a behavior which is irresponsible,” Stoltenberg mentioned on CNN. “And of course when you combine this rhetoric with what they are doing on the ground in Ukraine – waging war against an independent, sovereign nation, conducting full-fledged invasion of Ukraine – this adds to the seriousness of the situation.”

🔴 Ukrainian forces repelled the Russian try to seize Kharkiv, the town’s governor claimed on Sunday. This got here after fierce combating was reported from Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis. Kharkiv’s Governor Oleh Synyehubov posted on Facebook, “Control over Kharkiv is completely ours! A complete cleansing of the city from the enemy is happening. The Russian enemy is absolutely demoralised.”

🔴 The mayor of Kyiv mentioned on Sunday there have been no Russian troops within the Ukrainian capital, which was holding its defence in opposition to assaults.” But our navy, legislation enforcement and territorial defence proceed to detect and neutralize saboteurs,” Vitaly Klitschko wrote on his Telegram channel.

🔴 Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level assembly on the Ukraine disaster on Sunday, PTI reported. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was a part of the assembly, which was additionally attended by high authorities officers, as per PTI. Modi presided over the assembly instantly upon his return from Uttar Pradesh, the place he addressed rallies as a part of the BJP’s marketing campaign for the state meeting polls. Numerous Indians, principally college students, are stranded in Ukraine following Russia’s assault on the nation. India has begun evacuating them, and over 900 individuals have been introduced again since Saturday.

🔴 Pope Francis has denounced the “diabolical and perverse logic” of launching a struggle in Ukraine in his strongest public feedback but. Pope Francis additionally referred to as Sunday for humanitarian corridors to welcome Ukrainian refugees fleeing the “tragic” invasion of their homeland. Pope Francis has kept away from calling out Russia by title as he seeks to fix ties with the Russian Orthodox Church, and he once more omitted any reference to Moscow on Sunday. But he mentioned: “Those who make war forget humanity,” including that warfare “relies on the diabolical and perverse logic of weapons, which is the farthest thing from God’s will.”

🔴 Ukraine will show in a good courtroom that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “a main war criminal” of the twenty first century, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova informed Ukrainian TV. Earlier, Ukraine mentioned it had submitted an utility in opposition to Russia to the International Court of Justice. Meanwhile, the Russian state prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on Sunday that anybody offering monetary or different help to a international state or worldwide organisation aimed in opposition to Russia’s safety could possibly be convicted of treason, going through a most sentence of 20 years.

🔴 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett mentioned on Sunday his authorities was continuing ‘with moderation and responsibility’ on a battle testing its ties to Kyiv and Moscow. “We pray for the wellbeing of the citizens of Ukraine and hope that further bloodshed is prevented,’ Bennett said. ‘We are conducting ourselves with moderation and responsibility’. He said Israel is sending 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including water-purification kits, medical equipment and tents. It will arrive within days,” Bennet mentioned.

🔴 Russian forces have misplaced about 4,300 servicemen throughout their invasion of Ukraine, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar mentioned on Sunday, including nonetheless that the quantity was being clarified. She additionally mentioned on her Facebook web page that Russian troops misplaced about 146 tanks, 27 plane and 26 helicopters.

(With company inputs)