Kyiv [Ukraine], March 12 (ANI): Russia controls 70 per cent of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine, Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai said, adding that the entire region is under heavy fire.
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): The United States has announced sanctions against two Russian individuals and three entities over their support for North Korea's weapons programme.
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 12 (ANI): Heavy shelling by Russian forces has erupted around the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on Friday evening, according to a CNN report.
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 12 (ANI): Ukraine authorities have told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that technicians have started repairing damaged power lines in an attempt to restore electricity supplies to the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that were entirely cut a f
Versailles [France], March 12: French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed concern that the conflict in Ukraine would affect food supply in Europe and Africa.
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): In a move similar to that of Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment has also announced that it will suspend all of its business operations in Russia, following the country's military operation in Ukraine.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 12 (ANI): Raneesh Joseph, a Keralite with his Ukrainian wife Victoria and their two-month-old baby Joseph Rafael, returned to Kochi from Ukraine's Sumy in a chartered flight of Air Asia.
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): American online video sharing and social media platform YouTube on Friday (local time) said that it is blocking Russian state-funded media channels globally "effective immediately."
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): US President Joe Biden stressed that the United States and NATO allies would not fight Russia in Ukraine, describing such a scenario as "World War III". He added that however "we will defend every inch of NATO territory."
New York [US], March 12 (ANI): The UN human rights office has said that it had received "credible reports" of several cases of Russian forces using cluster bombs in Ukraine, adding that indiscriminate use of such weapons might amount to war crimes.