Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 24 (ANI): The Indian equities markets key indices, Sensex and Nifty, crashed by nearly 3 per cent on Thursday as oil prices soared above $100 a barrel-mark for the first time in eight years after Russian troops launched their attacks on Ukraine.
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Russia announced the military operation in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): The Russian ruble collapsed on Thursday morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine, local media reported.
New York [US], February 24 (ANI): The Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations has appealed to its members to "stop the war" at an emergency meeting of the Security Council late on Wednesday (local time).
Kiev [Ukraine], February 24 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, announced the country's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday and added that Ukrainian cities are under strikes.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 24 (ANI): With Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a special "military operation" in eastern Ukraine, equity indices opened in red on Thursday with the Sensex down by 1432.50 points and Nifty down by 410.70 points.
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): Announcing a special "military operation" in the Donbas region, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences".
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a special "military operation" to protect Donbas, the separatist-held region in eastern Ukraine, media reports said on Thursday.
Kiev [Ukraine], February 24 (ANI): Ukraine has requested an urgent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Meet after Heads of the Ukraine breakaway regions, Donetsk and Luhansk, have asked the Russian President Vladimir Putin for help.
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): The heads of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to offer help "amid aggression from the Ukrainian Armed Forces".
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephonic conversation on Wednesday where both the leaders discussed the Ukraine crisis and security guarantees between Russia and the West.
Brussels [Belgium], February 23 (ANI): The European Union (EU) on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 351 members of the Russian Parliament who voted in favour of recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk.