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Modi urges Putin to hold direct talks with Zelensky
In a phone call that lasted for about 50 minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold direct talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky amid the ongoing Moscow-Kiev war, according to sources. During the conversation, which is the second between Modi and Putin since Russia began its war on February 24, the President briefed the Prime Minister on the status of negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian teams.
Ukraine says fighting world's first 'hybrid war'
The Ukrainian government has revealed that it is fighting a 'hybrid war' where Russia-backed threat actors are hitting their internet networks while their armies are attacking physical infrastructure on the ground. The country's cyber-security authority said its cyber defences are repelling most hacking attacks, adding that the cyber-war with Russia was unprecedented, the BBC reported.
Denmark to hold referendum on joining EU's common defence policy
Denmark will hold a referendum on June 1 on whether to join the European Union (EU)'s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. The referendum is part of a new political agreement on defence reached by leaders of the Liberal Party, the Conservative People's Party, the Radical Left and the Socialist People's Party, reports Xinhua news agency.
After Afghanistan, IS-K sets foot in Pakistan
The IS-K claimed responsibility for the attack in which a suicide bomber blew himself up after entering into the mosque during Friday prayers, claiming the lives of at least 63 and injuring over 200. It also claimed the terror attack just outside Kabul airport during the evacuation process of foreign forces was underway after the Taliban takeover, as well as many others on mosques and other places in Afghanistan.
Pak faces western pressure to condemn Russia's invasion in Ukraine
The ongoing conflict, triggered through the invasion of Russia in Ukraine, has brought the world into a divided approach between the west and the east. The NATO, US, UK and the European Union (EU) are taking to global platforms like the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to gather global support in condemning Russia over its aggression in Ukraine.
Russia recruiting Syrians adept at fighting in urban areas for Ukraine war
This was reported by the Wall Street Journal, citing four US officials. It is unknown exactly how many Syrian mercenaries were recruited, but according to the publication, some of them are already in Russia and are preparing to enter the conflict. According to the publication, based in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Russia offered volunteers from the country from $ 200 to $ 300 to travel to Ukraine, UNIAN reported.
Putin's decimated forces could lose war in Ukraine: Top UK General
Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'decimated' forces could lose the war in Ukraine, the UK's Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin said. His comments represent the most optimistic assessment yet of how the conflict may end, but it came on another bleak day, with Russian forces firing on families as they fled the fighting, the report said. When the invasion began on February 24, it was assumed to be inevitable that Russian tanks would roll into Kiev within hours.
Imran hits out at the West for treating Pakistanis like 'slaves'
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at foreign diplomats who pressured his country to join a UN resolution condemning Russia over its military attack on Ukraine, accusing the envoys of treating Pakistanis like "slaves".
'Ukraine plans to blow up nuke plant blame Russia for radioactive contamination
Ukraine's domestic security service, the SBU, allegedly conspired with the Azov Battalion fighters to stage a false-flag attack in Kharkiv, Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed. According to the Ministry, the Ukrainian ultranationalist militants allegedly rigged a small experimental nuclear reactor at the Institute of Physics and Technology (KIPT) with explosives
Russia to hold fire in Ukraine, allow civilians to escape
Russian armed forces said on Monday that it will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in some Ukrainian cities from 10 a.m. (Moscow time, about 12.30 p.m. IST) to allow civilians to escape, state media reported. According to Russia's military, the decision was taken at the "personal request" of French President Emmanuel Macron to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Sputnik News reported.
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