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Jihadists, mercenaries from third countries fighting Ukraine war: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that in Ukraine, the appearance of mercenaries from third countries and even jihadists is increasingly being recorded. Putin told German Chancellor Scholz that Ukrainian nationalists are using people, including foreigners, as human shields.
Peshawar mosque suicide blast toll rises to 56
Officials, who termed the incident a suicide attack, initially said that two attackers were involved. However, CCTV footage released later in the day showed a lone attacker clad in a black shalwar kameez reaching the mosque in the city's Qissa Khwani Bazaar on foot and brandishing a pistol.
Russia says buses ready to take out Indians, India says not without ceasefire
Russian news agency TASS said that the Russia is ready to send 130 buses to evacuate stranded Indian students and other foreigners from war-torn Ukraine's Kharkiv and Sumy cities to its Belgorod Region, quoting top Russian military official Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.
Russia says Zelensky has left Ukraine and is in Poland
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Poland. "Zelensky left Ukraine. The deputies of the Verkhovna Rada said that they could not get to him in Lvov. Now he is in Poland," he wrote, RT reported. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, declined to comment on information about the whereabouts of Zelensky.
Putin tells Scholz that Ukrainian 'nationalists' are using people, including foreigners, as human shields
The press service of the Kremlin, in a statement, said: "It is emphasised that the main danger comes from neo-Nazi military formations that commit numerous war crimes using terrorist methods, placing strike weapons in residential areas, cynically hiding behind the civilian population." Separately, Putin stressed in a conversation that nationalists use foreign citizens as human shields, RT reported.
Russia-Ukraine war reaches nuclear sites, raises worldwide concern
Ukraine has 15 nuclear power units (13.8 GW) at four nuclear power plants: Rivne, Khmelnitskiy, South Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia, the largest one in Europe.So far the Russian troops have taken over the closed nuclear power plant at Chernobyl and the active nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River, in the city of Enerhodar.
Russian TV channels being broadcast after seizing TV tower in Ukraine cities
Citing City Council and sources in Ukraine's Security Service, Zaporizhzhya Regional Military Administration said, "Russian troops surrounded the Melitopol TV tower. It is under their control."Sources in Ukraine's Security Service reported that the Russian forces have installed their equipment in the TV tower and are already broadcasting Russian TV channels, Ukrayinska Pravda reported.
Suicide blast in Peshawar Shia mosque kills at least 30
At least 80 people have been injured, according to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) minister Kamran Bangash. KP government spokesman Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif said at least 30 people have been killed in the explosion, which he said was a suicide attack, adding that two terrorists were involved in the attack.
Ukraine crisis: Indian national shot at in Kiev, stable
Harjot's brother Prabhjot Singh, who resides in Delhi's Chhattarpur, told IANS: "The last conversation I had with Harjot was on February 26 at 9 p.m. I haven't spoken to him since then. On March 2, at night, he contacted the family and informed them about his injuries.
Bharti Global UK JV OneWeb not to launch its satellites using Russian rocket
The board of the Indo-UK satellite joint venture OneWeb has voted to suspend satellite launches from Baikonur rocket port in Russia. "The Board of OneWeb has voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur," the company jointly owned by India's Bharti Global and the UK government said. The suspension of launches is one of the after effects of Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
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