Ukrane-Russia War: No report of Indians being held hostage in Ukraine, says govt

Ukrane-Russia War: No report of Indians being held hostage in Ukraine, says govt

Ukrane-Russia War: No report of Indians being held hostage in Ukraine, says govt

Moscow : The Indian government has denied reports of students being taken hostage in Ukrane even as Russian troops are in the southern city of Kherson and forced their way into the council building, the mayor said after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had made the first major gain of a city in its eight-day-long invasion.

The invasion was denounced by the United Nations in a historic vote, as global brands exited Russia and the rouble hit record lows.

Meanwhile,  the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine, following a request to do so by 39 of the court's member states. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the Kremlin would not be able to take his country with bombs and air strikes. Wth Reuters Inputs

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 10:08 03 Mar

As Operation Ganga continues MEA says no report of hostage situation related to Indian students in Kharkiv

India on Thursday said it had not received any report of a hostage situation regarding Indian students in Kharkiv and that it had requested the support of Ukrainian authorities in arranging special trains for taking students out from the city and neighbouring areas. Read full report

 09:36 03 Mar

No reports of Indian students taken hostage, says MEA

 09:11 03 Mar

Ukraine crisis: IAF's 3 evacuation flights with 628 Indians land in Hindon airbas

 The IAF's three evacuation flights with 628 Indians from the Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary's Budapest and Polish city Rzeszow landed at the Hindon airbase here in the early hours of Thursday, sources said.

The Indian Air Force's first flight carrying 200 people from Bucharest landed at 1.30 am and Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt welcomed them at the airbase, they noted.

All three IAF flights were conducted using C-17 military transport aircraft, sources said.- PTI

 08:43 03 Mar

Operation Ganga

 08:27 03 Mar

Won't spare any effort to get back Indians stranded in Ukraine: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today highlighted the government’s rescue efforts in the wake of the Russian military offensive against Ukraine and said India won’t spare any effort to bring back its citizens from the war-torn nation. Read full report

 08:25 03 Mar

By end of the day, Indian students walked 40 km to leave Kharkiv

Hours before the Indian Embassy in Ukraine sounded the alert to leave Kharkiv immediately, stranded students had begun their long walk to freedom. Read full story

 08:20 03 Mar

PM Modi dials Putin, calls for safe passage for Indian students

Russia has said its military was doing everything possible to ensure the safe evacuation of Indian students from the war zone and their return to homeland. The assurance came from Russian President Valdimir Putin during a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday evening. Read full report

 08:17 03 Mar

Sanctions on Belarus

The European Union and United States imposed new sanctions on Belarus for its supporting role in the invasion

 08:16 03 Mar

French President Emmanuel Macron said the war was Russian President Vladmir Putin's responsibility alone

French President Emmanuel Macron said the war was Russian President Vladmir Putin's responsibility alone, adding: The days ahead are likely to be increasingly difficult." * More than 870,000 people have fled Ukraine since the fighting began, most crossing into Poland and Romania

 08:15 03 Mar

Ukraine-Russia talks

A Ukrainian delegation has departed for a second round of talks with Russia, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters