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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 27, 2022, 05:43:19 IST
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Russia Ukraine war news: Russian forces in Ukraine ordered to resume offensive 'from all directions'

Ukrainian forces are trying to hold the Russians at bay on the outskirts of capital Kyiv. US has announced sanctions on several Russian business entities and individuals, including President Putin and foreign minister Lavrov. Indians in Ukraine are being brought back through Hungary, Budapest and Romania, and MEA officials are coordinating operations. Stay with TOI for live updates.
06:17 (IST) Feb 26
We share important interests with India. We share important values with India. And we know India has a relationship with Russia that is distinct from the relationship that we have with Russia. Of course, that is okay: US State Department spokesperson Ned Price
06:02 (IST) Feb 26
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said some of the 30 allies announced the type of weapons that they would supply Ukraine, including air defenses, without giving details.
05:39 (IST) Feb 26
Ukraine says two commercial ships hit by Russian missiles near Odessa port
Ukraine said Russian warships shelled a Moldovan-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship due to load grain near Odessa port in the Black Sea on Friday, one day after Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A total of three non-military vessels have now been hit since the start of the invasion. On Thursday, the Turkish-owned Yasa Jupiter cargo ship was struck off Odessa.
05:36 (IST) Feb 26
Security of one country cannot come at the cost of undermining the security of other nations. China abstained in the vote. Ukraine should become a bridge between East & West: China's permanent representative to the UN, Zhang Jun
05:35 (IST) Feb 26
"We believe that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states should be respected and that the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be upheld," says China's permanent representative to the UN, Zhang Jun
05:26 (IST) Feb 26
Ukraine's military said it has shot down a Russian military transport plane with paratroopers on board.
According to a statement from the military's General Staff, the Il-76 heavy transport plane was shot down near Vasylkiv, a city 40 kilometres south of Kyiv. The Russian military has not commented on the incident so far, and the report could not be immediately verified. (AP)
04:56 (IST) Feb 26
Russia's UN envoy calls the UN security council draft resolution 'anti-russian'.
04:55 (IST) Feb 26
Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a massive invasion of Ukraine. His aim is to remove its govt & subjugate its people. This is not self-defence. It is naked aggression: UK Ambassador to UN Barbara Woodward
04:37 (IST) Feb 26
All member states need to honour these principles in finding a constructive way forward. Dialogue is the only answer to settling differences & disputes, however daunting that may appear at this moment: India's Permanent Rep to UN, TS Tirumurti at UNSC meeting on Ukraine
04:37 (IST) Feb 26
It is a matter of regret that the path of diplomacy was given up. We must return to it. For all these reasons, India has chosen to abstain on this resolution: India's Permanent Rep to UN, TS Tirumurti at UNSC meeting on Ukraine
04:36 (IST) Feb 26
We're also deeply concerned about welfare & security of Indian community, incl a large number of Indian students in Ukraine. Contemporary global order has been built on UN Charter, international law & respect for the sovereignty & territorial integrity of states: TS Tirumurti at UNSC
04:36 (IST) Feb 26
India is deeply disturbed by recent turn of developments in Ukraine. We urge that all efforts are made for the immediate cessation of violence & hostilities. No solution can ever be arrived at the cost of human lives: India's PR to UN, TS Tirumurti at UNSC meeting on Ukraine
04:29 (IST) Feb 26
At UN Security Council, India and China abstain from the Security Council vote condemning the invasion of Ukraine
04:10 (IST) Feb 26
Russia’s latest attack on our most fundamental principles is so bold, so brazen that it threatens our international system as we know it: US Ambassador to UN Linda Thomas Greenfield
04:09 (IST) Feb 26
UNSC emergency session under way, to vote on a resolution condemning Russian invasion in Ukraine
04:07 (IST) Feb 26
Ukraine's president says Russia will try to 'storm' Kyiv tonight
04:06 (IST) Feb 26
Maria Zakharova, Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman, told a Russian TV station Friday night that relations with the West "have reached the line after which the point of no return begins": AFP
03:23 (IST) Feb 26
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that Ukrainian authorities have requested IMF emergency financing.
03:19 (IST) Feb 26
UN Security Council is delaying a vote on a resolution that would strongly condemn Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and demand an immediate halt to its use of force and the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine's internationally recognised borders (AP)
03:17 (IST) Feb 26
Canada PM Trudeau says imposing sanctions Russia's Putin and Lavrov.