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NEW DELHI: A new route has been finalized for the evacuation of Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine via Romania. Two flights will be operated from Suceava city, which is situated near Romania’s border with Ukraine during the next 24 hours, the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Thursday. The newly-identified route will facilitate the smooth passage of Indian citizens […]

Satellite imagery released by Planet Labs PBC via Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab showed plumes of smoke in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv after Russia launched a rocket from Belgorod Oblast on February 27. Satellite images captured by the American public Earth imaging company displayed the indiscriminate Russian shelling on . The Atlantic Council’s […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin today as Russia stepped up its attack on the eastern European nation. The two leaders reviewed the situation in Ukraine, especially in Kharkiv city where many Indian students are stuck, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement. During their […]

Planet Labs PBC has captured before and after images of the airport in Hostomel to show how the world’s biggest aircraft Antonov AN-225 was damaged. Satellite image captured by Planet Lab PBC also shows damage to the Desna River Bridge in Zolotynka, Ukraine. Picture on left was captured on 26 February, while picture on right […]

Developments in Ukraine, and the world’s responses, have given India an extraordinary opportunity to try and bring Russia closer to the West, by playing a proactive role in negotiating peace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been called and acknowledged by top leaders on both sides, could even invite the two presidents for talks in […]