NEW DELHI: G7 leaders have reportedly reached a consensus to allocate $50 billion to support war-torn Ukraine by the end of the current year, according to a statement from the French presidency on Wednesday. The funds will be sourced from Russian assets that have been frozen.“We have an agreement,” a presidency official said, ahead of…
NEW DELHI: Four Indian medical students drowned in a river near St. Petersburg, Russia. The victims, comprising two boys and two girls aged 18 to 20, were students at Novgorod State University in Veliky Novgorod. One of the deceased Jishan, who was swept away by the powerful wave, was on a video call with his…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has lashed out at the West for delivering long-range weapons to Ukraine, warning that Moscow might consider supplying similar arms to other nations to target Western interests.“If someone thinks it is possible to supply such weapons to a war zone to attack our territory and create problems for us,…
In a recorded video released today (May 26), Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flatly rejected any Russian hints of a ceasefire. Speaking from the embattled Ukrainian city of Kharkiv which has been the focus of a new Russian assault in recent weeks, Zelenskyy asserted that Ukraine had the largest experience of “Russian lies” and that Moscow…
Russia‘s military on Tuesday began drills involving tactical nuclear weapons that were announced by Russian authorities earlier this month in an apparent warning to senior Western officials who had spoken about the possibility of deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. It was the first time Russia has publicly announced drills involving tactical nuclear weapons,…
LONDON: British MPs have called on govt to take action over blatant evasion of sanctions on Russia by companies in Europe.UK purchases of fuel from China, India and Turkey — much of which originates from Russian oil — have shot up since the sanctions regime began. From 2021 to 2023, purchases from India went up…
The Biden administration is working to send an additional Patriot air-defense battery to Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said, as the US and its allies scramble to meet the country’s demand for more air defenses to repel an intensified Russian assault.The US is seeking to send a single battery along with radars, according to…
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to push through Kyiv‘s defensive lines, Russian forces launched a massive assault in Ukraine‘s northeastern Kharkiv, even as the Ukrainian defence ministry agreed that “battles of varying intensity continue”.The Moscow troops used artillery, bombs and armoured vehicles to break into Kharkiv, while Kyiv claimed it managed to repel attacks.Russian army…
The US has accused Russia of using chemical weapons, including poison gas, “as a method of warfare” against Ukrainian forces, in violation of a global ban on the use of such weapons.The state department said in a statement on Wednesday that Russia had used chloropicrin, a “choking agent” widely used during World War I, as…
NEW DELHI: Bomb threats sent via email to schools in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday morning originated from Russia, as indicated by the IP address of the email, which was traced back to the domain “mail.ru”. Over 60 schools in national capital and Noida received bomb threats mail creating panic among parents and students.While some principals claim…
