"Right-wing Banderites and neo-Nazis in Ukraine are putting up heavy weapons, including multiple launch rocket systems, right in the central districts of major cities, including Kiev and Kharkiv," Vladimir Putin said in a statement issued to the world. “Do not let Banderites and Neo-nazis use your children and wives and the elderly as human shields. Take power into your own hands, it looks like it is us who will do better at negotiating.” The Russian FM Sergey Lavrov meanwhile insisted Russia is not carrying out strikes at any civilian infrastructure in Ukraine but will ensure the demilitarization of the country during the operation, after which the situation in Ukraine will return to negotiations. The Ukrainian president, meanwhile, claimed that the death toll stands at 137 soldi...

At least nine people including Syrian troops were killed in Israeli airstrikes near the capital Damascus. According to media reports, it is the fourth time this month that Israeli strikes have been reported inside Syria. “Israeli strikes killed six people, including two Syrian troops and four fighters whose nati­onalities remain unknown,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. On the same day as Russia has invaded Ukraine, four people, including 3 women were injured in a drone strike on a civilian vehicle at the Qamishli-Amude road in North-East Syria (Feb. 24). The people injured in the civilian vehicle on the Qamishli-Amude road have been identified as Daliya Şêxmûs (20), Roza Hemo (38), and Menîfe Himêdî (33), Local media reported.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ‘exciting’ time to be in Russia as its President Vladimir Putin waged a ‘military operation’ against Ukraine also saw another significant development. The Pakistan PM raised the issue of Jammu Kashmir with Putin as they sat in Kremlin together. As the Russian forces moved to occupy Ukraine on Thursday, Khan at the same time underscored the imperative of peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, the official APP news agency of Pakistan reported. He also committed to a “long-term and multidimensional” relationship with Moscow. Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, is the first Pakistani premier to visit Russia in 23 years after former premier Nawaz Sharif travelled to Moscow in 1999. He was in the country from February 23 to 24, at a time...

The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it launched 28 airstrikes in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah in the past 24 hours. Though the immediate damage was not known. The Saudi government claimed that the strikes destroyed 14 vehicles of the Houthi rebels. The airstrikes coincided with raging battles between the forces of the government and the Houthis in several parts of the province bordering Saudi Arabia. Since March 2015, Amnesty International’s researchers have investigated dozens of air strikes and repeatedly found and identified remnants of US-manufactured munitions. Amnesty International previously identified the use of the same US-made Raytheon bombs used on 21 January in a Saudi-led air strike carried out on 28 June 2019 on a residential home in Ta’iz governo...

As the war between Ukraine and Russia enters the second day, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine on released advisory for all Indian Nationals including students in Ukraine. "In this difficult situation, Embassy of India requests Indians to continue to remain strong, safe and alert. Embassy is also working round the clock to support the Indian community in Ukraine," the Embassy said in the statement. It also said that the Government of India and the Embassy of India were working to establish evacuation routes from Romania and Hungary. The Embassy said that the teams were getting in place at the following check points: CHOP-ZAHONY Hungarian Border near Uzhhorod PORUBNE-SIRET Romanian Border near Chernivtsi The Embassy advised the Indian nationals, especially students li...