Russia-Ukraine war LIVE updates: Biden, G7 to hold crisis talks today as toll in Russian strikes rises to 19
16:05:11 IST'Ukrainians are now convinced even more that terrorists must be neutralized'
15:08:00 ISTBelarus says its forces grouped with Russian troops on its borders as defensive measure
Belarus said that its forces had grouped with Russian troops on its borders as a defensive measure. "All the activities currently being carried out are aimed at responding adequately to actions near our borders," the defence ministry said.
President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he had ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine in response to what he said was a clear threat to Belarus from Kyiv and its backers in the West.
15:06:22 ISTTurkey has called for Russia, Ukraine ceasefire 'as soon as possible', news agency AFP reported.
14:46:39 ISTUK spy agency watching for any signs Russia considering nuclear weapons
Britain would expect to see indicators if Russia was starting to consider deploying its nuclear arsenal in its war with Ukraine, Britain's top cyber spy said on Tuesday, repeating that any talk of using such weapons was highly dangerous.
"I would hope that we will see indicators if they started to go down that path," Jeremy Fleming, director of the GCHQ spy agency, told BBC Radio, without saying what those indicators could be.
"But let's be really clear about that, if they are considering that, that would be a catastrophe in the way that many people have talked about". (Reuters)
14:05:57 IST63,110 Russian personnel eliminated: Ukraine
13:16:28 ISTRussia planned for Monday's large-scale attacks before Crimean bridge blast, says White House
Russia had launched its most widespread air strikes since the start of the Ukraine war on Monday, in what President Vladimir Putin called revenge for a blown up bridge.
12:55:37 ISTVIDEO | Residents of Kyiv sing at metro station during air raid alert: 'Spirit is unbreakable'
12:46:09 ISTRussia fired 12 S-300 missiles at Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday morning, killing one person and hitting a car dealership and an educational institution, a report quoted Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Oleksandr Starukh as saying.
12:18:55 ISTBiden, G7 to hold crisis talks today
The United States and other G7 leaders are set to hold crisis talks on Tuesday following Russia's bombing blitz across Ukraine. Russian forces rained more than 80 missiles on cities across the country, killing at least 14 civilians, Kyiv said.
12:15:54 ISTDeath toll rises to 19 in Russian strikes on Ukraine, reports AFP quoting emergency services.
12:04:37 ISTRussian ex-president Medvedev on Kyiv wanted list
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been on a list of wanted persons compiled by Ukrainian security officials for more than half a year, Ukraine's SBU security service was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Medvedev was wanted under a section of the criminal code dealing with attempts to undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity and the inviolability of its borders. Most of the Russian Security Council's members are on the list.
11:49:31 ISTVIDEO | Girl films an explosion in Kyiv
11:48:17 IST11 dead, 89 after Russian strikes: Zelenskyy
According to Kyiv Post, Ukraine President Zelenskyy said, "As of 4 pm Monday, 11 people are dead as a result of Russia’s strikes. Another 89 are injured."
11:45:55 ISTA RECAP | What happened recently
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been raging on since February 24. Since the beginging of the war, Russian President has delivered at least three public addresses. In one of these speeches, Putin had announced the "partial mobalisation" of troops, that led to chaos in parts of Russia with thoudand of men fleeing the country.
Last week, a powerful truck explosion seriously damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea, hitting a prestige symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and the key supply route to Russian forces battling to hold territory captured in southern Ukraine.
This week, Russia fired cruise missiles at cities across Ukraine during rush hour, killing civilians and knocking out power and heat. Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, Dnipro and Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia in the south and Kharkiv in the east.
President Vladimir Putin declared it to be revenge for Ukrainian attacks including on a bridge to Crimea.
11:39:01 ISTJoe Biden vows advance air defense systems for Ukraine
US President Joe Biden vowed to provide advanced air systems to after a devastating missile barrage from Russia. "President Biden pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems," a White House statement on the phone call said. READ FULL STORY HERE
11:33:32 ISTUN rejects Russia's call for secret vote on Ukraine
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided on Monday, with 107 votes in favor, that it would hold a public vote and not a secret ballot on a draft resolution that condemns Russia's "illegal so-called referenda" and the "attempted illegal annexation."
India voted to reject Russia's demand for a secret ballot in the UN General Assembly. Only 13 countries opposed holding a public vote on the draft resolution, another 39 countries abstained and the remaining countries - including Russia and China - did not vote.
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