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Russia moves troops, equipment near ports as ships cleared to leave Ukraine

In a weekend analysis Britain's Defense Ministry said the war in Ukraine 'is about to enter a new phase' in which the fighting would shift west and south, near the ports, to a roughly 350 km front line that extends from near the city of Zaporizhzhia to Russian-occupied Kherson

Ukraine decries Russian strikes on Odessa port; Moscow denies, says Turkey

Kyiv has called the attack a ‘spit in the face’ of a day-old deal between the warring sides to resume cereal exports blocked by the conflict

Reconciling war with peace amid Ukrainian crisis: Through the works of a Russian poet and an Indian rishi

How the writings of Sri Aurobindo and Alexander Pushkin provide us with a compass that will show us the right direction in this overwhelmingly chaotic world of ours

GhoseSpot | India has changed and it will be a mistake to judge it by the lens of the past

As seen in the Modi government’s handling of the Ukraine crisis or Jaishankar’s aggressive diplomacy in the US, it’s obvious that the old order now has to deal with a new India which will talk in its own idiom and walk at its own pace

How Ukraine crisis undermines nuclear non-proliferation regime and may lead to more countries developing nukes

The Ukrainian conflict has clearly brought to the fore the glaring inequalities between five of the world's largest nuclear powers and the rest

Right Word | NATO is a guarantee for peace and Russia cannot accept it because of its imperialism: Polish Ambassador

Polish Ambassador Adam Burakowski said that Poland understood the finer nuances of India’s stand on the Ukraine-Russia conflict

How a new world order is emerging from the ruins of Ukraine — and India is at the heart of it

Ukraine is a wake-up call for the West. To wake up to the reality of a rapidly emerging new international order: Less weighed down by old loyalties or ideological hang-ups and more transactional and driven by national interests

Neighbourhood, not Ukraine war, should be India’s priority now

At a time when there are suggestions for India to play a peacemaker's role in the Ukraine war, the South Asian neighbourhood — from Pakistan on the land-side to Sri Lanka on the Oceanfront — is in trouble

Platforms supporting Ukrainian refugees must prioritise their safety — or risk exposing them to trafficking and exploitation

Many of these well-meaning projects have been developed with limited humanitarian knowledge, and without collaboration with governments or experienced NGOs. As such, they also risk opening the door for human trafficking and exploitation.

Russia-Ukraine war: More than 4.4 million have fled their homes since beginning of invasion

Ninety percent of those who have fled Ukraine are women and children, as the Ukrainian authorities do not allow men of military age to leave