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Russia-Ukraine war LATEST updates: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded still tougher sanctions against his Moscow foes on Friday after invading Russian forces attacked and seized a nuclear plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly survived three assassination attempted in the last week.
The Czech government has declared a state of emergency from Friday in anticipation of a major influx of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the ongoing Russian invasion. “We are implementing it purely for technical reasons, so we can handle the influx of refugees,” Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said Wednesday during a press briefing.
An air defense unit near the resort of Zatoka (Odesa region) shot down a Russian aircraft that attacked one of the military infrastructure facilities, the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported, as per Interfax Ukraine. Russian lawmakers on Friday approved legislation providing up to 15 years in jail for any publication of fake news about the Russian armed forces, one week after Moscow invaded Ukraine. BJP MLA Arvind Bellad has come under fire over his controversial remark saying the delay over bringing back the body of killed Indian student Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagowda was because it takes more space to bring a body in a plane, adding that around eight to 10 people could be accommodated in that space. Russia’s media watchdog said Friday it had restricted access to several independent media websites, including the BBC, tightening controls over the internet more than one week after Russia invaded Ukraine. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a high-level meeting on the Russia-Ukraine crisis and reviewed the progress of Operation Ganga. The office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will seek an emergency UN Security Council meeting after Russian troops in Ukraine attacked a nuclear power plant and sparked a fire.Emergency services in Ukraine said Friday that they had extinguished a fire at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after Kyiv blamed Russian military shelling for the blaze. The White House has imposed new sanctions on 50 Russian oligarchs, including Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskovt, and their families in the latest attempt to target President Vladimir Putin for ordering the invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow Friday of resorting to “nuclear terror” and wanting to “repeat” the Chernobyl disaster after he said invading Russian forces attacked a nuclear power plant. US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Russia to stop its military activities at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant and to allow in emergency services. The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Twitter that it’s been informed by Ukraine’s nuclear regulator that “there has been no change reported in radiation levels” at a nuclear power station shelled by Russian troops. Russian forces pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing city by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire and raising fears that radiation could leak from the damaged power station. Plant spokesman Andriy Tuz told Ukrainian television that shells were falling directly on the Zaporizhzhia plant in the city of Enerhodar and had set fire to one of the facility’s six reactors. That reactor is under renovation and not operating, but there is nuclear fuel inside, he said. A government official told The Associated Press that elevated levels of radiation were detected near the plant, which provides about 25% of Ukraine’s power generation. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information has not yet been publicly released. Tuz said firefighters cannot get near the flames because they are being shot at. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted a plea to the Russians to stop the assault and allow fire teams inside. “We demand that they stop the heavy weapons fire,” Tuz said in a video statement. “There is a real threat of nuclear danger in the biggest atomic energy station in Europe.” The attack renewed fears that the invasion could result in damage to one of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors and trigger another emergency like the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which happened about 110 kilometers (65 miles) north of the capital. At least 22 people were killed on Thursday in the wake of Russian air strikes in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, the Ukrainian emergency services said in an online post. It said rescue work was ongoing, without specifying where exactly the attack took place. Earlier the regional governor said at least nine people had been killed by an air strike on two schools and private houses. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on Thursday to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. “If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!” Zelensky told a press conference. “If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next,” he said, adding: “Believe me.” He called for direct talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying it was “the only way to stop this war.” “We are not attacking Russia and we do not plan to attack it. What do you want from us? Leave our land,” he said, addressing Putin. “Sit down with me. Just not 30 metres away like with (French President Emmanuel Macron),” the Ukrainian leader said, referring to Putin receiving world leaders at a now famous enormously long table. Zelensky - who just weeks ago sought to calm Ukrainians over US allegations that Russia was planning to invade his country – said: “Nobody thought that in the modern world a man can behave like a beast.” Kyiv said more than 350 civilians have been killed since Putin launched the invasion. “Any words are more important than shots,” Zelenskyy said from Kyiv as his delegation and Russian officials met in Belarus, in the Brest region that borders Poland.
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