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Moscow’s more than six-week long incursion has seen over 4 million people flee abroad, killed or injured thousands, left a quarter of the population homeless and turned cities into rubble as it drags on for longer than Russia expected.


Ukrainian soldiers walk past a destroyed Russian tank amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha in Kyiv region in Ukraine. (REUTERS PHOTO.)
Ukrainian soldiers walk past a destroyed Russian tank amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha in Kyiv region in Ukraine. (REUTERS PHOTO.)

Updated on Apr 09, 2022 06:05 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine War LIVE: At least 50 people were killed and hundreds wounded as Russian troops reportedly bombed civilians waiting at a train station to be evacuated from the Donetsk region on Friday, Ukrainian authorities said as the war entered its 45th day.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv and promised more sanctions and financial aid. The EU Commission head plans to host a Ukraine aid fundraiser in Warsaw today.

Meanwhile, The UK and Germany vowed to send more weapons. Russia ordered the closing of the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International offices in the country. Its central bank unexpectedly slashed interest rates and eased some capital controls, after the ruble rebounded close to pre-war levels.

Moscow’s more than six-week long incursion has seen over 4 million people flee abroad, killed or injured thousands, left a quarter of the population homeless and turned cities into rubble as it drags on for longer than Russia expected.

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Russia-Ukraine War LIVE Updates- April 9, Saturday

Moscow’s more than six-week long incursion has seen over 4 million people flee abroad, killed or injured thousands, left a quarter of the population homeless and turned cities into rubble as it drags on for longer than Russia expected.



Ukrainian soldiers walk past a destroyed Russian tank amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha in Kyiv region in Ukraine. (REUTERS PHOTO.)
Ukrainian soldiers walk past a destroyed Russian tank amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha in Kyiv region in Ukraine. (REUTERS PHOTO.)

Updated on Apr 09, 2022 06:05 AM IST


Pak PM Imran Khan says no superpower can dictate terms to India: ‘khuddar qaum

  • Pakistan Supreme Court rejected the Deputy Speaker’s ruling as unconstitutional and directed to hold a sitting of the National Assembly “not later than 10.30 am on April 9” for the no-trust vote against Imran Khan.


Televisions broadcast live footage of Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, April 8, 2022.(Bloomberg)
Televisions broadcast live footage of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s prime minister, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, April 8, 2022.(Bloomberg)

Published on Apr 09, 2022 05:51 AM IST


Missile kills at least 52 at crowded Ukrainian train station

The attack that some denounced as yet another war crime in the 6-week-old conflict came as workers unearthed bodies from a mass grave in Bucha, a town near Ukraine’s capital where dozens of killings have been documented after a Russian pullout.



In this photo published on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Telegram channel, a train damaged by Russian shelling sits at the railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 8, 2022. (via AP)
In this photo published on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Telegram channel, a train damaged by Russian shelling sits at the railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 8, 2022. (via AP)

Published on Apr 09, 2022 04:58 AM IST


Ukraine begins excavation of Bucha mass grave

The grave — a long deep trench in the mud behind a gold-domed church — was used by Ukrainians to bury neighbours they claim were killed at the hands of Russian armed forces which arrived on February 26.



Ukrainian investigators exhume bodies from a mass grave in the gardens of the St Andrew church in the town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, on April 8, 2022, during Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. (AFP)
Ukrainian investigators exhume bodies from a mass grave in the gardens of the St Andrew church in the town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, on April 8, 2022, during Russia’s military invasion launched on Ukraine. (AFP)

Published on Apr 08, 2022 11:22 PM IST


Ukraine war: EU bans Russian coal, airstrike kills 50 at Kramatorsk | Top points

  • EU president Ursula von der Leyen visited Ukrainian town Bucha on Friday after having reached the country. Referring to the civilian killings in the region last week, which Ukraine alleged were war crimes committed by retreating Russian troops, she said “humanity is shattered”.


A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.(AP)
A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.(AP)

Published on Apr 08, 2022 11:10 PM IST

Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi


Afghan-Pak border forces on alert after Pak military chopper shot at

  • The political flux in Pakistan has emboldened the Taliban to attack a Pak Army helicopter in pursuit of Durand Line as the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.


Afghan forces led by Taliban Emirate forces and Pakistani forces are reportedly on high alert along the Durand Line in Nimroz province, according to TOLONews channel(Screengrab)
Afghan forces led by Taliban Emirate forces and Pakistani forces are reportedly on high alert along the Durand Line in Nimroz province, according to TOLONews channel(Screengrab)

Published on Apr 08, 2022 10:50 PM IST


Imran Khan says unhappy with Pak SC order, calls for Sunday protests

  • Imran Khan A day ahead of a vote against the no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly, the embattled leader said Pakistan was being turned into a banana republic.


File photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing the nation in Islamabad.(ANI)
File photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing the nation in Islamabad.(ANI)

Updated on Apr 08, 2022 10:52 PM IST


Vladimir Putin’s approval rises to 81% among Russians since invasion of Ukraine

  • State-run VTsIOM said that as many as 78.9 per cent of Russians in its latest survey approved of President Vladimir Putin’s actions as opposed to 64.3 per cent in the poll conducted before the start of the invasion of Ukraine.


Russian President Vladimir Putin.(AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin.(AP)

Published on Apr 08, 2022 09:14 PM IST

Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi


Richer than the queen: UK finance minister Rishi Sunak’s mega-wealthy wife

Rishi Sunak ,once seen as a future prime minister, has seen his popularity sink because of surging consumer prices, while recent reports that Murty’s foreign earnings are shielded from British tax authorities have added to the pressure.



Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (R) poses with his wife Akshata Murty.(AFP)
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (R) poses with his wife Akshata Murty.(AFP)

Published on Apr 08, 2022 08:14 PM IST


‘Russia, an evil with no limits’: Zelenskyy on east Ukraine rocket attack

The Russian defence ministry, meanwhile, denied its troops were behind the attack on the Kramatorsk railway station. At least 35 people were killed in the strike.



A Ukrainian police walks by calcinated cars outside a train station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used for civilian evacuations, after it was hit by a rocket attack killing at least 35 people, on April 8, 2022. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)(AFP)
A Ukrainian police walks by calcinated cars outside a train station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used for civilian evacuations, after it was hit by a rocket attack killing at least 35 people, on April 8, 2022. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)(AFP)

Published on Apr 08, 2022 05:11 PM IST


In a first, EU bans Russian coal imports, targets Putin’s daughters

  • The EU was under pressure from the US and Ukraine on adopting more sanctions against Russia in the aftermath of the alleged executions of at least 20 civilians in Ukrainian town of Bucha last weekend.


European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday, April 8, 2022, that she is en route to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv along with bloc's diplomatic chief Josep Borrell Fontelles. They are set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.(Reuters photo)
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday, April 8, 2022, that she is en route to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv along with bloc’s diplomatic chief Josep Borrell Fontelles. They are set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.(Reuters photo)

Updated on Apr 08, 2022 05:34 PM IST

Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi


‘Absolutely untrue…’: Russia denies Ukraine station attack that killed over 30

Ukraine train station attack: Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia as ‘an evil with no limits’.



ldUkrainian police inspect the remains of a large rocket with the words "for our children" in Russian next to the main building of a train station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used for civilian evacuations, that was hit by a rocket attack killing at least 35 people, on April 8, 2022. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)(AFP)
ldUkrainian police inspect the remains of a large rocket with the words “for our children” in Russian next to the main building of a train station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used for civilian evacuations, that was hit by a rocket attack killing at least 35 people, on April 8, 2022. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)(AFP)

Updated on Apr 08, 2022 04:25 PM IST

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