Hemant Singh – Mumbai Uncensored, 25th February 2022
Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air, and sea on Thursday, the biggest attack by one nation against another in Europe since World War 2. Ukraine has severed diplomatic relations with Russia as a consequence.
Ukraine’s capital was hit by missiles as Russian forces pressed ahead and Ukraine’s president pleaded to the international community to do more, saying sanctions are not enough. The shelling sets off day two of fighting after Vladimir Putin announced ‘military operations in Ukraine’. Earlier, 137 people, including 10 military officers, have been killed and 316 people injured so far, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s staff continue to maintain the facilities and monitor radioactive contamination at the station, a Russian official said on Friday, a day after Russian forces seized the decommissioned facility after a relentless fight with Ukrainian soldiers guarding it. Vladimir Putin has launched a multi-pronged all-out attack on Ukraine, ignoring international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any attempt to interfere would result in “consequences they had never experienced before”.
As he navigated the world’s largest country through treacherous shoals during most of his 22-year rule, Vladimir Putin presented an air of calm determination. As he has demonstrated by his attack on Ukraine, he is an altogether different leader: one who has dragged the nuclear superpower into a conflict of no foreseeable conclusion and one that by all appearances will put an end to Russia’s attempts over the last three decades to find a place in the peaceful world order.
As a result of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis contacted Russia’s ambassador to the Holy See to express his concerns. The head of the Roman Catholic Church met Alexander Avdeev at the Russian embassy in Rome and stayed for about 30 minutes, according to the press office.
Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy has issued a new advisory to Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine. The government of India and the embassy are trying to establish evacuation routes from Romania and Hungary, and teams are being positioned at the border checkpoints. In coordination with MEA teams, Indian nationals living close to the above-mentioned checkpoints in Ukraine are advised to depart first in an organized manner.
The letter was addressed to Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India.
“As you are aware that thousands of Indian students pursuing their medical studies are stranded in Ukraine. Most of them cannot afford the escalated costs of air travel. Even those affording cannot travel due to the adverse conditions there. Even the day-to-day rations are dwindling, creating severe hardships for their survival. Their parents here are anxious and worried about the safety and well-being of their children,”
