Highlights: India abstains from voting against Russia at UN General Assembly

Airbus stops sending spare parts to Russia and supporting Russian airlines, reviewing whether its Moscow engineering centre could continue providing services to local customers under Western sanctions, reports news agency Reuters

“We're making all efforts to evacuate people stuck in Ukraine under Operation Ganga. Thousands of citizens have been brought back to India. To accelerate this mission, India has sent its 4 ministers there, will leave no stone unturned for the safe passage of Indians,” Prime Minister Modi at a rally in U.P's Sonbhadra

The Centre's Operation Ganga continues in full swing, with more Indians being evacuated from the war-torn country

Though Russia is widening its attack on Ukraine, things are not going as US intelligence had predicted and that’s what is perplexing the experts as to what Russia has up its sleeves. Read More

Don't foresee any obstacles as far as S-400 supply to India is concerned; have routes to continue with this deal unobstructed. Sanctions - old or new, do not interfere in any way, says Denis Alipov, Russian Envoy-designate to India, on the impact of sanctions in defence deal with India, reports ANI.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says almost 6000 Russians killed in 6 days of war, reports news agency Reuters.

An Indigo flight carrying 219 students studying in the war-torn country, Ukraine, landed in Delhi on Tuesday. They were welcomed by the Union minister of state Rajeev Chandrasekhar. 

The Russian army claimed on Wednesday it had taken control of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as Moscow's invasion of the pro-Western country went into its seventh day.

"The Russian divisions of the armed forces have taken the regional centre of Kherson under full control," defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in televised remarks.

As many as 31 evacuation flights will be operated to neighbouring countries of crisis-hit Ukraine and will bring back more than 6,300 Indians stranded in the eastern European nation, reports PTI citing sources.

At least 21 people were killed and 112 wounded in shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in the last 24 hours, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said on Wednesday.

The authorities have said Russian missile attacks hit the centre of Ukraine's second-largest city, including residential areas and the regional administration building.

With Operation Ganga in full swing on Ukraine's western borders, the Narendra Modi government is in constant touch with Moscow to give safe passage to Indian students stranded in Kharkiv and Sumy warzones and allow evacuation through the eastern border with Russia. Read More

Russia steps up its bombing campaign, hitting Kyiv's main television tower, two residential buildings in a town north west of the city and local government headquarters in Kharkiv.

Formula One's governing body, the FIA, has allowed Russian drivers to continue competing in the sanctioned motor racing events, but only in a neutral capacity and under its flag.

Russian airborne troops landed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, the Ukrainian army said, adding that there were immediate clashes.

"Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv... and attacked a local hospital," the army said in a statement on messaging app Telegram. "There is an ongoing fight between the invaders and the Ukrainians."

The US and our allies will defend every inch of NATO territory with full force of our collective power. Ukrainians are fighting back with pure courage. Putin may makes gains on the battlefield but he'll have to continue to pay a high price over the long run, says US President Biden.

Apple Inc. and Nike Inc. both announced plans Tuesday to halt product sales in Russia, cutting off the country to the most valuable technology company and the biggest maker of athleticwear.