Highlights: Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier

Russia-Ukraine war: The war between the two neighbours continues with no end in sight. Russian troops entered Ukraine on February 24 on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.

A man walks past a sign during a demonstration outside the United Nations during a special session on Ukraine of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday.

Russia-Ukraine war highlights: The Russia-Ukraine war, which began on February 24 with Russian troops arriving on Ukrainian soil on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, entered day 79 on Friday with no end in sight to the crisis. On May 9, on the occasion of ‘Victory Day’, President Putin was expected to make a major announcement, possibly calling off the war; however, no such announcement was made....Read More

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• 13 May 2022, 10:39:02 PM IST

  EU promises 500 million Euros in military aid to Ukraine

  European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell promised Ukraine an extra 500 million euros ($520 million), bringing the bloc's total military aid to two billion euros. "The recipe is clear -- more of the same," Borrell said at a gathering of leading democracies as the war entered its 12th week.

• 13 May 2022, 10:24:04 PM IST

  Russian air forces hit arms depot in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

  Russian air forces have attacked an arms depot in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, state news agency RIA quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Friday.

• 13 May 2022, 10:08:45 PM IST

  Discussing sixth package of sanctions against Russia: EU ambassador to India

  European Union ambassador to India, Ugo Astuto, said the bloc is discussing imposing the sixth package of sanctions against Russia and want the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine, ANI reported. "We have launched five packages of sanctions. We are discussing the sixth one. These sanctions are unprecedented. it's extremely significant that they cover a wide range of topics and that there are financial sanctions, there is a listing of personalities responsible for aggression. We have a ban on aircraft from Russia on shipping, and we are exploring other options," Astuto told ANI adding that the "purpose is clear to stop the war hostilities and Russia to withdraw its troops."

• 13 May 2022, 09:13:11 PM IST

  Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier

  A Ukrainian court held a preliminary hearing on Friday in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion, after charging a captured Russian soldier with the murder of a 62-year-old civilian. The case is of huge symbolic importance for Ukraine. The Kyiv government has accused Russia of atrocities and brutality against civilians during the invasion and said it has identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes.

• 13 May 2022, 08:49:14 PM IST

  Pentagon chief urges 'immediate' Ukraine ceasefire in call with Russian counterpart

  US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday to move immediately to implement a ceasefire in Ukraine, in their first conversation since before the war began, the Pentagon said.

  "Secretary Austin urged an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication," the Pentagon said in a statement.

• 13 May 2022, 08:12:58 PM IST

  Ukrainian forces thwart Russians at river as fight shifts to Donbas

  Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed on Friday, as Moscow appeared to be refocusing its assault in the east after a new pushback by Kyiv, Reuters reported.

• 13 May 2022, 08:03:37 PM IST

  UK sanctions Putin circle including alleged girlfriend

  Britain on Friday sanctioned 12 members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's "inner circle" including his reputed girlfriend, accusing them of hiding tens of billions of dollars on his behalf, AFP reported. The list included Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya and Alina Kabaeva, a former Olympic gymnast whom UK officials described as his "current partner", as well as Kabaeva's grandmother Anna Zatseplina.

• 13 May 2022, 07:00:33 PM IST

  Indian embassy in Ukraine to resume operation out of Kyiv from May 17

  India on Friday announced that its embassy in Ukraine would resume its operation from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv from May 17, PTI reported. Full report

• 13 May 2022, 05:19:31 PM IST

  Ukraine asks G7 to seize Russian assets to rebuild country

  Ukraine asked the G7 group of rich nations on Friday to seize Russian assets and hand them over to help it rebuild after months of war, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said, Reuters reported.

• 13 May 2022, 04:08:11 PM IST

  Kremlin dismisses Polish PM's criticism of Putin as 'shocking'

  The Kremlin hit back on Friday at calls by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to "root out" Russia's "monstrous ideology".

  "This is the quintessence of that hatred towards Russians that has regrettably, like a metastasis, infected the entire Polish leadership and, in many ways, Polish society," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in briefing, Reuters reported.

• 13 May 2022, 02:06:44 PM IST

  EU announces additional 500 million euros for Ukraine

  Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, announces the bloc would provide a further 500 millions euros worth of military support to Ukraine and that he was confident a deal could be reached in the coming days to agree an embargo on Russian oil.

• 13 May 2022, 12:54:53 PM IST

  G7 ‘strongly united’ in backing Ukraine, says France

  G7 countries ‘very strongly united’ in our will to 'continue in the long term to support Ukraine's fight for its sovereignty until Ukraine's victory': Jean-Yves Le Drian, French foreign minister, at G7 meet

• 13 May 2022, 12:20:25 PM IST

  ‘To pressurise Russia, UK and allies need to supply more weapons to Ukraine’

  "It is very important at this time that the UK and our allies keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons to Ukraine and by increasing the sanctions," said Liz Truss, foreign secretary, UK.

• 13 May 2022, 11:05:42 AM IST

  Ukraine forces prevented Russia from crossing river in Donbas: UK

  Ukrainian forces successfully prevented an attempted Russian river crossing in the Donbas, says the UK's defence ministry on latest situation in the east European nation.

• 13 May 2022, 10:18:23 AM IST

  Russian soldier to face trial in first ‘war crimes’ case

  Sergeant Vadim Shyshimarin, who is accused of shooting a 62-year-old man in the head through an open car window in the northeastern village of Chupakhivka, faces seven years in jail, under the Ukrainian criminal code.

• 13 May 2022, 09:42:34 AM IST

  Ukrainian foreign minister to attend G7 meet in Germany today

  Amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, foreign ministers of the G7 nations--Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, United States and the European Union--will, on Friday, convene for their annual meeting, being held this year in Germany's Baltic Sea resort of Weissenhaus. Ukrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers to attend as well.

• 13 May 2022, 08:08:13 AM IST

  Nearly 100 youngsters killed in Ukraine in last month

  "The war in Ukraine is a child rights crisis where education is under attack, nearly 100 youngsters have been killed in just the last month," said Omar Abdi, deputy executive director of the UNICEF, in an address to the Security Council.

• 13 May 2022, 07:24:57 AM IST

  Ukraine claims it has damaged a Russian naval logistics shop

  Thanks to the actions of our naval seamen, the support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov caught fire - it is one of the newest in the Russian fleet: Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesman, Odesa regional military administration