Ukraine war highlights: 3rd operation to evacuate people from Mariupol underway

Russia-Ukraine war highlights: The Russia-Ukraine war has entered its day 71 on Thursday - with Russia showing no signs of stopping its attacks. Moscow has been bombing and shelling Ukraine daily. Thousands of people have been killed - with no specific number out yet, massive number of properties, buildings have been destroyed. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for help saving people trapped in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol. "The lives of the people who remain there are in danger. Everyone is important to us. We ask for your help in saving them," Zelensky was quoted as saying in an official statement.

He also informed that a Ukrainian television reporter who enlisted after the Russian invasion has been killed in fighting outside the northeastern city of Izyum.

 

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• May 06, 2022 01:49 AM IST

  3rd operation to evacuate people from Mariupol underway

  United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said that a third operation is under way to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and the besieged Azovstal steel plant.

• May 06, 2022 12:25 AM IST

  Russian air force destroys 45 Ukraine targets, says Moscow

  Russia said on Thursday that its air force destroyed 45 Ukrainian facilities. 

• May 05, 2022 11:28 PM IST

  France announces $2 billion aid for Ukraine

  French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that his government will offer a 2-billion-US- dollar aid for Ukraine. 
  "France released 100 million euros for humanitarian aid, which is used in particular to finance international organizations and NGOs present in the field. Already, 800 tons of humanitarian and medical goods have been sent to Ukraine and to the countries of the region", Macron said. 

• May 05, 2022 10:19 PM IST

  Russian shelling kills 5 civilians in the Luhansk

  Russian shelling killed five civilians in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, governor Serhiy Gaidai said.

• May 05, 2022 09:51 PM IST

  Sell seized Russian assets to rebuil Ukraine: EU chief

  The European Union should confiscate and sell Russian assets it has seized and use the proceeds to rebuild Ukraine, EU chief Charles Michel says, echoing an idea already floated in the United States.

  The EU said early last month it had frozen 30 billion euros ($32 billion) in assets linked to blacklisted Russian and Belarusian individuals.

• May 05, 2022 08:38 PM IST

  UK PM dials  Zelenkyy, discuss armd forces requirements

  In call with Ukraine's Zelenskyy, UK PM Boris Johnson discussed the Ukrainian armed forces reuirements, including the provision of longer-ranage weaponary to prevent the bombardment of civillians, his office states in a release. 

• May 05, 2022 06:23 PM IST

  Azovstal steel plant are functioning: Russia

  The Kremlin claims that humanitarian corridors to get civilians out of Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant are functioning, after the Russian army announced a three-day ceasefire at the site.

  "The corridors are functioning today," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells reporters, adding that the steelworks remain besieged by Russian forces.

  Ukraine's army says Russia is "trying to destroy" its remaining soldiers holed up in the steel plant, with Kyiv's last defenders in the destroyed city saying Moscow forces have broken into the giant factory.

• May 05, 2022 05:23 PM IST

  Belarus Prez Lukashenko says doing ‘everything’ to stop Ukraine war

  Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, in an exclusive interview to The Associated Press (AP), on Thursday said he was doing “everything” to put an end to the war in Ukraine that has been going on for more than two months now. He further said that he did not think Russia's “military operation” in its former Soviet neighbour would “drag on this way”. Read More

• May 05, 2022 04:33 PM IST

  Ukraine President announces global fundraising platform to help Ukraine win war

  #UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday launched a global crowdfunding platform to help Kyiv win the war with Russia and rebuild the country's infrastructure pic.twitter.com/B1i9uXvkPb

  — AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 5, 2022

• May 05, 2022 04:16 PM IST

  ‘To launch counter-offensive before mid-June': Ukrainian presidential adviser

  Ukrainian presidential adviser says he does not expect Ukraine to launch a counter-offensive before mid-June when it hopes to have more arms from west.

• May 05, 2022 03:22 PM IST

  Kremlin says intelligence provided to Ukraine won't hinder Russia

  The Kremlin said on Thursday it was well aware that the United States, Britain and other NATO countries were constantly feeding intelligence to the Ukrainian military and that this would not stop Russia from achieving its objectives.

  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was reacting to a New York Times report that the United States had provided intelligence that helped Ukrainian forces kill Russian generals.

• May 05, 2022 01:27 PM IST

  Russia killed over 600 Ukrainian fighters in artillery strikes

  Russia said on Thursday that its artillery struck multiple Ukrainian positions and strongholds overnight, killing 600 fighters.

• May 05, 2022 12:53 PM IST

  At least 25 civilians wounded in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine

  At least 25 civilians were wounded as Russian forces shelled the town of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the region's governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

• May 05, 2022 11:22 AM IST

  Russian airstrikes target Donetsk Oblast’s Kramatorsk

  Kramatorsk Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko reported that Russian airstrikes hit residential areas in the city overnight on May 5, damaging at least three high-rises, a school and a kindergarten, reported Ukrainian media. 

• May 05, 2022 10:24 AM IST

  Ukraine's military killed 12 Russian generals: The Kyiv Independent

  Ukraine’s military has reportedly killed 12 Russian generals thus far, although U.S. officials declined to confirm the numbers, reported Ukrainian media.

• May 05, 2022 09:12 AM IST

  Over 300 civilians evacuated from Mariupol, other areas

  More than 300 civilians were evacuated from Mariupol and other areas in southern Ukraine as part of a joint U.N.-Red Cross operation, the United Nations said.

• May 05, 2022 08:14 AM IST

  Canadian embassy to return to Ukraine

  Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine will relocate from Poland to Ukraine, reports Ukrainian media.

• May 05, 2022 06:57 AM IST

  Prolonged ceasefire needed to ensure evacuation: Zelensky

  Civilians including women and children are still trapped inside Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol and a prolonged ceasefire is needed to ensure their evacuation as Russia presses its assault, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

• May 05, 2022 05:57 AM IST

  Russian troops bogged down, says Pentagon

  Russian forces have been slowed by supply line and morale problems in the southern and eastern parts of Ukraine, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman said, reported Bloomberg.