- Ukraine says Russian general killed.A Russian general was killed in the fighting around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, which Russian forces have been trying to seize since the invasion began, the Ukrainian military intelligence agency said in AP report.
- Safe corridor for students stranded in Sumy did not materialise: India to UNSC
- Oil keeps rising as Russian invasion reverberates across markets.Oil pushed higher above $121 a barrel after a wild open to the week as the U.S. considers a ban on Russian crude imports and global buyers continue to shun its shipments over the war in Ukraine.
- Russian Federation to declare ceasefire today to provide humanitarian corridors
- The Russian Embassy in India on Tuesday said that in order to conduct a humanitarian operation, from 10 am (Moscow time) on March 8, the Russian Federation will declare ceasefire and is ready to provide humanitarian corridors.
The Ukraine crisis deepened on Tuesday as Russian forces intensified their shelling, leading to scarcity of food, water and medicine. Both sides held the third round of negotiations on Monday. The talks are reported to be mostly unfruitful, however, a top Ukrainian official claimed of making minor, unspecified progress toward establishing safe corridors for civilians. Meanwhile, Russia’s lead negotiator Vladimir Medinsky says Moscow’s expectations from the talks “were not fulfilled”. Earlier, on Monday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Russia has committed nearly all its combat power stationed along the border into Ukraine.
