New Delhi: After invading Ukraine, for the first time the government of Russia has announced that they have lost its 498 soldiers in Ukraine. Russian forces also reportedly surround Mariupol, a strategic port on the Sea of Azov, and attack cities west and south of the capital Kyiv.
Russian forces claim to have taken the besieged Black Sea city of Kherson in Ukraine’s south but the city’s mayor insists it is still in Ukrainian hands.
The Swedish Armed Forces say that four Russian fighter jets entered Sweden’s air space to the east of the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts a resolution that “demands” Russia “immediately” withdraw from Ukraine.
Russia says that ceasefire talks with Ukraine could take place on Thursday. Ukraine claims a delegation is “on its way” to the discussions, which will take place at an unknown site on the Belarus-Poland border.
(SMIT SONI)