Russia’s navy will maintain hearth and open humanitarian corridors in a number of Ukrainian cities, the Defence Ministry stated, after combating halted weekend evacuation efforts and civilian casualties from Russia’s invasion mounted.
* Australia presses China
China should act on its declarations of selling world peace and be a part of the trouble to cease Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Australia’s prime minister stated, warning that the world was in peril of being reshaped by an “arc of autocracy”.
* China is a “rock stable” pal
China’s friendship with Russia is “rock stable” and the prospects for cooperation are very broad, Chinese language Overseas Minister Wang Yi stated.
* Japan in talks on oil
Japan, which counts Russia as its fifth-biggest provider of crude oil, is in dialogue with the US and European nations about probably banning Russian oil imports, Kyodo Information reported.
*Fleeing battle, caught in shelling
Ukrainians fleeing the city of Irpin simply exterior Kyiv had been caught in shelling by Russian forces and compelled to dive for canopy, Reuters witnesses stated.
*’No battle’ protests in Russia
Police detained greater than 4,600 folks at Russia-wide protests towards President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, in accordance with an impartial protest monitoring group.
* Sporting rebuke
Putin and a Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg have been faraway from all positions within the Worldwide Judo Federation, the game’s governing physique stated, within the newest sporting rebuke following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
*QUOTES
“In Ukraine rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This isn’t solely a navy operation however a battle which is resulting in dying, destruction and distress,” stated Pope Francis, rejecting the time period “navy operation” that Russia has used to explain its actions.