Russia-Ukraine Crisis Live Updates: Ukraine President Speaks With PM Modi

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Teddy Roberts
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday tweeted he had spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking “political support”, shortly after Russia praised India’s decision to abstain from a vote at the United Nations to condemn its invasion. Meanwhile, Russia, as expected, vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that deplored “in the strongest terms” the country’s “aggression” against

 

 

Ukraine and demanded the immediate withdrawal of its troops. Eleven of the council’s 15 members voted for the motion, which was co-written by the United States and Albania. China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstained. The resolution was always doomed to fail because of Moscow’s veto power as a permanent member of the council. However the debate offered member nations an opportunity to voice condemnation of

 

 

 

 

President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-scale offensive against Russia’s neighbor. “Let me make one thing clear,” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said after the vote. “Russia, you can veto this resolution, but you cannot veto our voices, you cannot veto the truth, you cannot veto our principles, you cannot veto the Ukrainian people.”

 

 

Here are the Live Updates on the Russia-Ukraine crisis:

 

 

Ukraine official says about 3,500 Russian troops killed or injured
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday Russia’s attack on Kyiv was not advancing and that around 3,500 Russian soldiers had been killed or injured so far in Moscow’s assault on Ukraine. “We are striking the enemy around Kyiv. The enemy is not moving for now,” said Oleksiy Arestovych.

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