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"The movement of a large number of vehicles from the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, where the occupiers are transporting criminals from places of execution of punishments to organize riots in the Nikolaev region," the statement said.

The US government on Wednesday claimed that the wide range of sanctions on the Russian government has forced the Indian government to cancel critical defence import orders such as “MiG-29 orders” and “anti-tank weapon orders”. These claims were made by Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

 “We've agreed that unilateral changes to the status quo with force like this (citing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) should not be allowed in the Indo-Pacific region… We've also agreed this development makes it even more important to work toward realising a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said to reporters after the meeting.

In response to the fire at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said on Friday that the Department of Energy has "activated its Nuclear Incident Response Team" and is monitoring the situation. The fire erupted earlier in the day on the third, fourth and fifth floor of the plant's training building after Russian troops shelled the complex.

“Ukraine is using civilians and foreigners as human shields. Indian students were taken hostage. We have evidence… Thousands of young people, students who were studying in Ukraine’s colleges were kept for more than one day… more than 3,000 Indian citizens at the train station in Kharkiv,” President Putin claimed in a television address.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday warned Ukrainians to use the Starlink satellite system with caution as his commercial Internet network can be targeted by Russians and hamper the entire system at work. As a non-Russian communications system, the Starlink satellite internet service has a "high" probability of being targeted, Musk said.

“Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhya NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone! (sic)," Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted.

 Western countries have increased the dispatch of mercenaries from private military companies to the combat areas in Ukraine, said Major General Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Western countries have increased the number of private military company contractors sent to combat areas," he said, RT reported.

 Western countries have increased the dispatch of mercenaries from private military companies to the combat areas in Ukraine, said Major General Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Western countries have increased the number of private military company contractors sent to combat areas," he said, RT reported.

“I received info today that a student coming from Kyiv got shot and was taken back midway. We're trying for maximum evacuation in minimum loss,” Minister Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh said. The student has reportedly been admitted to a hospital. General V.K. Singh, who is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India, has been dispatched to Poland along with 3 of his counterparts to coordinate the evacuation process of Indian nationals from Ukraine.