The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has been a test for the ages, and a test for the world, US President Joe Biden has said as he slammed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for military aggression.
Yermak also said that Russia returned to Ukraine the bodies of two British voluntary aid workers, and a volunteer soldier from Ukraine's International Legion
The former Prime Minister also said that he warned Putin that invading Ukraine would lead to Western sanctions and more NATO troops on Russia's borders
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his wishes to his Indian counterpart Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 74th Republic Day, hailing India's achievements in various fields
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"The volume of production amounted to 535 million tons," he said
The Ukraine energy minister said the next few days 'will be difficult'
But Ukrainian and Western officials suspected an ulterior motive in Putin's apparent goodwill gesture
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday
At various points during the war that started on February 24, Putin has ordered limited and local truces to allow evacuations of civilians or other humanitarian purposes
The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, earlier in the day day
Zelenskyy, recalling some of the most dramatic moments and victories of the war, filled his emotional 17-minute video message with footage of Russia's attacks on the country
Putin, in a nine-minute video shown on TV as each Russian time zone region counted down the final minutes of 2022 on Saturday, denounced the West for aggression
Putin made the video address, shown on state television on Saturday in each of Russia's 11 time zones, from a military headquarters with soldiers in the background
Live news updates: "My main focus right now is for a united India, we should fight against hatred. My focus is only to unite India," he said.
Vladimir Putin voiced confidence that India's presidencies of the SCO and G20 will build multi-dimensional cooperation between the two countries and will strengthen the stability and security in Asia
Putin and Xi made no direct mention of Ukraine as they held bilateral talks via video conference
Antov was on vacation in the Rayagada region of Odisha where he was celebrating his 65th birthday
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