Russia Ukraine Conflict Live News, Russia Ukraine War Crisis News Today, 27 Feb: Meanwhile, the mayor of Kyiv said on Sunday there were no Russian troops in the Ukrainian capital, which was holding its defence against attacks.
Russia Ukraine Crisis Live:- The United Nations Security Council on Sunday called for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member General Assembly on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which will be held on Monday, as western allies step up a diplomatic campaign to isolate Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to start peace talks with Russia, his office said Sunday. Following a phone call with Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, Zelenskyy’s office said he had agreed to send a delegation to a meeting on the Belarusian-Ukrianian border near the Pripyat river. The talks would be the first to take place since Russia invaded Ukraine. His office said the talks would be held without preconditions. “We agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River,” Zelenskyy said in a statement.
Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces put on high alert amid tensions with the West over his invasion of Ukraine. Putin ordered the Russian defense minister and the chief of the military’s General Staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty”. His order raised the threat that the tensions with the West over the invasion in Ukraine could lead to the use of nuclear weapons.
Ukrainian forces have repelled the Russian attempt to seize Kharkiv, the city’s governor claimed. This came after fierce fighting was reported from Ukraine’s second-largest city. Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis on Sunday, news agency PTI reported citing official sources. He is expected to preside over the meeting immediately upon his return from Uttar Pradesh, where he addressed rallies as part of the BJP’s campaign for the state assembly polls. A large number of Indians, mostly students, have been stuck in Ukraine following Russia’s attack on the country. India has begun evacuating them, and over 900 people have been brought back since Saturday. Modi has also spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, with India calling for dialogue to defuse the crisis.
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