In a letter written to the French National Assembly on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said that France will make additional commitments within the framework of NATO "to protect the soil of Baltic and Romanian allies."
In his two-minute address, Shrivastava urged the students to convey to their stranded friends whenever they talk to them that the entire Indian government team is working "day and night" to evacuate everyone from Ukraine.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Facebook that Ukraine shot down a Russian transport plane IL-76 near Vasylkiv town in Kiev.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Images Of Destruction From Kiev
The Left government had earlier sought the intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs to ensure the safety of 2,320 students from Kerala studying in Ukraine.
On Thursday, the first day of the Russian invasion, Vitali and brother Wladimir had asked the international community for help in the face of Russian hostility in a video posted by online boxing editor for talkSPORT.com, Michael Benson.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, James Heappey said that aims to take key Ukrainian cities had not been successful.
The first evacuation flight AI1944 departed from Bucharest at 1.55 PM (Indian Standard Time) and is expected to land at the Mumbai airport at around 9 PM, they said.
Russia has no intention of occupying Ukraine and Moscow is ready to hold negotiations straight after the Ukrainian forces "lay down their arms," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a press conference on Friday.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had authorised "a special military operation" in Donbass, and Ukraine confirmed that military installations across the country were under attack.
Maj Gen Konashenkov claimed the Russian military has taken full control of the southern city of Melitopol, about 35 km inland from the Azov Sea coast, and said Russia-backed separatists have made significant gains in the eastern region of Donbas, Daily Mail reported.
Rahul Gandhi shared a video of some Indian students from Karnataka who were stuck in a bunker in Ukraine, which is under attack from the Russian forces.
The Indian students heaved a sigh of relief on Friday evening when Indian embassy initiated efforts to bring back the stranded nationals home.
The Chess Olympiad, in which teams from approximately 190 countries compete for two weeks, was supposed to take place in Moscow from July 26 to August 8.
Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev overnight Friday as Russian troops closed in. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused an offer from the US to have him evacuated from the country, saying, 'the fight is here.'
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