"A metal tank is just a fridge at night if you are not running the engine," said Glen Grant, a senior defence expert at the Baltic Security Foundation who advised Ukraine on its military reform.
The latest slide came after Russia's central bank banned Russians from buying hard currencies and ordered banks to cap withdrawals from foreign currency accounts at $10,000 for the next six months, moves that could help preserve some of the country's dollar reserves and support the ruble.
Western intelligence correctly states that the main target for Russian President Vladimir Putin is Zelensky in terms of attacking government quarters and attempting to kill the country's key leader, an advisor to the Head of the Presidents Office said.
The news of the foreign ministers' meeting was received cautiously, given the current state of hostilities. However, with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy virtually stating his country will not join the western military alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - a major issue with the Kremlin - there is a glimmer of hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
"When Russia says that it is 'not waging war against civilians', I call out the names of these murdered children first," said Olena Zelenska.
The meeting was proposed by Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who had proposed holding it in a trilateral format with him, Kuleba and Lavrov at the table.
Russia earlier said that more than 30 laboratories in Lviv, Kharkov and Poltava were working with dangerous infectious agents as part of the US-led military biological programme.
A similar attempt for those in Chernihiv failed because Russia kept shelling the exit route, Ukraine claimed.
According to The Hill, as of last year, the US was importing nearly 700,000 barrels per day of oil from Russia, while it consumes about 20 million barrels daily.
Humanitarian corridor for evacuation of stranded people has been announced in various parts of Ukraine from 10 am on March 8. Considering the security situation, establishment of the next humanitarian corridor is uncertain, the advisory said.
A sell-off in equity markets by FIIs has triggered a rush for safe haven investment. The FIIs net sold Rs 8,142.60 crore worth of equities
On February 24, a Russian plane arrived in Syria, and on February 27, it flew back to Moscow, with a stopover in Armenia
Zelensky sought help from NATO countries in the fight against Russia, but they refused to send jets or directly engage in war
The advisory issued by the Indian Embassy said that considering the security situation and that the next 'Humanitarian Corridor' is uncertain, therefore, they should move out of the city immediately
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