Russia-Ukraine disaster Live: Kyiv on excessive alert as Russia closes in on all sides; Ukrainians defy onslaught for third day

People attend an anti-war protest outdoors the Russian Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)

India’s abstention from the vote on the draft decision with textual content “deploring in the strongest terms” Russia for its operations inside Ukraine was no shock, given the fantastic steadiness Delhi has sought to strike between essential partnerships with each Moscow and Western allies over the past month of the escalating disaster.

Russia used its veto to kill the draft decision co-sponsored by the United States and Albania, and which was additionally sponsored by greater than 40 different members of the General Assembly. When a decision is taken up for vote, UNSC members need to solid their vote earlier than any of the Permanent 5 determine to make use of their veto on it. With the abstention, India has managed to carry its balancing act for an additional day, regardless of the appreciable pressures from the West to get off the fence, and an open name from the Russian envoy in Delhi for its assist.

Indian college students stranded in Ukraine capital Kyiv and north japanese metropolis of Kharkiv on Saturday woke as much as heavy shelling from Russian forces. Hundreds of Indian college students in Kyiv retreated to underground cellars after missiles hit residential residences within the metropolis at the same time as their counterparts within the worst-hit Kharkiv continued to languish in underground metros for the third consecutive day.

Muhammed Afsal, a medical scholar at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, stated there have been heavy shelling early morning. “We wakened listening to blasts, which shattered our perception that we’re protected. Hostel workers herded all of us to the bunker. During the day, many people stood close to the doorway of the bunker solely to hurry again to the underground cellar on the sound of siren.’’