Russia-Ukraine War: IAF deploys C-17 Globe Master in operation Ganga

IAF officials on Tuesday (March 1) informed that the C-17 will leave for Romania at 4 am on Wednesday (March 2) to bring back Indian citizens from Ukraine.

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New Delhi: Satellite images taken on Monday (February 28) showed a Russian military convoy north of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv that stretches for about 40 miles (64 km), substantially longer than the 17 miles (27 km) reported earlier in the day, a U.S. private company said.

Russian forces shelled Ukraine's second-largest city on Monday, rocking a residential neighbourhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 40-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking.

As the talks along the Belarusian border wrapped up, several blasts could be heard in Kyiv, and Russian troops advanced on the city of nearly 3 million. The vast convoy of armored vehicles, tanks, artillery and support vehicles was 17 miles (25 kilometers) from the center of the city, according to satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies.

At the UNGA meeting, Ambassadors from dozens of countries on Monday backed a proposal demanding that Russia halt its attack on Ukraine, as the UN General Assembly held a rare emergency session during a day of frenzied and sometimes fractious diplomacy surrounding the five-day-old war.

Meanwhile, at the high-level meeting on Monday evening over the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the entire government machinery is working round the clock to ensure that all Indians there are safe and secure, informed Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

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01 March 2022

23:27 IST

The Prime Minister welcomed the talks between the two parties & stressed upon the importance of ensuring free & uninterrupted humanitarian access and smooth movement of all people: PMO

22:40 IST

Indian Air Force C-17 transport aircraft to leave for Romania at 4 am tomorrow to bring back Indian citizens from Ukraine. The aircraft will take off from its home base in Hindan near Delhi: IAF officials (ANI)