Kyiv: Amid the recent reports of multiple explosions in different parts of Ukraine, India has expressed concern over the targeting of infrastructure and the deaths of civilians.
Indian Embassy has further issued an advisory for Indian students in Ukraine amid the recent developments.
Explosions were reported in the cities of Lviv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Dnipro, and, Ternopil. Multiple explosions are being reported in cities all across the country. Eyewitnesses are reporting powerful explosions and power outages in Kyiv, according to the local media.
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- Indian Embassy in Kyiv has issued an advisory for Indian national students in Ukraine.
- Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to and within Ukraine.
- The Embassy further requested students to keep the authorities informed about the status of their presence in Ukraine.
- The MEA in a statement said that the country “reiterates that escalation of hostilities is in no one’s interest.”
- The statement said, “We urge immediate cessation of hostilities and the urgent return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue.”
- India stands ready to support all such efforts aimed at de-escalation.
- The statement further reiterated that India stands on the principles of the UN Charter, international laws, and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed, ‘Dead and wounded’ from multiple strikes in many cities across Ukraine.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to “destroy” Ukrainians and wipe them “off the face of the earth”
- Reportedly, 12 people have been killed in Kyiv.
- Dramatic footage of BBC correspondent Hugo Bachega who was reporting live from the area ducking as explosions were heard in the capital Kyiv, soon began to be circulated on social media. Suddenly, several explosions were heard from behind following which the reporting was cut short.
BBC broadcast during bombing in #Kyiv, #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/QH13Gjptsy
— Abheet | अभीत (@journo_abheet) October 10, 2022
- Ukraine’s local media portal Kyiv Independent quoted city mayor Vitali Klitschko stating that there had been multiple explosions and that the emergency services were on site. Klitschko said further details would follow, the portal added.
- The explosions came in the wake of the attack on the Kerch bridge on Saturday where a truck exploded, causing seven fuel tanks of a train heading to the Crimean Peninsula to catch fire. Three people were killed in the blast, which also led to the partial collapse of two spans of the road bridge, according to media reports.
- Shortly afterwards, the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on enhancing security measures for the Crimea bridge. In the decree, Putin also called for securing the energy bridge and the gas pipeline connecting the peninsula with mainland Russia.
- Media reports said that Putin plans to hold an operational meeting of his Security Council today.
- The bridge was opened in 2018 by Putin, four years after Moscow annexed Crimea and was designed to link the peninsula to Russia’s transport network. The 19-kilometre bridge, which runs across the Kerch Strait and connects Crimea with mainland Russia, consists of a railway and vehicle sections. It became fully operational in 2020.
- On Saturday, at least 17 people were killed and 40 others injured after a rocket struck Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia area. Acting Mayor of Zaporizhzhia Anatoly Kurtev said that in the attack, five houses were destroyed and apartment buildings were damaged.