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The evacuees were taken in two buses from the city of Mariupol to Russian-controlled areas.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Selensky said on Friday that a peace deal with Russia would depend on the return of Russian troops to pre-war levels.
BBC Tamil presents important information on Saturday’s war between Ukraine and Russia.
1. Russian missiles fired by Russian missiles hit two locations in the city of Sumi, near the Russian border in northern Ukraine on Saturday, local officials said. Located 40 km from the Russian border, the city of northeastern Ukraine has a population of about 2 million 60 thousand.
2. Local authorities in the Ukrainian cities of Karhev, Odessa and Boltova have also stated that they are subject to Russian missile strikes.
3. The Interfax-Ukraine news agency reports that Russia’s cruise missile was shot down in the Boltova region.
4. A Russian missile fires at an infrastructure facility in the city of Karlivka in the same area, damaging buildings. But no one was killed or injured, the agency said.
5. Russia shells areas around the city of Odessa. The city has also come under Russian attack. Odessa, the most important port city on the Black Sea coast, has a population of about 10 million. The city was important during the reign of King Russia.
6. The governor of the Ukraine region has stated that Russian troops are continuing to shell out the region of Kargiv in the eastern part of the country.
7. The Institute for the Study of Wars, an organization based anywhere in the United States, has reported that Ukrainian troops may soon liberate the strategically important Garhev region from Russian aggression.
8. President Volodymyr Selensky has announced that diplomatic efforts are under way to release civilians still trapped in the devastated city of Mariupol and security forces encircled by the Azovstall iron fort.
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9. The Italian government has ordered the seizure of a $ 700 million luxury yacht associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin under EU sanctions. According to the Italian Ministry of Finance, the owner of the boat, which is being repaired in Italy, has close ties to key elements of the Russian government.
10. The eastern part of Ukraine has been at the center of the war since Russia decided last month to withdraw its forces from the area around the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
11. Reports from the state-controlled city of Serverdonetsk in eastern Ukraine indicate that Russian-backed rebels are unable to advance because of the fighting by small-scale Ukrainian militias. The city, which had a population of about one lakh before the Russian invasion, is believed to have been surrounded by pro-Russian rebels.
12. Separatists claim that one civilian was killed in an attack by Ukrainian government forces on the city of Bashmot in the Donetsk People’s Republic region, which is not recognized by Ukrainian government forces. Two were also reported injured.
13. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden on Friday announced a US $ 150 million (approximately Rs. 1150 crore in Indian currency) aid package to Ukraine.
14. It is noteworthy that the words “war”, “invasion” or “conflict” were not used in the UN Security Council resolution on Ukraine-Russia passed on Friday.
15. German police have banned the hoisting of Russian and Ukrainian flags at war memorials during events marking the end of World War II in Berlin on Sunday and Monday. It is also banned from displaying flags of separatist regions of Ukraine and Russian war symbols that have declared themselves republics.
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