Russia-Ukraine News Live Updates: Air India's first evacuation flight took off from Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday afternoon and is expected to land at 8 pm in Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine due to the ongoing Russian military offensive.
In addition, at least 198 Ukrainians, including three children, have died as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian health ministry was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency on Saturday. He said 1,115 people, including 33 children, were injured.
At the same time, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the Russo-Ukraine war and the heavy sanctions imposed by Western powers against Russia would have long-lasting and dire consequences for the French agricultural sector.
"If you ask me to share with you one sentence this morning, it is that this crisis is here to stay, this war is here to stay," Macron said at the Paris farm show on Saturday.
Macron said trade sanctions resulting from EU sanctions on Russia would impact French exports such as wine and grain, while a further rise in energy prices would affect livestock farming.
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden directed the US State Department to release $350 million in military aid to Ukraine as it struggles to repel a Russian offensive. The Dutch government said in a letter to parliament on Saturday that the Netherlands would supply 200 air defense rockets to Ukraine as soon as possible.
Amid rising tensions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was asked to evacuate Kiev at the behest of the US government, but turned down the offer. Zelensky replied: The fight is here; According to a senior US intelligence officer, I want ammunition, not a ride.
After weeks of warnings from Western leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday launched a three-pronged invasion of Ukraine from the north, east and south, in an attack that threatened Europe's post-Cold War order.
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