Zelenskyy wants to address Japanese Diet; Tokyo agrees
Both the ruling and opposition parties are agreeable. This will be the first time that an online or video address will be delivered during a Diet session.
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S’porean ex-actor Ix Shen has reached western Ukrainian city of Lviv near Polish border
More than two million people have fled Ukraine, and around 1.8 million people have been displaced, according to estimates from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Power cut at Ukraine’s Chernobyl, no ‘critical’ safety impact
The defunct plant sits inside an exclusion zone that houses decommissioned reactors as well as radioactive waste facilities.
Japan cautious about banning Russian aircraft from Japan’s airspace
If Japan pushes ahead with such sanctions, it is expected that Russia will take retaliatory steps that would deal a blow to Japanese aviation.
First flight bringing home Vietnamese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrives in Hanoi
As of March 7, more than 2,500 Vietnamese people had been evacuated from Ukraine to neighbouring countries.
Ukraine decries Moscow’s ‘immoral’ offer of humanitarian corridors to Russia or Belarus
Russia’s invasion has been condemned around the world, sent more than 1.5 million Ukrainians fleeing abroad.
Most Vietnamese in three big Ukrainian cities already evacuated: Ambassador
The agencies have assisted them to handle entry and transit procedures and coordinated with authorities, such as transport.
Russia tightens grip on seized Ukrainian nuclear plant; US, EU discuss oil bans
Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces had seized control of Zaporizhzhia on Friday after setting an adjacent training facility on fire.
Ukrainian refugees top 1.5 million on Day 11 of Russian assault
UN officials said they expected the wave to intensify further as the Russian army pressed its offensive, particularly toward the capital.
Russian prisoners and Ukrainian soldiers describe two sides of the conflict
The accounts of soldiers from both sides give a small glimpse of how the war is being fought around Kyiv in the north.