The gutted remains of Russian military vehicles on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine live news updates: The United Nation’s nuclear watchdog put its incident and emergency center in full response mode after Ukrainian officials said Russia’s military shelled Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, raising safety concerns and escalating the stakes of Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
US President Joe Biden urged Russia to halt the assault after speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about the incident that sparked a blaze at the Zaporizhzhia power plant. Stocks and equity futures fell and havens including sovereign bonds rose. But the panic eased as investors weighed the severity of the incident, while the U.S. Department of Energy said it has seen no elevated radiation readings near the facility.
“If there is an explosion, it is the end of Europe,” Zelenskiy warned in a video message, adding that he also spoken with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other leaders. Zelenskiy has appealed to Putin to meet, saying it’s the only way to stop the war, Bloomberg reported..
Leaders of the Quad grouping of countries–India, the United States, Australia and Japan–agreed on Thursday that what is happening to Ukraine should not be allowed to happen in the Indo-Pacific, the prime ministers of Japan and Australia said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the virtual Quad meeting, called for a return to the path of dialogue and diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine.
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