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March 9, 2022
Bharat Times

Ukraine War: At least 21 people, including two children, were killed in airstrikes on Sumy

At least 10 people were killed in a Russian military attack in the eastern Ukrainian town of Severodonestk on Tuesday, a local official for the Lugansk region said in a statement on Telegram

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  1. At least 10 people were killed in a Russian military attack in the eastern Ukrainian town of Severodonestk on Tuesday, a local official for the Lugansk region said in a statement on Telegram. The Russian military “opened fire” on residential homes and other buildings in the town, he said, without immediately specifying whether it was an artillery attack.

  2. Russia warned the West on Wednesday that it was working on a broad response to sanctions that would be swift and felt in the West’s most sensitive areas. “Russia’s reaction will be swift, thoughtful and sensitive for those it addresses,” Dmitry Birichevsky, the director of the foreign ministry’s department for economic cooperation, was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency.

  3. Moscow has announced a new humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to carry out the evacuation of the civilian population, as the number of refugees created by the biggest assault on a European country since World War Two surpassed 2 million. Russia said its forces will stop firing from 10 am Moscow time (0700 GMT). This comes after civilians fled the besieged city of Sumy yesterday in the first successful “humanitarian corridor” opened since Russia’s invasion.

  4. US President Joe Biden termed the package of economic sanctions enforced against Russia “most significant in history” and claimed that it has caused consequential damage to the Russian economy.

  5. Starbucks, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo said they have decided to halt or restrict business in Ukraine, noting the growing human cost of the Russian invasion. Oil giants BP and Shell announced an immediate halt to Russian oil and gas purchases and the European Union planned to slash gas imports by two-thirds.