9:37 pm: Second flight from Bucharest takes off for Delhi with 250 Indian nationals

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8:10 pm: First evacuation flight carrying 219 passengers from Ukraine lands in Mumbai 

6:40 pm: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with PM Narendra Modi  

5:20 pm: Indian students enter Hungary for return to India by Air India 

Batches of Indian students enter Hungary from the Ukrainian side at Zahony crossing, travelling onward to Budapest for return to India by Air India flight today

4 pm: 1,00,000 Ukrainians have crossed the border into Poland​

2:45 pm: The first flight carrying 219 Indian students has left Romania for Mumbai

2:30 pm: Russia says its forces have taken full control of Ukraine's Melitopol

The Russian armed forces have established full control over the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol, Defence Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, the Defence Ministry said that the Russian military had entered Melitopol without meeting resistance, Xinhua news agency reported.

"On the evening of February 25, after an amphibious landing near the locality of Azovske (Ukraine), Russian units marched and, without meeting resistance, entered Melitopol," the ministry`s Zvezda broadcaster reported.

2:15 pm: Russia warns local media over Ukraine war coverage

Russia's communications regulator accused 10 local media outlets on Saturday of falsely depicting what Russia calls a special military operation in Ukraine and distributing false information about events there.

Among those sent warning letters were Echo Moskvy, a popular radio station, and Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper critical of the government whose editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov was awarded a Nobel Peace prize last year.

Roskomnadzor, the regulator, ordered the media to delete the offending information or face restricted access to their websites and media resources.Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last week, saying it needed to demilitarise its neighbour.

12:49 pm: Stranded students from Ukraine arrive at Bucharest Airport in Romania

"Indian embassy in Ukraine & Romania are evacuating us from Ukraine to move us back to India. Since the time we landed here, the Indian embassy in Romania has been taking care of everything," a student said

12:40 pm: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy does a selfie video from Kyiv, says Ukrainians keep fighting: Reuters

11:10 am: Russia seizes Western weapons in Ukraine, says Russian defense ministry

11:08 am: Ukraine reports fresh air, cruise missile strikes

10:48 am: A special flight of Air India AI-1943 lands at Bucharest in Romania for the evacuation of stranded Indians.

10 am: Russia attacked one of the military units on Victory Avenue in Kyiv. The attack was repulsed: AFP quotes Ukraine's Army which confirmed the same on its verified Facebook page

9:30 am: Taliban ask Ukraine, Russia to resolve issues through peaceful dialogue 

9:10 am: Indian embassy in Ukraine asks Indians not to move to any border posts without prior coordination with its officials.

9 am: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will receive evacuees from Ukraine at the airport.

8 am: Russian troops attack Kyiv military base, are repelled - Ukraine military

7 am: Kyiv braces for assault as Russia, Ukraine signal possibility of talks

6:40 am: Eiffel Tower in Paris lights up in the national colours of Ukraine.

Photo: Reuters

6:30 am: At UN Security Council, China abstained from the Security Council vote condemning the invasion of Ukraine.

6:30 am: In UN Security Council meeting on #Ukraine today, India abstained on the vote on draft resolution. 

India abstained on a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that condemned Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine and demanded "immediate, complete and unconditional" withdrawal of Russian forces from the neighbouring country.

The UN Security Council voted on Friday on the draft resolution sponsored by the US and Albania and supported by several other nations including Poland, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Luxembourg and New Zealand.

Eleven countries voted in favour of the resolution while three countries - India, China and the UAE abstained.

A permanent member of the Security Council, Russia used its veto power blocking the resolution, as expected, but Western nations said the resolution seeks to show Moscow's isolation on the global stage for its invasion and actions against Ukraine.All eyes were on how India will cast its vote on the resolution given that New Delhi has strong defence ties with Moscow.

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During a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi "appealed for an immediate cessation of violence, and called for concerted efforts from all sides to return to the path of diplomatic negotiations and dialogue."

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to discuss Russia's "premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine", the State Department said.

Blinken "stressed the importance of a strong collective response to condemn Russia's invasion and call for an immediate withdrawal and ceasefire."

India has so far refrained from condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine and in a statement in the Security Council on Wednesday night, just as Putin ordered Ukraine's invasion, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti expressed "deep concern" over the developments, which if not handled carefully, may well undermine the peace and security of the region.