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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin blocks Facebook & restricts Twitter, signs law introducing jail terms for 'fake news' on army

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 05, 2022, 08:06:42 IST

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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin blocks Facebook & restricts Twitter, signs law introducing jail terms for 'fake news' on army

Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denied that Russian troops were bombing Ukrainian cities, dismissing such information as fake, the Kremlin said Friday. Stay with TOI for the latest developments on Russia-Ukraine conflict

00:42 (IST) Mar 05

As they were leaving, the Ukrainian sabotage group set fire to the training facility, which is not located on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Fire brigades were able to extinguish the fire on the premises... there's no threat of a release of radioactive material: Russia

00:37 (IST) Mar 05

Russia bans Facebook. Roskomnadzor, a Russian government censorship agency, cited Facebook’s “discrimination against Russian state media outlets” as the reason for the ban, reports The Kyiv Independent

00:31 (IST) Mar 05

Goal is to prevent Ukrainian nationalists & other terrorist forces from taking advantage of the current situation to organize a nuclear provocation; goal is also to ensure the security of the station & prevent interruptions in power supply to Ukraine & European consumers: Russia

00:31 (IST) Mar 05

The city of Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhya NPP & the adjacent territories were taken by the Russian Army under its control back on Feb 28. As a result of negotiations with the power plant management, an agreement was reached to place it under the Russian military's guard: Russia at UN

00:31 (IST) Mar 05

Today we have once again heard lies about how Russian troops attacked the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, it's all part of an unprecedented campaign of lies & disinformation against Russia: Russian Federation representative at UN.

00:19 (IST) Mar 05

1,450 Indians stuck near Kharkiv hoping for ceasefire: Karnataka boy

After walking for about 22km in extremely cold weather conditions without adequate food and water, a group of Indian medical students, stuck in war-torn Ukraine, reached Kharkiv railway station on Thursday to board a train to Lviv, only to find the services were suspended. Not finding any way to reach the borders for the Indian evacuation team to rescue them, they have taken shelter with around 1,450 fellow Indians in a bunker, hoping for a ceasefire. Read more

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23:48 (IST) Mar 04

Ukraine's ambassador to UN urges Russian counterpart to make an appeal to armed forces to ensure safe corridor to allow foreign students

23:46 (IST) Mar 04

Ukraine's ambassador to UN: All Russian forces must be withdrawn from nuclear power plant

23:45 (IST) Mar 04

Another Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft, carrying 210 Indian nationals from #Ukraine, lands at its home base in Hindan near Delhi from Bucharest in Romania

23:43 (IST) Mar 04

Russia blocks Facebook inside the country amid war with Ukraine, says regulator

23:38 (IST) Mar 04

India accords the highest priority to the discharge by the IAEA of its safeguards and monitoring activities, in accordance with its Statute in an effective, non-discriminatory and efficient manner: TS Tirumurti, at UNSC

23:33 (IST) Mar 04

'Reckless' Russian attack on nuclear plant endangers Europe: US envoy to UN

Russia's "reckless" overnight attack on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine endangered all of Europe, the US ambassador to the United Nations said Friday.

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23:25 (IST) Mar 04

Moscow's UN envoy says 'untrue' Russian military shelled nuclear power plant

Moscow's ambassador to the United Nations denied on Friday that Russian forces had shelled a nuclear power plant in Ukraine. "These statements are simply untrue," Vassily Nebenzia told the Security Council. "This is all part of an unprecedented campaign of lies and disinformation against Russia."

23:15 (IST) Mar 04

World Bank chief says Ukraine war will have lasting consequences for Russia

World Bank President David Malpass said on Friday the bank's shareholders were "horrified" by Russia's war in Ukraine and predicted it would have lasting consequences for Russia's standing in the world after the conflict ends.

23:00 (IST) Mar 04

Russian envoy to United Nations says Friday's meeting at un is another attempt by Ukrainian authorities to rekindle artificial hysteria about what is happening in Ukraine

22:46 (IST) Mar 04

G7 warns of "further severe sanctions" against Russia, according to statement

22:41 (IST) Mar 04

EU 'ready' to adopt more Russia sanctions if war doesn't stop

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday the bloc was ready to hit Russia with more sanctions if President Vladimir Putin does not halt his war on Ukraine. "To be very clear, we are ready to take further severe measures if Putin does not stop and reverse the war he has unleashed," von der Leyen told reporters, speaking alongside US top diplomat Antony Blinken.

22:36 (IST) Mar 04

Blinken: US, EU must sustain pressure on Russia 'until the war is over'

22:29 (IST) Mar 04

Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says deleting content over new media law

Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Friday it would be removing content on Ukraine after lawmakers backed legislation that sets jail time and fines for "fake news" about Russia's army. "Military censorship in Russia has quickly moved to a new phase: from threats to block and close down publications it moved to the threat of criminal prosecution," the paper said in a statement on Telegram. "There is no doubt that this threat will be fulfilled," Novaya Gazeta said. The paper, whose editor-in-chief was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, said its readers "unambiguously spoke in favour of continuing work under conditions of military censorship".

22:19 (IST) Mar 04

Attacks on nuclear power facilities are contrary to international humanitarian law: UN political affairs chief

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