New Delhi: Authorities in Ukraine's western Lviv region on Saturday reported three powerful explosions near the regional capital Lviv and urged residents to take shelter.
"There were three powerful explosions near Lviv from the direction of Kryvchytsy, now there is an air raid warning, so keep calm and take shelter," said regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyy in an online post, referring to an area in the eastern outskirts of the city.
US President Joe Biden on Saturday called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "butcher" while meeting Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw.
Asked what he thought of Putin after meeting refugees, Biden said: "He's a butcher."
Here are the LIVE Updates on the Ukraine-Russia War:
Mar 27, 2022 04:39 (IST)
Ukraine leader demands Western nations give arms, asks if they're afraid of Moscow
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visibly irritated, on Saturday demanded Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles and asked whether they were afraid of Moscow.
Several countries have promised to send anti-armor and anti-aircraft missiles as well as small arms but Zelenskiy said Kyiv needed tanks, planes and anti-ship systems.
Mar 27, 2022 03:08 (IST)
UK says Russian sanctions could be lifted with Ukraine withdrawal - report
British foreign minister Liz Truss says sanctions imposed on Russian individuals and companies could be lifted if Russia withdraws from Ukraine and commits to end aggression, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
Britain and other Western nations are using economic sanctions to cripple the Russian economy and punish President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, seeking to press him to abandon what he calls a special military operation to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine.
Mar 27, 2022 02:07 (IST)
Kyiv says US has 'no objections' to Poland supplying war planes
Ukraine said Saturday that the United States does not object to the transfer of war planes to Kyiv to help it fend off the Russian invasion, after the Pentagon previously rejected an offer from Poland.
Mar 27, 2022 01:47 (IST)
US to provide $100 million in civilian security assistance to Ukraine- State Dept
The United States intends to provide Ukraine with an additional $100 million in civilian security assistance, the State Department said on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the assistance would be to build the capacity of the Ukrainian ministry of internal affairs with a view to aid "border security, sustain civil law enforcement functions, and safeguard critical governmental infrastructure."
Mar 27, 2022 01:07 (IST)
Kremlin says it's not for Biden to say if Putin stays in power
The Kremlin dismissed a remark by U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," saying it was up to Russians to choose their own president.
Asked about Biden's comment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters: "That's not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians."
A White House official said Biden, who was speaking in Warsaw, had not been calling for "regime change" in Russia but his point was that "Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region".
Mar 27, 2022 01:07 (IST)
Biden not calling for Russia 'regime change': White House
Joe Biden is not seeking "regime change" in Russia, the White House said Saturday, after the US president declared in a major speech that Vladimir Putin "cannot stay in power".
"The president's point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbours or the region," a White House official said.
"He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change."
Mar 27, 2022 00:18 (IST)
White House says Biden is not calling for regime change in Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden was not calling for regime change in Russia when he said on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," a White House official said.
"The President's point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change," the official said following Biden's speech in Warsaw.
