new Delhi: The war between Russia and Ukraine has now taken a terrible form. Russian attacks have now also reached hospitals, theaters and residential buildings in Ukraine. In such a situation, Ukraine is constantly claiming that Russia is also targeting civilian facilities. Meanwhile, according to reports, US President Joe Biden’s verbal attacks on Vladimir Putin are continuing. According to media reports, Biden has now described Putin as a war criminal after a armed dictator and a pure thug. At the same time, US lawmakers have urged world leaders including India to raise their voice against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
US urges India to raise voice against Russian invasion of Ukraine
According to reports, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged India to raise its voice against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The lawmakers, led by Congressman Joe Wilson and Indian-American lawmaker Ro Khanna, have also called up India’s top ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, to discuss the matter. Earlier, two more MPs – Ted W Liu and Tom Malinowski – urged India to condemn Russia.
US citizens among those killed in attack on Ukrainian city
Reportedly, the US State Department has confirmed on Thursday that a US citizen was among those killed in the recent attack by Russia on a Ukrainian city. However, the ministry did not immediately reveal the identity of the American killed. It is being told that this is the second American citizen who has been killed in the Ukraine war. Journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud also died last week.
“Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin is a murderous dictator, a pure thug,” #Ukraine‘s The Kyiv Independent quotes US President Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/SgtYYQac7n
— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2022
Theater was targeted
Amidst Russia’s aggression, Ukrainian officials made a big claim on Thursday, saying that the Russian army bombarded the city of Mariupol. In this a theater was demolished where hundreds of people had taken shelter. Amidst efforts being made to rescue people trapped in the basement of the building, some people were pulled out on Thursday after hard work. Dozens of people have been killed in Russian bombings in a northern city, officials said. Media reports quoted Mariupol City Council as saying that the theater was attacked on Wednesday. The City Council has released several photos showing a portion of the building being destroyed. Hundreds of people had taken shelter in the basement of the building. Inside the basement, hundreds of men, women and children had taken refuge. An estimated 1,000 people were there.
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