Real world news today international aid as massive new explosions rock ukrainian cities global superpowers come together in providing a helping hand from refugee shelters all the way to more ammunition ukraine stands its ground with the aid of many saving sanctions in a surprising move switzerland long being neutral of the situation in ukraine has joined forces of the eu in causing economic chaos within russia the sanctions now causing mass panic amongst russian citizens efficacy struggles pfizer previously highly effective covid jad now cast into a shadow of doubt the vaccine showing less than agreeable results among children causing the company to further its search for a better cure,
Colorful china lanterns bathe streets in celebrating nation with spectacular views as tradition takes center stage this is adavana world news tonight reporting from colombo here is anuradhi good evening thank you for joining us on world news tonight we begin tonight's broadcast with yet leading stories on the russian invasion of ukraine five days into russia's invasion of ukraine the first round of talks near the border ended with no immediate conclusion the head of moscow's delegation vladimir medlinski told reporters after the five-hour long session that the envoys found certain points on which common positions could be foreseen,
A top advisor to ukrainian president mikhail podoliak said the talks focused on a possible ceasefire but did not provide details according to medinsky the next meeting will take place in the coming days on the poland belarus border mikhailo podoliak the top advisor to the ukrainian president vladimir zelinski gave few details except to say that the talks focused on a possible ceasefire and that a second round could take place in the near future russia's actions in ukraine have been casting an even more negative light on the country as evidence continues to flow that the military conduct in russia is carrying is not in fact in self-defense,
But rather in an offensive manner across ukraine a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in kharkiv ukraine's second largest city today the scene of street to street combat that left at least nine people dead including three children and dozens injured this is a residential area with no military objects and added to mounting evidence that vladimir putin's war has put civilians in the crosshairs a school destroyed not far from the center of the city missile fragments inside a residential apartment building today the international criminal court launching a probe for war crimes against h anity maria avdiva a kharkiv resident shot this video inside kharkiv at a children's clothing factory russia did much of this bombing while negotiating peace talks this will happen with all enemies who will come here of most concern is the site of cluster munitions bombs that open in midair,
And spray smaller bombs it's clearly a cluster munition attack we think that cluster munitions should never be used at all they're banned by 110 countries though not by russia or the u.s still the u.s hasn't used them since the first gulf war over 30 years ago their use by the russians in ukraine another sign of this war's growing savagery switzerland in an effort to abandon its traditionally neutral role in conflict has finally picked aside the country has officially joined the european union on all sanctions applied towards russia claiming extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures a sharp deviation from its traditional its invasion of ukraine flanked by his finance defense,
Justice ministers swiss president ignacio cassis said extraordinary times called for extraordinary measures control ukraine is inacceptable russia's attack against switzerland has steered clear of imposing sanctions in a string of past crises including when russia annexed crimea in 2014 switzerland on monday also adopted financial sanctions against russian president vladimir putin and other high-ranking officials effective immediately eu chief joseph burrell welcomed the move calling it good news that transferring money to swiss banks would no longer help russian oligarchs in another break from the norm germany said it will increase its military spending to two percent of gdp in response to russia's invasion of the u.s,
And europe on monday with shares of lockheed martin raytheon and northrop gr man all soaring on pace for a third straight session of gains as the swiss joins in to sanction russia south korea will also stop exporting strategic materials to moscow and exclude russian banks from the swift banking system in line with international sanctions and the government is discussing further measures as part of efforts to sanction russia for its attack on ukraine the south korean government has announced that it will cut off exports to russia of strategic materials these reportedly include materials designated as strategic by four multilateral export control regimes including the nuclear suppliers group and the busaner arrangement seoul's foreign affairs ministry said on monday,
That it notified the us of the decision through a diplomatic channel south korea will also soon decide and announce what it will do with exporters sensors and lasers and goods related to navigation and aerospace washington has decided to require foreign companies making tech items with u.s origin technology or software to seek a license from the u.s seoul has been reviewing the possible impact of the role on korean companies seoul will also join the u.s move to exclude russian banks from the main international payment system swift to further isolate the russian economy with the russian invasion of ukraine possibly disrupting humanitarian aid to ukraine through international cooperation in the meantime seoul and washington are closely coordinating on the crisis in ukraine,
South korean defense ministers hope spoke at the national assembly on monday saying the two allies have held high-level talks about maintaining a robust joint defense posture regarding the situation india's prime minister narendra modi has also taken an action in responding to the crisis in ukraine sharing multiple high-level meetings on the country's strategic plans on sending aid and also recovering stranded indian citizens who are mostly university students let's cross over to other world news special correspondent gathering secretary from delhi in india for more gathering yes san radi according to the indian foreign ministry modi noted that the first consignment of relief supplies to ukraine to deal with the humanitarian situation on ukraine's border would be dispatched modi reviewed the ongoing efforts to bring back indian,
Stranded in ukraine during the meeting the prime minister said that the entire government machinery is working round the clock to ensure that all indians there are safe and secure modi also stated that the india will help people from neighboring countries and developing countries who are stranded in ukraine and may seek assistance finance minister nirmala sitharaman said india's government is also worried about the impact on its exports to due to the ukrainian crisis the ambassador of ukraine to india igor police said the n ber of ukrainian refugees is increasing every day and can reach up to seven million people if the war is not stopped,
All right thank you that was other than a world news special correspondent gertrude gonna sacra from delhi in india furthermore additional german navy ships left the northern port of kiel to reinforce nato's northern flank as the lion members rally in defence of ukraine to get more details on this we have other than the worldview special correspondent iniko ponzo from cleve in germany inuka yes sanuradi the mind hunting board zul's back rosenbach and hamburg the minesweeper siegburg and the tender elbay departed for the baltic sea the departing vessels followed the corvette airfruit and the fleet civic board ulster they left early under the motto not on our watch the ship's departure coincides with the policy shift that means germany will now supply ukraine with defensive anti-tank weapons surface-to-air missiles and ammunition,
After facing criticism for refusing to send weapons to kill unlike other western allies all of saul said berlin will supply ukraine with thousand anti-tank weapons and 500 stingers surface-to-air missiles from bundesliga stocks germany has a long-standing policy of not exporting weapons to war zones rooted partly in its bloody 20th century history and resorting pacifism countries aiming to pass on german weapons exports need to apply for the approval in berlin first back to you i'm radhi all right thank you.
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