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The government has rescued more than 20,000 students and citizens from war-torn Ukraine since the onset of Russia's military operation.

Donald Trump was flying from New Orleans to Palm Beach in Florida on Saturday after delivering a speech to Republican Party donors.

Several other foreigners and students were also evacuated by the Indian government under the Operation Ganga rescue mission.

Over a two-day period last week, some $1.9 million was spent on reservations for more than 61,000 nights in Ukraine, a spokesperson said.

Ukraine, with Western help, substantially bolstered its armed forces after 2014, when Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in a lightning operation.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the names of these individuals come from a list compiled by jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Though no shots were fired but an active shooter situation in Joint Base Andrew led to concerns for the US vice president Kamala Harris

The two heads of state spoke ahead of a diplomatic forum in Turkey on March 11-13 that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart are due to attend.

The attack claimed by an Islamic State affiliate. The assault killed 57 people and wounded nearly 200.

Putin said reports about 'the alleged ongoing air strikes of Kyiv and other large cities are gross propaganda fakes.'

When Russia launched its war on Ukraine, a Syrian student in the city of Kharkiv joined the exodus of people fleeing the onslaught.

Russian national defence control centre head colonel general Mizintsev said that 130 comfortable buses will help in evacuation of Indians from Sumy, Kharkiv

Lavrov said he had no doubt that a solution to the crisis in Ukraine would be found, and a new round of talks were about to start between Ukrainian and Russian officials.

TV footage showed policemen directing cars as traffic lights failed and some shops were forced to stay closed due to the lack of power.

The European Union is excluding seven Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system that underpins global transactions, it said on Wednesday.

Russian forces have been avoiding targeting areas where Indians may be holed up after being asked by Indian representatives, the government sources told CNN-News18.