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Latest Developments in Ukraine: March 3

by VOA News

   For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit [1]Flashpoint
   Ukraine.

   For the latest developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine,
   all times EST:

   1:45 a.m.: A large explosion lit up the night sky in Ukraine's capital
   in the early hours of Thursday. [2]The Washington Post has video.

   1:41 a.m.: German authorities have seized a Russian billionaire's $600
   million yacht.

   12:57 a.m.: Indian authorities denied claims Thursday that students
   from the country are held hostage in Ukraine, after Russia accused
   Ukraine of forcibly holding a large number of students in Kharkiv as
   "human shields."

   "We note that with the cooperation of the Ukrainian authorities, many
   students have left Kharkiv yesterday," Indian foreign ministry
   spokesperson Shri Arindam Bagchi said in an official statement. "We
   have not received any reports of any hostage situation regarding any
   student."

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/flashpoint
   2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/03/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news/#link-IQMTECAHJVDOHMASBYYV5ZGT5Y