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As the Russia-Ukraine conflicted intensified, US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that Russia would be unable to ever control all of Ukraine, vowing the war would “never be a victory” for President Vladimir Putin.

Russia, however, continued its invasion, with the Ukrainian government accusing Russian forces of shelling a humanitarian corridor that Moscow had promised to open to let residents flee the besieged port of Mariupol as the civilian death toll in the conflict mounted.

All Indian Students Stuck In Ukraine’s Sumy Evacuated: All Indian citizens who were stranded in Ukraine’s Sumy, where hostilities have surged following Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, were evacuated on Tuesday, Ministry of External Affairs said. “Happy to inform that we have been able to move out all Indian students from Sumy. They are currently en route to Poltava, from where they will board trains to western Ukraine. Flights under #OperationGanga are being prepared to bring them home,” said Arindam Bagchi, official spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs, in a tweet on Tuesday evening.

Poland is ready to deploy all its MIG-29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and put them at the disposal of the United States, and urges other Nato members that own planes of that type to do the same, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

US lawmakers pushed President Joe Biden's administration on Monday to facilitate the transfer of fighter aircraft to Ukraine from Poland and other Nato and Eastern European countries, after a plea on Saturday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"The authorities of the Republic of Poland...are ready to deploy immediately and free of charge all their MIG-29 jets to the Ramstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America," the ministry said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte over phone to discuss the ongoing situation in Russia-hit Ukraine, news agency ANI quoted the Prime Minister's Office. 

During the conversation, PM Modi reiterated India’s consistent appeal for cessation of hostilities and a return to the path of dialogue and diplomacy. 

The prime minister welcomed the ongoing talks between Russia and Ukraine, and hoped for an early resolution: PMO

In a stunning upset, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is projected to oust the Congress in Punjab in Assembly elections 2022 to win its second state within 10 years of being formed. The party, which is currently in power in Delhi, has been projected to win 75-plus seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, as per exit polls 2022.

The Axis My India survey has projected 76-90 seats for the AAP in Punjab, taking it beyond the majority mark of 59 seats. The Jan Ki Baat poll has predicted 60-84 seats for the Aam Aadmi Party, while the P-Marq survey said the party is tipped to land between 62 and 70 seats. As per the ETG Research, AAP could win 70-75 seats, and the Polstrat pegged the party beyond the magic number but lower at 56-61 seats. Today’s Chanakya gave 100 seats to AAP and 10 to Congress, with SAD+ at six and BJP at one.

Russia has told Ukraine it is ready to 1halt military operations "in a moment" if Kyiv meets a list of conditions, the Kremlin spokesman said on Monday.

It was the most explicit Russian statement so far of the terms it wants to impose on Ukraine to halt what it calls its "special military operation", now in its 12th day.

 Ukraine ceases military action

"We really are finishing the demilitarisation of Ukraine. We will finish it. But the main thing is that Ukraine ceases its military action. They should stop their military action and then no one will shoot," the Kremlin spokesman said.