As conflict continues to escalate between Russia and Ukraine, US president Joe Biden has now said that any direct involvement will lead to World War III.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Biden says direct involvement will lead to World War III

Today marks the 17th day of Russian invasion of Ukraine. While, heavy bombardments in central part of Kyiv is going on, the Russian forces seem to be regrouping for a possible assault on the Ukrainian capital.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Day 17th of Russian invasion of Ukraine

From a huge Russian military convoy snaking its way to Kyiv, to missile strikes and refugee crossings, commercial satellite imagery of the Ukraine conflict is helping lift the fog of war.

Commercial satellites are shaping Ukraine-Russia conflict: Here is how

The massive Russian military convoy that had been stationed outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for weeks now appears to have dispersed. The latest satellite images published by Maxwell Technologies showing that the 40-mile long line of Russian vehicles tanks and artillery has broken up now and has been re-deployed.

Satellite images show Russian convoy regrouping near Kyiv

Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While WION takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While WION takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. The latest satellite images, taken on Thursday (March 10), released by a private US company indicate that a large Russian military convoy, which was last seen northwest of Kyiv, has largely dispersed and redeployed. The military convoy that stretched more than 64 kilometres was near Antonov airport, however, Maxar Technologies said that the images show armoured units manoeuvring in and through the surrounding towns close to the airport. As per the US-based company, the images also show military convoy elements further north have repositioned near Lubyanka. The images also showed the military convoy with towed artillery howitzers in firing positions nearby. ALSO READ | Russian tanks or '40-ton iron freezers'? Freezing temperatures might help Ukraine to resist Putin's army Maxar satellite images show that some elements of the convoy have "repositioned" into forests. (Reuters). On the other hand, the Russians have advanced more than 80 kilometres over the last five days on the north-eastern front and closing in on the Ukrainian capital. Meanwhile, in his latest address on Thursday (March 10), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that around 100,000 people had evacuated the country's cities in two days. In the aftermath of the alleged airstrike on a children's hospital that killed at least three people including a young girl, Zelensky further accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor in the city of Mariupol. IN PICS | Russia's Tsar bomba: World's most powerful nuclear weapon of mass destruction Zelensky said that he decided to send a convoy of trucks into the besieged port city with food, water and medicine and other humanitarian aid. However, the Russian troops "launched a tank attack exactly where this corridor was supposed to be". The Ukrainian leader said that, of the around 100,000 people who had been able to leave other Ukrainian cities via humanitarian corridors over the past two days, some 40,000 had fled on Thursday alone. WATCH | Gravitas: Will Russia launch a chemical attack on Ukraine? × (With inputs from agencies)

Ukraine crisis: Satellite images show Russian military convoy northwest of Kyiv has 'dispersed, redeployed'

A huge Russian military convoy that had been stationed outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, since last week appears to have dispersed, according to a United States-based company, as the city braces for a possible ground assault. Maxar Technologies said satellite images taken yesterday have shown that the 64km long line of vehicles, tanks, and artillery has broken up and been redeployed.

Satellite images show Russian army convoy near Kyiv disperses

As the war in Ukraine enters day 16, there are fears that Russian forces have moved closer to the capital Kyiv and are poised to attack the city from many sides.

Is Russia making renewed effort to capture Kyiv? Forces crawl closer

In the recent summit of European union leaders, the hope for Ukraine's membership in EU has been dashed out.

Ukraine under attack: European Union leaders dashes Ukraine's membership hopes

Amid Ukraine and Russia conflict, Russian forces started crawling closer to Kyiv and fears have been mounted that Kyiv will be encircled soon.

Russian forces crawl closer to Kyiv, Is this renewed effort to capture the capital?

Russia has become the world's most sanctioned country, with over 5000 sanctions slapped against it. Brands like McDonald's, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Zara, H&M, Netflix have all suspended operations in Russia. Spotify and Amazon too have hit pause. Palki Sharma brings you the details.

Gravitas: Russia becomes the world's most sanctioned country

Has Joe Biden's oil embargo on Russia fractured western unity? EU-nations say they can't ban Russian oil imports. They say they're too 'dependent' on Moscow for energy supplies. Is Biden's decision then a symbolic move? Here's what Palki Sharma has to say.

Gravitas: Biden's oil ban 'fractures' West's unity

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine is "no longer interested in a NATO membership." In response, Russia said it doesn't want to overthrow the Ukraine government. Is a truce in sight? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Zelensky willing to give up NATO membership bid?

Did Volodymyr Zelensky bet on direct intervention by NATO? Did he over-estimate Ukraine's strategic importance to the West? Palki Sharma explains Zelensky's 3 big miscalculations that gave Russia the upper hand.

Gravitas: Zelensky's three big miscalculations

Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that Ukraine will no longer be seeking NATO membership, a delicate issue cited by Russia as a reason for invading its pro-Western neighbour. Zelensky also said he is open to "compromise" over the status of two breakaway pro-Russian territories that Putin recognized as independent just before the invasion.

Ready to discuss status of breakaway regions, says Ukrainian President Zelensky

The US has banned Russian oil exports. Moscow has threatened to cut gas supplies - if the oil ban goes ahead. Will Europe continue to bankroll Russia's Ukraine invasion? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Will Europe still bankroll Russia's Ukraine invasion?

Where is Russian President Vladimir Putin's family? A report has claimed that Putin's family is inside a "secret bunker" - one that can survive a nuclear strike. How true are these claims? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Where is Vladimir Putin's family?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has a new symbol. The letter 'Z'. It's present on Russian tanks, billboards, cars, even on uniforms of Russian athletes. What does this symbol stand for? Is it a military marking or a warning? Palki Sharma explains.

Gravitas: The mystery around Russia's 'Z' Symbol

Four world leaders have positioned themselves as mediators in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Who are they? Is there any hope for talks amid raining missiles? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Meet the mediators of the Russia-Ukraine war

Russia has claimed that the US was developing bio-weapons near the Russian border in Ukraine. Is there any truth to these accusations? Palki Sharma examines.

Gravitas: Russia claims US running bio-labs in Ukraine

Humanitarian corridors have been opened from 5 Ukrainian cities to help people escape the war zone. Last time, the safe corridors had come under heavy shelling. Will this time be different? Listen in to Palki Sharma

Gravitas: Humanitarian corridors open from 5 Ukrainian cities

A Pakistani student stranded in the war-hit country was rescued by the Indian authorities amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The girl expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Embassy in Kyiv.

Pakistani student thanks Indian PM Modi for rescuing her from Ukraine

700 Indian students in Sumy have now been moved out of the city through the humanitarian corridor. They were first taken in Poltava which is around 175 km away from Sumy. Now they are traveling in Western Ukraine on trains that have been arranged with the help of Ukrainian authorities. The students will then cross a border to Poland in the coming days and from there they will then be brought back to India on evacuation flights.

Russian-Ukraine conflict: 700 Indian students evacuated from Sumy

An 11-year-old Ukrainian boy has been hailed as a hero after fleeing his war-torn country by himself with only a plastic bag, a passport and a telephone number written on his hand. WION tells you more in this report.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: 11-year-old Hassan crossed Ukraine alone to reach Slovakia

Ukraine's youngest war victim Dima Kasyanov is in a pediatric neurosurgery center after a shell exploded in his family's home in Ukraine and left shrapnel in his skull. The eight-year-old is one of several children brought into the hospital in Kharkiv to be treated for shrapnel.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict : Meet the Ukraine's youngest war victim Dima Kasyanov

The officials from the United States intelligence agency has warned that Russia may intensify the assault on Ukraine. They also added that President Vladimir Putin is frustrated about how his Ukraine invasion has not gone to plan, and lobbing provocative nuclear threats at the West.

Russia may intensify assault in Ukraine despite setback, warns US intel

Nearly two weeks into the invasion, An air alert has been declared today morning in and around Ukraine's capital city, with civilians asked to get to bomb shelters as quickly as possible.

Air raid alert sounded in Kyiv, civilians urged to go to bomb shelters

Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for 'maximum restraint' in Ukraine and said China is "pained to see the flames of war reignited in Europe," in his strongest statement to date on the conflict. China, which has refused to condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine or to call them an invasion, has repeatedly expressed its opposition to what it describes as illegal sanctions on Russia.

Xi Jinping delivers his strongest statement on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he does not want to be the leader of a country which is begging for something on its knees. Zelensky also said that he is no longer pressing for membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), membership for his country.

"Don't want to beg for NATO membership", says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday agreed a day-long ceasefire around a series of evacuation corridors to allow civilians to escape the fighting. WION's Anas Mallick brings you more insights.

Russia-Ukraine agree to day long evacuation corridors

Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, after days of mostly failed promises that have left hundreds of thousands trapped without access to medicine or fresh water.

After air-raid sirens rang out again in Kyiv overnight, the plan was to open safe routes out of five Ukrainian areas including two suburbs of the capital that have been devastated by Russian shelling.

But previous ceasefire efforts have been bedevilled by violations, with Moscow apparently determined to push forward a 14-day-old invasion of its neighbour that has shocked the world.

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The greatest alarm has been sounded over Mariupol, a southern port totally surrounded by Russian troops for more than a week, where the Red Cross has described the situation faced by civilians as "apocalyptic".

Residents there have been sheltering underground from relentless bombardment, unable to evacuate their wounded, and with no access to food, water, power or heat.

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In Kyiv, back-to-back air alerts Wednesday morning urged residents to get to bomb shelters as quickly as possible over fears of incoming Russian missiles. An all-clear was given for each alert soon afterward.

Such alerts are intermittent, keeping people on edge. Kyiv has been relatively quiet in recent days, though Russian artillery has pounded the outskirts.

Kyiv regional administration head Oleksiy Kuleba said the crisis for civilians was growing in the capital, with the situation particularly critical in the city’s suburbs.

“Russia is artificially creating a humanitarian crisis in the Kyiv region, frustrating the evacuation of people and continuing shelling and bombing small communities,” he said.

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The UN&nbsp;estimates that more than 2 million people have fled the country. Many more have become trapped inside cities bombarded and encircled by Russian forces, who have seen their advance slowed by fiercer than expected Ukrainian resistance.

Moscow calls its action a "special military operation" to disarm its neighbour and dislodge leaders it calls "neo-Nazis."&nbsp;

Kyiv and its Western allies dismiss that as a baseless pretext for an unprovoked war against a democratic country of 44 million people.

Talks aimed at ending the fighting have so far yielded little, but the foreign ministers from Russia and Ukraine are expected to meet in Turkey on Thursday, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

As Russian forces press their offensive in the south, Ukrainians fear the next big target will be Odessa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port. Residents are preparing to defend the historic city of 1 million, a polyglot centre of culture with wide resonance for Ukrainians and Russians alike.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, after days of mostly failed promises that have left hundreds of thousands trapped without access to medicine or fresh water.

Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, after days of mostly failed promises that have left hundreds of thousands trapped without access to medicine or fresh water. After air-raid sirens rang out again in Kyiv overnight, the plan was to open safe routes out of five Ukrainian areas including two suburbs of the capital that have been devastated by Russian shelling. But previous ceasefire efforts have been bedevilled by violations, with Moscow apparently determined to push forward a 14-day-old invasion of its neighbour that has shocked the world. The greatest alarm has been sounded over Mariupol, a southern port totally surrounded by Russian troops for more than a week, where the Red Cross has described the situation faced by civilians as "apocalyptic". Residents there have been sheltering underground from relentless bombardment, unable to evacuate their wounded, and with no access to food, water, power or heat. Also see | Russia's rocket launchers target Ukraine's cities In Kyiv, back-to-back air alerts Wednesday morning urged residents to get to bomb shelters as quickly as possible over fears of incoming Russian missiles. An all-clear was given for each alert soon afterward. Such alerts are intermittent, keeping people on edge. Kyiv has been relatively quiet in recent days, though Russian artillery has pounded the outskirts. Kyiv regional administration head Oleksiy Kuleba said the crisis for civilians was growing in the capital, with the situation particularly critical in the city’s suburbs. “Russia is artificially creating a humanitarian crisis in the Kyiv region, frustrating the evacuation of people and continuing shelling and bombing small communities,” he said. Also see | What does aftermath of Russian invasion look like for Ukraine? The UN estimates that more than 2 million people have fled the country. Many more have become trapped inside cities bombarded and encircled by Russian forces, who have seen their advance slowed by fiercer than expected Ukrainian resistance. Moscow calls its action a "special military operation" to disarm its neighbour and dislodge leaders it calls "neo-Nazis." Kyiv and its Western allies dismiss that as a baseless pretext for an unprovoked war against a democratic country of 44 million people. Talks aimed at ending the fighting have so far yielded little, but the foreign ministers from Russia and Ukraine are expected to meet in Turkey on Thursday, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. As Russian forces press their offensive in the south, Ukrainians fear the next big target will be Odessa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port. Residents are preparing to defend the historic city of 1 million, a polyglot centre of culture with wide resonance for Ukrainians and Russians alike. (With inputs from agencies)

From intermittent alerts to blaring air raid sirens: Russian pressure keeps Kyiv on edge

Ukraine has begun evacuating civilians from the town of Irpin near the capital Kyiv after days of heavy aerial bombardment by Russian forces. WION's Anas Mallick brings you this report from the ground zero.

Ground Report: Irpin faces heat as Russian troops advance towards Kyiv

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