Morning brief: 35,000 people flee from Ukraine, Japan PM congratulates S.Korea's President-elect, and more
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As the Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches its 15th day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video address announced that amid the violence, on Wednesday 35,000 people managed to flee the country via humanitarian corridors.
In other news, Assembly poll results for the five Indian states ofUttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab will be announced today.Stay tuned to WION for regular updates.
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Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, during a video address said that at least 35,000 civilians had been evacuated from besieged cities. Three humanitarian corridors had enabled residents of Sumy, Enerhodar, and the area around Kyiv to flee.
The counting votes in five states that went to polls in the last one month has started today.
The outcome of the vote count will determine the fate of the BJP, which now controls four of the five states, and the Congress, which controls Punjab.
The election of Yoon Suk-yeol as South Korea's next president has been welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whosaid he hoped to work closely with the new president elect to rebuild healthier ties with the neighbour.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison saidthat Australia will increase its defence forces by 30 per cent by 2040, calling that the largest build-up in peacetime.
Invoking the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Peter Dutton stated that the move is absolutely necessary.
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