The International Organization for Migration says the number of people who have left Ukraine since fighting began has now reached 1.45 million.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said 28 crew members of Bangladeshi vessel "Banglar Samriddhi" have safely reached Romania from war-torn Ukraine and they will soon return home.

Russia said its forces had stopped firing near two besieged Ukrainian cities on Saturday to allow safe passage to civilians fleeing fighting, but officials in one of the cities said Moscow was not fully observing the limited ceasefire.

Russia has told the UN Security Council that their buses are ready at crossing points to go to the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Sumy to evacuate Indian students and other foreigners who are stranded there.

Zhuravychi is a border city in Ukraine. It is just 130km away from the border shared by Ukraine and Belarus. The Polish border is also close to the city. In a former detention centre turned camp, about 120 human beings -- including women and children from different nations -- have been stranded. Among them, five are Bangladeshi.

Russia declared a partial ceasefire on Saturday to allow humanitarian corridors out of the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha, Russia's defence ministry said.

Several global tech companies have so far said that they'll stop sales of their products and services in Russian as the country’s invasion of Ukraine continues.

Singapore announced sanctions against Russia on Saturday that include four banks and an export ban on electronics, computers and military items, in a rare move by the Asian financial hub in response to what it said was Moscow's "dangerous precedent" in Ukraine.

Facebook has hit out at the ban on its platforms by Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The United Nations' World Food Programme warned Friday about a looming food crisis in Ukraine in conflict areas, while disruptions in production and exports could lead to food insecurity globally.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on Russia’s war in Ukraine, blocking Facebook and Twitter and signing into law a bill that criminalises the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “fake” reports.

Britain's BBC said on Friday it would temporarily suspend the work of all its journalists and support staff in Russia following the introduction of a new law that could jail anyone found to be intentionally spreading "fake" news.

The United States and its allies heavily criticized Russia on Friday at the United Nations over its shelling and seizure overnight in Ukraine of Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, and some demanded that Moscow not let such an attack happen again.

Ukraine accused the Kremlin of “nuclear terror” and the West expressed horror yesterday, after Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was attacked and taken over by invading Russian forces.

Efforts are under way to evacuate the 28 rescued crewmen through Romania, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen.

Images of cluster bombs and artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities this week have prompted the world’s top war crimes prosecutor to launch an investigation, with the support of dozens of nations opposed to Russia’s invasion.

A fire at Europe’s biggest nuclear power station at Zaporizhzhia is put out after Ukraine accuses Russia of “nuclear terror” in shelling the plant. Russian troops later take the reactors, which generate 40 percent of Ukraine’s electricity, after firefighters say they were prevented them from reaching the blaze for hours.

Russian lawmakers yesterday moved to impose harsh jail terms for publishing “fake news” about the army, which a senior lawmaker said will apply to foreigners too, as Moscow moves to muffle dissent over its invasion of Ukraine.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg yesterday said the alliance would not impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine after calls from Kyiv to help stop Russia’s bombardments.

India today said it has evacuated one Bangladeshi national from war-ravaged Ukraine.