Senior US Senator Lindsey Graham called for "somebody in Russia" to assassinate President Vladimir Putin after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in a televised interview Thursday evening.

Nearly 1,000 Indians are still stranded in Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Sumy, which are among the worst-hit areas during the ongoing Russian invasion.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen today said efforts are underway to relocate 28 crew members of the abandoned Bangladeshi ship "Banglar Samriddhi" to Romania from war-ravaged Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin urged Russia's neighbours on Friday not to escalate tensions, eight days after Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine.

The government fears problems in financial transactions involving Russian projects in Bangladesh if Russia faces more sanctions.

“I'm relieved. I feel safe. Entered the banker. Don’t worry,” Additional Captain of state-owned vessel Banglar Samriddhi, Mansurul Amin Khan (38), said last night to his sister Sabina Khan Maitree, teacher of Tala Government College.

NATO will defend all its allies and territory against a Russian attack, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, as he arrived for a meeting of the alliance's foreign ministers in Brussels.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that the Belarusian armed forces were not taking part and would not take part in Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) showed sheer negligence in sending its vessel Banglar Samriddhi to a war zone in Ukraine, said Bangladesh Merchant Marine Officers’ Association (BMMOA) today.

“My son is safe and well now,” informed the mother of the chief engineer of state-owned vessel Banglar Samriddhi which was abandoned by all the Bangladeshi sailors yesterday evening, a day after it came under attack near a Ukrainian port leaving a crew member dead.

The US Department of Energy activated its nuclear incident response team as a precaution after Russian forces shelled Europe's largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire as they pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing Ukrainian city and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea, reports AP.

An Indian student was reportedly shot at and injured in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the country's Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh said today.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said he does not care whether US President Joe Biden misunderstood things about him, saying Biden should be focusing on America's interests, in an interview with The Atlantic monthly published on Thursday.

A fire that broke out in a training building near the largest nuclear power plant in Europe during intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces has been extinguished, Ukraine's state emergency service said on Friday.

A Bangladeshi expatriate in Ukraine has reportedly taken up arms for Ukraine, against his parents' will, to fend off Russian forces.

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the need to set up humanitarian corridors and a possible ceasefire around them for Ukrainian civilians fleeing the war, negotiators for both sides said following talks on Thursday.

At least 22 bodies have been recovered from rubble in the wake of Russian air strikes in Ukraine's Chernihiv region, the Ukrainian emergency services said in an online post.

Bangladesh has abandoned the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation vessel “Banglar Samriddhi” in Ukraine, as 28 crew members were evacuated to land, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed no let-up in his invasion of Ukraine yesterday, even as the warring sides met for ceasefire talks and Zelensky said Ukrainian lines were holding.

The United States ambassador to the United Nations accused Russia Wednesday of moving cluster munitions and other arms banned under the Geneva Convention into Ukraine as Moscow seeks to escalate the attack on its eastern European neighbour.