Ukraine’s state service of special communications and information protection said on Sunday that Russian troops have blown up a natural gas pipeline in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. A mushroom-shaped explosion was shown in a video it posted on the Telegram messaging app. It was not immediately clear how important the pipeline was and whether the blast could disrupt gas shipments outside the city or the country. Despite the war, Ukraine continues to ship Russian natural gas to Europe. The United States, Canada, Britain, and Europe on Saturday agreed to block Russia’s access to the SWIFT international payment system as part of another round of sanctions against Moscow as it continues its assault against Ukraine.

Meanwhile, a bunch of Indian students arrived in Delhi from a war-torn country.

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