FIFA Ultimate Team benches Russian players and clubs

In an announcement greeting players at login, players are told that a variety of Russian players and branded items are no longer available “in line with real world actions taken by our partners at FIFA and UEFA.” Last week, EA Sports’ FIFA 22 and NHL 22 also removed Russian national teams from their lineups, corresponding to world sports bodies’ expulsion of Russian teams and competitors from several events at the end of February. The bans were implemented as a response to Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

4 Chinese students, 1 Indian killed by Russian attack on Kharkiv college dorm

Damage to building at Kharkiv National University after heavy shelling from Russian forces. (Reuters photo) Damage to building at Kharkiv National University after heavy shelling from Russian forces. (Reuters photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Four Chinese students and one Indian student were among 13 reportedly killed by heavy shelling of a college dorm in Kharkiv by Russian forces on Thursday (March 3).

BBC resurrects WWII-era shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion

The BBC is resorting to broadcasting news bulletins over shortwave radio in Russia after the country blocked access to BBC websites, The Guardian reports. The BBC announced it was bringing back the WWII-era broadcasting technology in the region just hours before its sites were banned. News of the ban was also reported by Russian state news agency RIA.
Shortwave radio uses frequencies that carry over long distances and are accessible on portable sets. The BBC says its shortwave broadcasts will be available on frequencies of 15735 kHz from 4PM to 6PM and 5875 kHz from 10PM to midnight, Ukraine time. News will be read in English, which the BBC says will be available in Kyiv as well as “parts of Russia.”

Ukraine war: ‘My city’s being shelled, but mum won’t believe me’

Oleksandra and her four rescue dogs have been sheltering in the bathroom of her flat in Kharkiv since the shelling began.
“When I heard the first explosions, I ran out of the house to get my dogs from their enclosures outside. People were panicking, abandoning their cars. I was so scared,” she says.

India cancelled orders for MiG-29 jets from Russia claims US

India has cancelled orders for MiG-29 fighter jets, helicopters and anti-tank weapons from Russia in the last few weeks, a senior United States official claimed, according to a report in The Indian Express on Friday.
The official, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, made the statement before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. India’s defence ministry has not responded to the claim as yet.
Lu said that it will be difficult for any country to continue purchasing military equipment from Russia after the United States imposed sanctions on Moscow.