March 19, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

But India is the only country from the group that has not explicitly condemned Russia’s attacks, calling repeatedly instead for “an immediate cessation of violence.” Japan meanwhile has backed its condemnation of the Russian invasion with sanctions on Russian officials and oligarchs.During the news conference Saturday, Kishida also announced a $42 billion investment in India over the next five years, adding to Japan’s ongoing support toward infrastructure development in India.From CNN's Tim ListerA Ukrainian attack on an airfield in the south of the country last week killed a Russian general, according to the Ukrainian military's General Staff.Amid heavy fighting between the cities of Mykolaiv and Kherson, Ukrainian forces carried out an attack on the airport at Chornobayivka, just north of Kherson, on Wednesday.The airport was occupied by Russian forces and served as a forward command post of Russia's 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, according to Ukrainian officials.Images and video geolocated by CNN showed three helicopters and multiple vehicles on fire at the airport.Soon after the attack, Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said, "Burning enemy helicopters in Chornobayivka in the Kherson region is a demonstration of what is now happening to the occupying forces."Ukraine's General Staff later said, "according to preliminary data" Russian Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, commander of the 8th Guards, had been killed.CNN cannot independently verify the Ukrainian claim. Ukraine says that five Russian generals have been killed since the invasion began on Feb. 24.From CNN's Hira HumayunRussian President Vladimir Putin is in “total panic” over the idea of a revolution in Moscow, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a Conservative Party conference in Blackpool Saturday.Johnson said Putin was “frightened” of Ukraine because of the country’s free press, free elections, democracy and open markets, and feared the Ukrainian model’s “implicit reproach to himself.”From CNN's Jennifer HauserArtem Datsishin, a ballet dancer with Ukraine's National Opera House, has died after being injured in Russian shelling, according to social media posts from his friends and colleagues.