▪️Ukraine refused to negotiate. The military campaign will now resume “in full force,” the Kremlin says.
Zelensky’s aide confirmed that Ukraine refused to negotiate with Russia because the demands of the Russian Federation are “too arrogant” and are an attempt to force surrender.
▪️Yesterday, after Kiev’s statements about readiness for negotiations, active hostilities in the main areas of the Russian operation were suspended, the Russian Defense Ministry reports
▪️”Turkey has not yet made a decision to close the straits for Russian ships,” said Ragip Soylu, head of the Turkish bureau of Middle East Eye
▪️China has announced “military exercises” in the South China Sea within a radius of 6 nautical miles from Sunday to Tuesday
▪️The United States is considering the possibility of imposing sanctions against the central bank of Russia, targeting the reserves of $643 billion that Putin has accumulated
▪️The US Secretary of State announced the provision of additional military assistance to Ukraine up to $ 350 million
▪️Lithuania officially closes the airspace for Russian airlines
▪️In an interview with Zelensky, Erdogan said that Turkey is making efforts for an early ceasefire
▪️The Minister of Digital Information of Ukraine on Twitter asked Elon Musk to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and access to satellite Internet
▪️VGTRK, Channel One and Radio House Ostankino announced that they were suspending membership in the European Broadcasting Union
▪️Kadyrov confirmed the deployment of Chechen units in Ukraine
▪️Turkey has not imposed restrictions on the passage of Russian warships through the Turkish Straits of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, according to an article in the newspaper “Jumhuriyet”
▪️The Border Service of Ukraine declares that Russia has closed the north-western part of the Black Sea to shipping
▪️CNN with reference to British intelligence: “The main part of the Russian forces is now only 30 km from the center of Kiev”
▪️”The Russian armed forces do not strike any residential areas of Ukrainian cities” — The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
▪️”Kiev announces the beginning of technical preparations for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT, but a firm decision has not yet been made” – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
▪️”Poland stands for direct admission of Ukraine to the EU” – President Duda
▪️The Ukrainian parliament calls on the West to “close the sky” over the country, exclude Russia from the UN Security Council and strengthen sanctions against “all Russians”
▪️”150,000+ people left Ukraine, most went to Poland, Hungary, Moldova and Romania” – UN Commissioner
▪️The Kremlin’s website does not work: a representative said that Russia records constant cyber attacks
▪️10 days ago, Biden assured Zelensky that the United States would “respond quickly and decisively to Russian aggression.” On Friday, he went to his home in Delaware to rest
▪️A NATO tank convoy headed to the border with Russia in Estonia
▪️Biden’s press secretary Psaki: “War with Russia is not in the interests of the United States”
▪️The White House asks Congress to approve $6.4 billion in aid to Ukraine
▪️The European Union has included Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov in the sanctions lists. The US will also introduce “full blocking sanctions” against the RDIF. In addition, the EU blacklisted Mishustin, Medvedev, Kolokoltsev
▪️The United States, Great Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions against Putin.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev and other officials also fell under personal sanctions. The package of EU sanctions also includes financial and technological restrictions. Sanctions have been imposed against large industrial enterprises and banks. Russians are forbidden to keep more than 100 thousand euros on deposits in European banks. It is forbidden to sell securities in euros to citizens of the Russian Federation
▪️Ukrainian officials claim that they shot down one Russian plane, but there is no evidence
▪️”The situation on the entire territory of Ukraine is under control. Russia has no chance in Ukraine” – Adviser to Zelensky’s chief of Staff
▪️Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: “Groups of DPR and LPR troops with fire support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to develop the success of the offensive”
▪️Zelensky stated that he did not call on his army to lay down its arms
▪️Dell has suspended sales of equipment in Russia and Ukraine. Under consideration the issue of stopping the supply of Apple products to Russia
▪️The Russian Railways website has been attacked by hackers, it works intermittently
▪️The Russian troops attacked the base of the Ukrainian army in Kiev, the attack was repelled, reports Reuters with reference to the military of Ukraine
▪️French President Macron said that “the war will last for a long time” and urged to prepare for long-term consequences for Europe.
▪️Russia’s cyberattacks on alliance members “could trigger Article 5,” warns NATO Chief Stoltenberg
▪️”The decisive moment has come to close the long-standing discussion once and for all and make a decision on Ukraine’s membership in the EU,” Zelensky believes