▪️Zelensky said that Russia plans to seize the eastern NATO countries. He also accused Russia of using phosphorus bombs on the territory of Ukraine
▪️Fox News: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu disappeared and did not appear in public for 12 days
▪️”A special military operation is underway. Of course, now is not really the time for media activity. This is quite understandable,” Kremlin spokesman Peskov told reporters when asked to comment on Shoigu’s “disappearance” from the information space.
▪️Putin said that payment for Russian gas supplies for export to “unfriendly countries” is translated into rubles. The list of these countries has been radically expanded in response to Western sanctions
▪️The gas industry of Germany is confused by Putin’s statement about the transfer of payments for the supply of Russian natural gas in rubles, said the head of the industry association
▪️In Japan, they do not yet understand how Russia’s demand to pay for gas in rubles will be fulfilled in settlements with unfriendly countries, the country’s finance minister said.
▪️Russia can sell energy resources to “unfriendly countries” for rubles and gold, while for “friendly countries” to transfer payments to their national currencies (yuan, lira, dinar), and also, if possible, sell for bitcoins, the head of the State Duma Budget Committee said at a press conference
▪️The price of Brent crude oil exceeded $122 per barrel
▪️Ukraine says that a forest fire near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant raises concerns about radiation
▪️Sweden will provide Ukraine with another 5,000 anti-tank weapons. Germany will send Ukraine 2,000 thousand hand grenade launchers
▪️”Taiwan will fight hard to defend its sovereignty and democracy,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the island state
▪️The special military operation is proceeding according to plan, all goals will be achieved — Russian Foreign Ministry
▪️The US is considering disconnecting Russia from GPS
▪️British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that normalizing relations with Putin after all these events “would be a big mistake that Britain has already made in 2014”.
▪️China intends to maintain an independent position on Ukraine
▪️The price of gas at European auctions exceeds 1,400 dollars per thousand cubic meters
▪️The public “UFO report” from the US was incomplete, according to a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request
▪️”Hacker formations are being created in Ukraine, Kiev openly “blesses its future wards for Internet terrorism,” said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova. “The most notorious hackers, digital criminals and other cyberbrods from all over the world will be glad to see in the ranks of the new digital formation”
▪️Steve Wilhite, a scientist and programmer who created the popular GIF file format in 1987, died in intensive care last Monday from complications of Covid-19. He was 74 years old