Ukraine: chronicle of events on March 5 – Rosbalt

Rosbalt continues to talk about the events that followed after statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the start of a special operation in the Donbass and in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the LPR and DPR. On demand Roskomnadzor media should use data on its progress only from official Russian sources. With information about events that took place in previous days can be found here: February 24, February 25February 26, February 27, February 28, March 1, March 2, March 3 and March 4.

00:01. Retail chains were allowed to limit the sale of a number of socially important goods to one hand to fight speculators, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation said. Auchan announced that it is introducing a restriction on the sale of a number of socially significant goods to one person Restrictions have also been introduced in Atak stores, which are managed by Auchan Retail Russia. The press service of the Russian Auchan explained to RBC that the company is seeing an increase in demand for socially significant goods, including from businesses that make purchases, and in this way they are trying to make sure that there are enough goods on the shelves for everyone. At the same time, the network assures that it has stocks of these goods and supplies are uninterrupted.

00:06.President Volodymyr Zelensky called the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels weak and confused due to the alliance’s refusal to close the sky over Ukraine. Zelensky expressed doubts that NATO could protect anyone, including the countries of the alliance, TASS reports. Earlier, NATO Foreign Ministers stressed that they are not a party to the conflict, they will not send troops to Ukraine and will not close the sky over this country.

00:15. The White House has spoken out about rude and provocative remarks by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Graham about Russian President Vladimir Putin. “This is not the position of the US government and definitely not the words that you would hear from someone who works in this administration,” RIA Novosti quotes White House spokesman Jen Psaki as saying. The UN also called for avoiding such rhetoric, said the representative of the Secretary General. Earlier, the Russian Embassy in the United States demanded an official explanation regarding Graham’s statements. Ambassador Anatoly Antonov stressed that the politician’s words are unacceptable and outrageous.

00:21. Fitch downgraded the ratings of 32 Russian banks, including Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Gazprombank, Tinkoff Bank and Raiffeisenbank.

00:27. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said NATO is keeping the door open for dialogue with Russia. “We will leave the door open for dialogue and diplomacy with Russia,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. Blinken added that NATO will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine in the near future, including in the humanitarian direction.

00:32. The representative of the Secretary General of the world organization Stephane Dujarric did not rule out that the UN would send some employees to the Russian Ministry of Defense to ensure humanitarian coordination and deconfliction in Ukraine.

00:37. The Association of European Professional Football Leagues has expelled the Russian Football Premier League from the organization.

00:41. The US has not recorded any release of radiation as a result of the fire at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, a senior US military official said. He also noted that the Pentagon has no reason to doubt Russia’s claims that they now control this nuclear plant, TASS reports.

00:48. According to the Ukrainian media, in Kyiv, representatives of the Terodefense detained the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Opposition Platform, Nestor Shufrich. It is reported that he was taken to the SBU.

00:55. Hermes and Chanel boutiques are temporarily closed in Russia. The Kering group of companies, which owns the luxury brands Gucci, Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent, also announced the closure of its stores in Russia.

00:59. A group of US senators asked Joe Biden to expedite the supply of Abrams tanks and other weapons to Poland in the amount of $6 billion, RT reports on its Telegram channel.

The chronicle is being added.