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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 25, February 26, February 27, 28th of February, March 1, 2nd of March, March, 3rd, March 4, 5th of March, March, 6, March 7, March 8, 9th of March, 10th of March, March 11th March 12, March 13 and 14 March.
00:01. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill to extend the martial law regime in the country for another 30 days.
00:12. Israel will deploy a field hospital in western Ukraine, which will include an emergency room, a maternity ward and several units for the treatment of refugee men, women and children fleeing war zones, writes the Jerusalem Post.
01:21. Zelensky’s office called some of the demands of the Russian Federation, especially territorial ones, “unacceptable,” but stressed that Kyiv is ready to negotiate on others, TASS reports.
02:42. The Pentagon said that the attack on the Yavorovsky military training ground, which was previously reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, would not prevent further arms supplies to Ukraine.
02:59. The Spanish authorities have arrested the yacht of an unnamed Russian businessman worth $140 million, TASS reports.
03:24. A peace agreement with Russia, under the best scenario, can be reached within one to two weeks, and at the latest in May, said Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office.
03:32. The US authorities have imposed sanctions against the head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov and ten other high-ranking representatives of the Russian defense sector.
03:58. Since the beginning of the military special operation in Ukraine, Russia has launched more than 900 missiles, CNBC reports citing a Pentagon spokesman.
04:25. The Japanese Foreign Ministry has imposed sanctions against 17 Russian citizens, according to the agency’s website. The list, in particular, includes Gennady Zyuganov.
05:31. The government of Ukraine has agreed on a draft decision to support the country’s economy in order to ensure the operation of businesses and the employment of people where the situation allows, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
06:18. The Ukrainian company GSC Game World, a developer of computer games, announced on its Vkontakte page that it refuses to sell in Russia.
07:10. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine and expressed the hope that his country would not be affected by the consequences of the sanctions imposed on Russia.
07:20. UN Secretary-General António Guterres named possible mediators for settling the Ukrainian crisis. According to the Secretary General, this is Turkey, Israel or China. The head of the international organization maintains contacts with all three countries. Guterres called for immediate efforts to stop hostilities in Ukraine and resolve the conflict diplomatically.
07:28. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the interim outcome of negotiations with the Russian Federation with the words “pretty good.” He called for continued negotiation efforts.
07:32. The Republic of Korea will provide Ukraine with military assistance, but non-lethal. According to Yonhap, Seoul will supply Kiev with bulletproof helmets, blankets, and medical products.
07:37. The West is in for difficult times due to the refusal of Russian energy resources associated with the position on Ukraine, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “I have no doubt that difficult times are ahead of us. The process of weaning from Russian oil and gas, and hydrocarbons in general, will not be easy, ”the politician believes. Meanwhile, the Deputy Chairman of the European Commission, Martin Sefcovic, noted that reducing dependence on energy resources from Russia is “extremely difficult”, but possible. For this, according to him, 50-60 billion cubic meters of gas from other sources are needed.
07:47. “Russia and Ukraine is another reason why we (America — “Rosbalt”) must move away from dependence on fossil fuels,” said US President Joe Biden.
07:48. Lawyers still cannot contact the editor Marina Ovsyannikova, who the day before burst into the air of Channel One, arranging a pacifist action. This was announced in his Telegram journalist Alexei Venediktov.
07:55. The US will “make sure” that Ukraine has weapons, financial resources and food. President Joe Biden wrote about this in a microblog. “We will provide money, food and support to save the lives of Ukrainians,” he promised.
07:56. The Ukrainian army shelled the Lugansk People’s Republic 11 times in a day, there are wounded among civilians and destruction. Such data was provided by the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
07:58. The World Bank, in addition to the $723 million allocated last week for Ukraine and its people, will additionally transfer another $200 million to the country. The funding is part of a $3 billion support package that could be ready in the “next six to eight weeks,” the WB explained. .
08:06. Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov accused the Western press of one-sided coverage of the crisis in Ukraine and of fueling Russophobia. According to him, most of the Western media exposes the Russian Federation as an aggressor, and US TV channels did not show a single report about the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk on March 14. “There is a feeling that this (the death of 20 residents of the DPR as a result of the strike of the Ukrainian Tochka-U missile — “Rosbalt”) nobody cares,” the diplomat said.
08:08. The countries of the Asia-Pacific region should value international stability more, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in light of the Ukrainian crisis. He warned that unilateral Western sanctions against Russia would only worsen the situation in Ukraine and “lead to an aggravation of contradictions.” According to the minister, the Ukrainian crisis arose as a result of the constant deepening of long-standing contradictions in the field of security in Europe. He lamented the lack of equal dialogue between Russia, the European Union and NATO.
Meanwhile, Fu Linghui, a spokesman for the State Bureau of Statistics of China, said that the Chinese economy is able to develop steadily, despite the events in Ukraine.
08:14. Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan is allegedly looking for an opportunity to hold telephone conversations with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, informs Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources.
08:16. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with Croatian Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic the explosion in Zagreb of a UAV that flew in from Ukraine. The head of the State Department also expressed to Plenkovic “deep gratitude for the strong support of Ukraine”, including for “providing security assistance and accepting refugees, as well as for the active role of Croatia in NATO.”
08:21. Unknown persons hacked the page of the Russian government in the social network VKontakte. According to RIA Novosti, the hackers published a message related to Ukrainian issues, after some time it was deleted.
08:22. Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that the main threat to peaceful Ukrainians is “nationalists”. According to him, the Russian military does not strike at civilian targets in Ukraine.
08:23. The mayor of Donetsk said that the Petrovsky district of the city was under massive shelling of Ukrainian troops. Its consequences are being established.
08:25. In a video message, President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova, who broke into the news with Ekaterina Andreeva and unfurled a pacifist poster.
Source: Rosbalt
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