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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, March 14 and March 15.
00:05 In Kyiv, the meeting of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with the Prime Ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia ended in Kyiv. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal also took part in it. Discussed, in particular, issues of armaments and evacuation.
00:16 PACE voted for the conclusion calling on the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to demand the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the organization. Earlier, Russia itself officially notified the Council of Europe that it was leaving its composition. The letter signed by Lavrov was handed over to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
00:25 The international rating agency Fitch has downgraded the long-term ratings of 31 Russian banks to “CC” (High probability of default – ed.). These included Gazprombank, Sberbank, Tinkoff Bank, Alfa-Bank.
00:49 Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Yaroslav Kaczynski, who attended a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, proposed sending an armed NATO peacekeeping mission or a larger mission to Ukraine, TASS reports.
01:03. The European Union should provide Ukraine with the status of a candidate for EU membership as soon as possible, as well as defensive weapons, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during a visit to Kyiv.
01:17. The US authorities intend to allocate an additional $186 million to provide humanitarian assistance to both internally displaced Ukrainians and refugees who have left the country, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.
Source: Rosbalt
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