Ukraine: chronicle of events on March 22 – 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 course only from official Russian sources. With information about events that took place March 21can be found here.

00:04. The United States wants to hear from China words of condemnation of Russia’s steps towards Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a regular briefing for journalists.

00:06. The US administration did not address any specific companies and did not ask them to take steps to exit the Russian market, but at the same time welcomed those who made such a decision, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.

00:25. S&P Global Ratings will withdraw its ratings of all Russian companies after the EU announced a ban on assigning credit ratings to individuals, organizations or bodies established in Russia, Bloomberg reports.

00:39. Hungary opposes sanctions on the supply of energy resources from Russia and perceives such measures as a “red line”, said in a video message following the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU countries, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs of the country Peter Szijjarto

00:43. The rotation of personnel at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been completed, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, citing the Ukrainian regulator. It is reported that 13 employees refused to rotate, and most of the Ukrainian guards also remained in place.

00:51. Ireland is very likely to take part in the creation of the EU Rapid Reaction Force, said Foreign and Defense Minister Simon Coveney. It is reported by Reuters.

01:02. In North Macedonia, by decision of the government and the agency for audiovisual media services, the broadcasting of the Russian television channel RT has been suspended, TASS reports.

01:53. A third of NATO member states do not see Ukraine as part of the bloc, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with Czech television.

02:30. The idea that Ukraine does not have enough modern military equipment supplied by Western countries “is not accurate,” US President Joe Biden said at a meeting with business representatives on the situation around Ukraine.

02:45. A special session of the UN General Assembly on the situation in Ukraine may resume on Wednesday, and by the end of the week its participants will vote for a resolution on the humanitarian situation, TASS reports citing a source in the world organization.

03:13. Assumptions about the presence of US biological and chemical weapons in Europe are not true, US President Joe Biden said at a meeting with business representatives on the situation around Ukraine.

04:16. Authorities in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have detained a superyacht believed to be linked to Russian billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky, Reuters reports.