New sanctions against Russia; UN Makes an “immediate” end to the war “demand”

Serious diplomacy in Brussels

As the Russian invasion enters its second month, three summits – NATO, the G7 and the European Union – awaits the heads of state and government in Brussels on the same day on Thursday. On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky called on NATO to provide assistance. “Unrestricted Military Assistance” To his country as he faces the Russian army currently facing Kiev “Inequality”. “Ukraine needs uncontrolled military assistance to save its people and our cities, just as Russia is using all its weapons against us without restraint.In a video message posted on his Telegram account, Mr. A.S. Zhelensky said.

NATO is strengthening its security in its eastern region

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin promised “The big mistake” With the invasion of Ukraine, he “Underrated” The opposition, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, said Thursday before the start of the Coalition’s extraordinary summit. He said NATO would deploy four new war teams in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia to strengthen its defenses against Russia in its eastern part.

Terrorist bombing near Luhansk

At least four people, including two children, have been killed and six others injured in a Russian airstrike in the eastern Ukrainian city of Rubisne near Luhansk, the governor of the region Sergei Kaitoi said on Thursday. The balance may “To prove that you are very high”, He said, accused the Russians of using phosphorus bombs. Other officials in the region have accused the Russians of using such bombs in recent days, allegations that cannot be immediately verified.

Kyiv says it destroyed a Russian ship

The Ukrainian navy said on Thursday that it had destroyed a Russian trooper anchored in the port of Berdyansk near Mariupol in the Sea of ​​Azov. The information was not immediately verified, and the Russian military rarely provided information on its casualties. The port of Berdyansk is located 80 kilometers west of the strategic port of Mariupol, a city that has been besieged and constantly attacked by the Russians since the end of February.

The director of the Gerson Theater has been released

This time we told you about his abduction and the release of Oleksandr Guinea, director of the Gerson Theater. The world, Contacting him, Thursday. He was abducted the previous day as abductions were on the rise in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city, where protests against the occupation are taking place every day. Mr. One of his colleagues, actor Alexander Maudry, confirmed Guinea’s release. Mr. Guinea was tested but he is fine.

London imposes new sanctions

The British government on Thursday announced a new series of sanctions targeting 59 Russian and 6 Belarusian figures and companies. Companies such as Alrosa, the Russian diamond company, or Wagner, the private military service group, are being targeted, or Oleg Dingov, founder of Dinkoff Bank, Kurman Greff, the influential boss of the first Russian bank, Sberbank, and his daughter, Polina Kovaleva. She is said to be the mistress of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also called on Russia to stop using its large gold reserves.

4.3 million children have been displaced

UNICEF said on Thursday that more than half of children in Ukraine were forced to flee their homes due to insecurity and fighting sparked by the February 24 invasion of the Russian military. “One month of war in Ukraine led to the displacement of 4.3 million children, more than half of the estimated 7.5 million children in the country”The United Nations Children’s Fund said in a statement.

Resumption of the Moscow Stock Exchange

The stock market resumed somewhat on Thursday on the Moscow Stock Exchange after a month-long hiatus following unprecedented sanctions by the West over Russian intervention in Ukraine. Only about thirty shares were available when this area was acquired. “What we see is a mask: the opening of a Botemkin market”Talib Singh, the White House’s deputy adviser on national security, responded in a statement.