Biden To Announce $800 Million in Ukraine Security Assistance
US President Joe Biden to announce $800 million in aid for Ukrainereported a White House official, on the same day that Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky was due to give a speech to US congressmen.
Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, which is visited by European leaders
Russian attack on Ukraine it escalated on Tuesday, with a series of bombings in kyiv, in which three EU prime ministers attended in solidarity with the invaded country.
The visit comes after a new day of videoconference negotiations between the two sides and in which Ukraine’s president, Volodimir Zelenski, said he was willing to give up his intention to join NATO.
EU formalizes sanctions package against Russia and blocks luxury goods exports
The European Union (EU) was inaugurated on Tuesday a new package of tough sanctions against Russiafor the war in Ukraine, which focuses on blocking exports of luxury goods and includes the country’s influential tycoon among those hit by sanctions.
EU bans exports champagne, high-end cars, fashion clothes, electronics and sports equipment to Russiaamong others.
EU countries order more than 10,000 hospital beds for Ukraine
27 European Union countries they have ordered more than 10 thousand hospital beds for UkraineEuropean Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides announced on Tuesday.
To manage transfers “health center” will be installedcheckpoint on the state of the patient’s health – on the border between the EU and Ukraine.
Ukraine must admit that it will not be part of NATO
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskysaid that his country should accept that it will not be a member of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), one of the main reasons Russia used to justify its invasion.
However, he regretted that OTAN“who appears to be hypnotized by Russian aggression”, refuses to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
Russia sanctions Biden and more US officials: barring them from entering the country
Russia said this Tuesday that he had entered US President Joe Biden to Secretary of State Antony Blinkenand other high-ranking Washington officials in a “Exclusion list” What ban them from entering the country.
Their names, along with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, CIA chief William Burns, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and others, were included in the list. list of 13 people which they are prohibited from entering Russia in response to sanctions imposed by Washington on Russian officials.
Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clintonalso appears in the list.
More than 100,000 UK individuals and organizations ready to host Ukrainian refugees
Over 100,000 people and organizations in the UK expressed interest in hosting Ukrainian refugees in their homesthe day after the Boris Johnson government announced host plan by individuals.
βIt is fantastic that more than 100,000 people and organizations have shown their willingness to support Ukrainians fleeing the war through the Home for Ukraine program.β
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted, thanking him for his help.
People who decide to host Ukrainian refugees in their homes will receive 350 pounds (456 dollars, 418 euros) per month and must commit to keep them for at least six months.
Refugee recipients, who must obtain a visa, will be able to live and work in the UK a maximum of three years, in addition to receiving social benefits.
Russia and Ukraine continue negotiations
That negotiations between Ukraine and Russia resume This Tuesday, announced a senior Ukrainian official, who insisted kyiv claim to a Stop the fire.
“Negotiations are ongoing,” Mykhailo Podoliak, a negotiator and adviser to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, said on Twitter. Among the issues to be discussed are the “truce and Russian troop withdrawal Ukrainian territory, he added.
The Kremlin on Tuesday deemed any “prognosis” about negotiations with Ukraine premature after a Ukrainian presidential adviser deemed a peace deal possible before May, “and possibly much sooner.”
President Zelensky assured Monday night that Russia “is starting to understand that they will gain nothing through war.”
UK expands sanctions on Russia, including vodka imports
The UK government on Tuesday extended the sanctions against Russia in response to invasion of Ukraineincluding about 350 more people and impose punitive tariffs on products such as vodka and ban the export of luxury goods.
Looking to increase economic pressure on the presidential regime Vladimir Putin and the Russian billionaire who backed him, executive Boris Johnson added 350 new names to the list of sanctioned individuals – 51 of whom were oligarchs and their relatives – bringing it to 935.
They include Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, as well as Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
To this, a total of 70 companies and subsidiaries were also subject to sanctions.
These sanctions, which in recent weeks have been applied to the tycoon with Roman Abramovich – owner of London football club Chelsea – include an asset freeze, the impossibility of doing business with British individuals and companies, and a travel ban to the country.
Britain has also imposed trade sanctions, targeting the luxury sector highly valued by Russian billionaires, including a 35 percentage point increase in tariffs on products such as vodka, animal skins and metals such as silver, aluminum, copper and steel.
For their part, British companies will not be able to export luxury products to the country, including cars, art and fashionreported the Minister of International Trade in a statement.
UN: More than three million people have fled war in Ukraine
More than three million people have left Ukraine since Russia starts the invasion the country on February 24, a UN agency said Tuesday.
βWe have reached the three million markβ
Paul Dillon, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), told the press in Geneva
Of these, 1.4 million are childrenaccording to Unicef, and among them there are also 157,000 other nationals who fled Ukraine, according to IOM
Poland it is the country that receives the most refugees from Ukraine. In total, 1.79 million people have found refuge in Poland since February 24, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Romania, Hungary and Moldova They also welcomed a large number of Ukrainians who fled the attack launched by Russia on February 24.
Curfew in kyiv for 36 hours
Kyiv mayor Vitali KlichkΓ³ announced a Touch A 36-hour curfew in the Ukrainian capital begins this Tuesday evening due to the “difficult and dangerous” situation in the city.
- “Today is a difficult and dangerous day”, The official said in a statement, explaining that circulation in the city would be banned from 8:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Prime Ministers of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia travel to kyiv
Mateusz Morawiecki, Petr Fiala and Janez Jansa “They traveled today (Tuesday) to kyiv as representatives of the Council of Europe to meet there with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky and Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal”, according to this official text.
The purpose of the visit is toreaffirms the firm support of the European Union (EU) as a whole for Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence and presents a series of actions to support the Ukrainian state and people, according to this text.
Residential area attacked in Ukrainian capital
At least two residential areas of kyiv hit by bullets, emergency services said on Tuesday, shortly after three loud explosions were heard in the center of the capital.
- Ukrainian emergency services said that a residential building in the Podilsk district, northwest of Kyiv, had been attacked.
βThe fire started on the first five floors of a ten-story residential building on Mostytska Street as a result of heavy artillery fireβshow emergency services on Facebook.
The flame can be extinguished and one person is hospitalizedand two people died, he added.
Ukraine launches website to make donations
The Ukrainian government has launched a website in partnership with cryptocurrency firms FTX and Everstake, which will channel donations to Ukraine’s central bank as a way to combat Russia’s devastating invasion.
In place “Aid for Ukraine”, current users can offer Donate in 10 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, theter and dogecoin.
βCryptocurrencies play an important role in the defense of Ukraineβ, Oleksandre Borniakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, said in a statement.
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