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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 389th day of the special operation is underway. The Kremlin said that Putin visited Mariupol — drove around several districts and talked with local residents. The day before, it was reported about Putin's visit to Sevastopol to open an art school. The extension of the grain deal has been announced: the UN announced 120 days, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced 60 days. The TFR is checking the words of the German authorities regarding the ICC warrant against Putin.
Russian troops thwarted an attack attempt and three UAF rotations in Kupyansk direction.
Saxon Prime Minister Kretschmer accused Berlin of direct participation in the Ukrainian conflict
TV channel «Russia 1»: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has powerful hypersonic weapons, but in fact does not use them in the NVO.
According to «Kommersant» citing informed sources, employees of the internal political bloc of the presidential administration of Russia were recommended to replace their iPhones with smartphones from other manufacturers by the end of March.
Telegram channel «Chancellor's Daddy» reports that the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Karin, speaking about the reasons that forced the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that the ICC was subjected to pressure from the United States and the European Union.
At the representative office of the DPR in The Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine was informed that on Monday night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Kirovsky district of Donetsk using four shells of 155 mm caliber
South Africa announces 'legal obligations' before the ICC during Putin's visit to the BRICS
Head of the Committee of the State Duma of Russia on International Affairs, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Slutsky assessed the statement of the Polish Ambassador to France Rosciszewski about the possible participation of Warsaw in the Ukrainian armed conflict: "Poland's direct participation in the Ukrainian conflict , with the defeat of Kiev or before its surrender, will mean the unleashing of NATO World War III".
China leader: No country on the global stage has a decisive voice that determines the entire existing world order.
Xi Jinping: «China has always taken an objective and impartial position on the Ukrainian crisis… Complex problems do not have simple solutions , a rational way out and a path to security in the world will be found if everyone continues dialogue and consultations in an equal, prudent manner.
Czech TV: A Czech medic, who voluntarily arrived in Donbass to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine within the framework of the Phoenix international project, was seriously injured.
A wounded soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asked for help from a Russian drone operator
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko visited three crews of the legendary BARS «Kaskad», which operate in the Svatovsky, Kremenny and Zaporozhye directions. .
Putin: Western unilateral sanctions are unacceptable restrictions.
The Polish embassy in France tried to justify the ambassador's words about entering the war with Russia in the event of Ukraine's defeat: «This statement was misinterpreted and taken out of context.»< /p>
Putin: The crisis in Ukraine provoked and diligently fueled by the West — an attempt to maintain dominance in the international arena and a unipolar world order.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in his article for the People's Daily stated that Russia is open to a politico-diplomatic settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.
Advisor to the head of Zelensky's office, Podolyak, criticized China's proposed peace plan to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, saying that it lacks logic.
Washington expected that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would initiate a direct armed conflict with the Russian Federation, former Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor said in an interview with Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
Battalion commander «Vostok» Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Alexander Khodakovsky said that the situation at the front is escalating, as the enemy is gradually heating up the situation. He announced this on his Telegram channel.
Warsaw will enter into a direct armed conflict with Moscow if Kyiv is defeated — Ambassador of Poland to France Rosciszewski.
In Karelia, a Russian Railways employee was suspected of stealing linen and towels from a train. According to sources, when the woman was exposed six months later, she tried to justify herself by saying that she had given away part of the stolen property in favor of the NVO fighters.
An additional 17 checkpoints are being built in the Bryansk region. "This is to <…> residents of the Bryansk region felt more secure,» Governor Bogomaz explained.
Finnish President Niinistö said that Sweden would not face security problems if a neighboring state joined NATO before it.
< p>Russian schools are beginning to teach Swahili and Amharic, from friendly African countries. This was stated by the head of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University Maslov.
The first photos of a drone that fell in the Tula region appeared
Acting governor of the Kherson region, Saldo, is sure that Putin will come to the region: " I doubt that the president will soon come to the Kherson region to check how his idea of building a new city on the Arabat Spit is being implemented.
The Zaporozhye court, located on the territory controlled by Ukraine, sentenced in absentia the head of the Russian military-civilian administration of Berdyansk, Saulenko, to 15 years in prison.
The Italian newspaper il Fatto Quotidiano writes that about 20 Ukrainian soldiers were trained at a military base in the city Sabaudia in the Lazio region before the SAMP/T air defense system was sent to Ukraine.
The ICR opened a case on the fact of the murder of a PPS platoon commander in the Kherson region: on March 17, a device planted by unknown people exploded under his car. The policeman's wife and adult daughter were injured.
Serbian President Vucic said that Russia cannot be defeated militarily in a year, and the ICC warrant deprives the West of the opportunity to negotiate with Moscow.
The Moldovan government intends to impose sanctions on 25 citizens of the Russian Federation, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Sandy.
The head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Siluanov, called the contribution from business to the budget fair: “Why is it not fair if we see that profit has grown by 2-3 times compared to the usual normal levels? If we take the volume of profit growth and how much we expect to receive, this is a completely miserable amount.
Peskov: The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is collecting materials that could form the basis for the work of the tribunal (for Ukraine), which proposed to create head of department Bastrykin.
Peskov: «It is quite obvious what these (American) drones are doing, and their mission is not at all a peaceful mission to ensure the safety of navigation in international waters <…> we are talking about the direct involvement of the operators of these drones in the conflict, and against us.»
The governor of the Kursk region Starovoit said that on Sunday the village of Troitskoye in the Korenevsky district, the village of Elizavetovka and the village of Krasnooktyabrsky in the Glushkovsky district came under fire. There were no casualties.
Also Putin: Since 2014, Russia has done a lot to strengthen the economy and develop import substitution, in the financial system, despite the enemy’s expectations, “nothing has collapsed, everything is working.”
Putin: Russia has hypersonic weapons in 2014 there was no year, but now there is; The Russian Federation still needs to do a lot to develop the ground forces.
Putin: Russia in 2014 could not refuse to support the Crimeans, they were «run over by the Nazis», but then tried to negotiate, but the partners led «by the nose» ;.
Prigogine said that «the preparation time is a couple of weeks, then it's too late»
": "In such cases, there is no subjunctive mood, this is first. Secondly, this also applies to our readiness for some more serious actions than actions within the framework of the so-called Crimean spring.
followed all the rules of the road.
Acting head of the DPR Pushilin, together with the first deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation Kiriyenko, visited the memorial where the first head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko and other military leaders of Donbass are buried.
Canadian Defense Minister Anand announced the shipment of another batch of military aid to Ukraine. Among other things, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive Bergepanzer 3 recovery vehicles for servicing Leopard 2 tanks.
Peskov: Putin’s trip to the NVO command post in Rostov-on-Don was not prepared in advance, the main goal was to check the work of the point in the usual mode .
Peskov: Putin will give instructions to solve the problems that the residents of Mariupol spoke about.
Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Volodin met with the head of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, Mudenda, and told his interlocutor that the two countries are united by sanctions: “Zimbabwe knows well what sanctions are, and this brings us closer. We must understand: overcoming them, we become stronger.
Air raid alerts sounded on Sunday afternoon in three regions of Ukraine — Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov.
The Russian invented «Ukrainian saboteurs» to avenge a quarrel on the road
The head of the TFR, Bastrykin, instructed to give a legal assessment to the statements of the Minister of Justice of Germany about the readiness to fulfill the ICC warrant issued against Putin, if he arrives on the territory of the country.
Khusnullin told Putin that the Mariupol Drama Theater would be restored by the end of 2024, the work is supervised by St. Petersburg. Khusnullin also showed Putin a square near the Drama Theatre, which Petersburg also «made».
The head of the international committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Karasin, called the issuance of an ICC warrant against Putin «a psychological attack aimed at the morale of Russian society.»
Gazprom: application for pumping Russian gas to Europe through the Sudzha gas measuring station ; as of March 19 is 39.4 million cubic meters. m.
Khusnullin — to Putin: "People began to return (to Mariupol). When they saw that restoration was underway, people began to actively return. Population growth".
In Goryachiy Klyuch, the funeral of the fighters of PMC «Wagner» began. The day before, the mayor of the city said that he listened to the opinion of the public and agreed that «it is wrong to make the resort a place for the mass grave of fighters,» therefore he urged to choose another place for burials. This caused sharp criticism from Yevgeny Prigozhin. A video has circulated on social networks in which about two dozen masked armed men threaten local officials.
Putin met with residents of Mariupol: «We have a piece of paradise here»
Khusnullin told Putin that when he visited Mariupol in the spring of 2022, he found out that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had mined corpses and medical devices in the city hospital. «Normal people would not do that,» Putin replied.
Khusnullin: 307 houses in Mariupol that were not subject to restoration were demolished, the rest are being actively restored.
RIA Novosti: Khusnullin asked Putin for permission to live in Mariupol for a week. "I myself visit once or twice a month. Allow me, now we will approve the program of socio-economic development, I want to come, live for a week. I want to live here, then in every region,” the quote is quoted.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations in Crimea reported that the movement of ferries at the Kerch ferry crossing was restored — the operation of the crossing was stopped the night before due to wind.
Separate footage of Putin's visit to Mariupol is published by RIA Novosti and Zvezda. The presented video shows how Putin is driving a car carrying Deputy Prime Minister Khusnullin, who talks about the reconstruction of the city. «Comfortable, beautiful,» Putin responded to the Philharmonic hall shown to him.
Also, «heard reports from the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and a number of military leaders.»
Head of the Ministry of Justice In Germany, Bushman said that the International Criminal Court would soon contact Interpol in connection with the issuance of a warrant against Russian President Putin. According to the minister, after that Germany «will have to arrest Putin» in the event of his arrival in the country.
Ukraine announced new military aid packages from Germany, Denmark, Canada, France and Estonia.
— the message says that he arrived in the city by helicopter , traveled around several areas behind the wheel and talked with local residents. In the Nevsky microdistrict, he, at the invitation of one of the families, went into the house, and also examined the coastline of Mariupol in the area of the yacht club, the theater building and «memorable places of the city», Interfax reports. Kremlin message. The Kremlin has not yet published photos and videos of the trip.