A court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin; The Russian invaders were trying to advance almost along the entire eastern front line. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The ICC in The Hague has issued international arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin
The Pre-trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Also, a warrant was issued for Maria Lvova-Belova, authorized representative of the President of the Russian Federation for children’s rights. Putin and Lvova-Belova are suspected of committing a war crime of illegal deportation and transfer of children from occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, which has been going on since at least February 24, 2022.
Putin faces arrest in 123 countries
According to the court’s decision, now Putin must be arrested in 123 countries around the world that have ratified the Rome Statute or recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. Note that these countries include European states, all of South America, as well as parts of Africa and Asia. The court’s jurisdiction is also recognized by Russia’s partner countries – Venezuela, the Republic of South Africa, the Central African Republic, and Tajikistan.
In this regard, the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the decision of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to arrest the President of Russia Vladimir Putin is not important for the aggressor country from a legal point of view. Zakharova said that Russia does not cooperate with this body, and the possible “recipes” for arrest coming from the International Court are legally void for the Russian Federation.
The Russian invaders do not abandon attempts to capture Bakhmut, the battle in the city continues
The Russians are trying to break through the defenses and move deep into battle formations. The fiercest fighting takes place in the Kremennaya, Torsky, Belogorovka and Disputed areas, and Bakhmut remains the center of the conflict. The enemy in Bakhmut has used all his power and is trying to completely surround the city. Battles are taking place in the north, east and south of Bakhmut, and the enemy is suffering heavy losses and rolling again without success. In some areas, Ukrainian units had partial success.
A Russian X-59 cruise missile destroyed a 15-story building in Avdiyivka
Russian pilots fired a rocket at an apartment building in Avdiivka, located on the front line in the Donetsk region. This was announced by the head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak. According to the head of the OP, during the penultimate air raid in the morning, the Russians launched four air strikes on Avdiivka. No one was killed, according to him.
The purpose of the Chinese leader’s visit to Moscow was learned
The purpose of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to Russia is “a call for peace.” As noted in the country’s Foreign Ministry, Beijing will defend an “objective and impartial position” on international and regional issues, including the “crisis in Ukraine.” “China’s proposal boils down to one thing – to call for peace and advance negotiations.”
The war in Ukraine will be the subject of negotiations between the President of the country aggressor Russia Vladimir Putin and the leader of China Xi Jinping. This was said by the assistant to the head of the Russian regime, Yuri Ushakov. He pointed out that on March 20, Putin and Xi Jinping will hold face-to-face talks in the Kremlin and have dinner together.
Slovakia gives fighter jets to Ukraine
The Slovak government has decided to transfer the MiG-29 fighter jet, as well as the Kub anti-aircraft missile system, to Ukraine. The decision was made “in a constitutionally pure form”, President Zuzana Chaputova was also informed about it.
In this regard, the Kremlin said that the plans of Slovakia and Poland to provide Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters will not affect the course of the war. They also believe that the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine by NATO countries “increases the level of their direct involvement in the conflict.”
The United States has sent a new reconnaissance drone to the Black Sea
It is a strategic reconnaissance drone RQ-4 Global Hawk with the callsign FORTE10. He took off from Sigonella airbase on the Italian island of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, circled Romanian airspace for several hours, and then entered the sea.
The EU will step up support for Ukraine
The European Union plans to transfer the second tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine for 1.5 billion euros next week. The EU is committed to supporting Ukraine as long as necessary.
Ukraine received 17.4 million euros from the EU for the development of digitalization
The European Digital Transformation program for Ukraine was launched with a budget of 17.4 million euros. EU funding aims to develop digital services and the Diya application, improving data exchange between registries and government agencies; development of the electronic identity infrastructure in accordance with the eIDAS regulation and development of the e-governance system, which will allow transparent consideration of criminal cases.
NAPC found suspicious income from one of the customs chiefs
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) found a suspicious income from one of the heads of the State Customs Service, Ruslan Cherkassky. In June 2020, Cherkassky indicated in a declaration that his retired father gave him a large sum of money. In terms of hryvnia, it amounted to almost 4 million hryvnia. NAPC believes that Cherkassky’s parents could not have that kind of money, given their income level. At the same time, Cherkassky’s father bought an apartment in Kyiv in 2018 for more than UAH 1.8 million and a parking space for UAH 100,000.
The SBU and BEB conducted searches of regional gas companies across Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine and the Bureau of Economic Security conducted searches at 14 gas distribution companies (regional gas companies) throughout Ukraine. The searches were conducted under the sanction of the Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv as part of a criminal trial on the misuse of state funds. According to the investigation, the management of gas companies in the region may be involved in a large-scale scheme for the allocation of gas from the gas transportation system of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. The damage caused is estimated at UAH 3.5 billion in 2021 alone.
The sowing campaign has started in Ukraine
In the past week, farmers sowed 66.6 thousand hectares of grain and leguminous crops, the leaders were agricultural producers of the Ternopil region with 20.4 thousand hectares. More grain and leguminous crops were sown by the farmers of the Odessa region – 34.3 thousand hectares.
Southern Railway will get a new name
Voting on Diya app for a new name for Southern Railway has been completed. The majority of voting participants liked the proposed name “Kharkivska” – 39% of participants (335.6 thousand votes) supported this option. The least voted option was the Sloboda Railway (less than 7%).
Turkey ratified Finland’s entry into NATO independently of Sweden
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would ratify Finland’s accession protocol to the North Atlantic Alliance separately from Sweden. According to Erdogan, Finland has taken all the necessary steps to gain membership, and the approval of its entry into NATO can be put to a vote of the Parliament. At the same time, the Turkish leader added that discussions with Sweden will continue.
Active volcano discovered on Venus
Scientists from the University of Alaska have discovered the first evidence of an active volcano on Venus. In particular, astronomers analyzed images of the planet’s surface taken in the early 1990s. They compared an image taken in mid-February 1991 with an image taken in mid-October 1991 and noted changes in the shape and size of the vent on the north side of the volcano.
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