Results 09.03: Strike against the Russian Federation and London will help Taurus

On Saturday night, four regions of the Russian Federation were attacked by drones. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the alleged “interception and destruction of 41 drones.” In particular, the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named. Beriev, where the A-50 aircraft is being modernized. Social networks are reporting possible damage to the plant. Later, Ukrainian People’s Deputy Alexey Goncharenko, citing his own sources, said that the aircraft factory located there and the A-50 aircraft were destroyed.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and the heads of key committees are now working to create a new draft aid package for Ukraine. This was reported by NBC News. However, development is currently in the initial stages. The vote is likely to be pushed back to April because of a planned two-week recess in Congress at the end of March. Republicans are proposing to earmark some of the non-military aid in the form of loans. However, under this plan, the Ukrainian government’s economic aid and support for its long-term efforts to rebuild the country will also depend on the debt. The collateral must use Russian assets confiscated by the United States.

The UK is ready to help Germany supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles. This is what British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said. According to him, as one of the possible options, a possible circular exchange is allowed: Germany transfers Taurus missiles to Britain, and London provides Ukraine with additional Storm Shadow missiles. “We are ready to consider all options to achieve maximum effect for Ukraine… But we will not give any details and will not tell our opponents what we are planning,” Cameron emphasized .

Almost two-thirds of the military clashes took place in the Tauride direction, said the commander of the operational-strategic group of Tavria troops, Alexander Tarnavsky. In particular, during the day, the troops of Tavria carried out 45 military clashes with the invaders. According to Tarnavsky, the Tauride direction is still “difficult” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but it is under control. The Ukrainian army is working to destroy the manpower and equipment of the invaders, he specified.

President Vladimir Zelensky issued a decree awarding Ukraine’s highest official creative honor – the National Taras Shevchenko Award. The winners of the 2024 Shevchenko Prize are: Dmitry Lazutkin, Evgeny Maloletka, Mstislav Chernov, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Jamala, Ivan Urovsky, Tatyana Ovsiychuk, Susanna Karpenko and Andrey Ermolenko.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a meeting with farmers that he would not close the border to goods from within the European Union. Today’s meeting between the Polish government and the leaders of the peasant protests ended inconclusively. No agreement was reached. One of the leaders of the farmers’ protests, Andrzej Sobocinski, said that talks with the government were about “small things”, and Prime Minister Tusk told the farmers that his “hands are tied “, but promised to try to convince the European Commission to make concessions on the Green Deal.

At the end of 2022, the United States of America began “thorough preparations” for a possible Russian nuclear strike on the territory of Ukraine. CNN reported this referring to two senior officials of the Joe Biden administration. One of them said that the concerns of the administration are not just hypothetical – it is based on some information received. The US National Security Council convened a series of meetings to introduce contingency plans.