Ukraine: The European Union prepares to stop Russian oil. Guterres to Borodyanka: "Unacceptable destruction in the 21st century"

Sending weapons to Ukraine and other countries constitutes "a threat to the security of Europe".

This was stated by the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitri Peskov, quoted by TASS.

"This night was a night with a colossal number of phosphorus bombs. Fifty air strikes, rockets, artillery shells, and everything a barbarian can use against humanity."

This was stated by the deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar in a video broadcast on the Telegram channel of Ukraina24.

Putin's warning on the possible "lightning-fast response" with "weapons that no one has" from Russia in the event of a strategic threat to its territory must be taken "seriously", but "must not alarm us too much".

This was claimed by Ben Wallace, Minister of Defense of the British government of Boris Johnson.

For Wallace, Putin raises the tone to "cover up his failures" in Ukraine.

"NATO takes it incredibly seriously and we must take it seriously - he adds -, but without letting ourselves be intimidated in our commitment to defend Ukraine from its brutality".

China attacks NATO

, which is "an instrument of individual countries to seek hegemony" not only in the North Atlantic, but also in Asia-Pacific, to which it has turned in recent years "to show its power and foment conflicts ".

Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, in response to British Foreign Minister Liz Truss's views on NATO's importance of having a global perspective - citing Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific - noted that, "as a product of the Cold War and largest military alliance in the world, the Alliance should assess the situation and make the necessary adjustments. "

The German Bundestag has approved the handover of heavy weapons to Ukraine

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After the parliamentary debate, the motion passed with the majority and opposition votes.

The parliamentarians gave 586 votes in favor, 100 against.

Seven abstained.

"UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Ukraine to meet President Zelensky. At his request, I am going to Zaporizhzhia to prepare an evacuation attempt from Mariupol. The UN is fully mobilized to help save Ukrainian lives and to assist the needy ".

The representative in Ukraine for the UN Osnat Lubrani writes on Twitter.

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"When I see these buildings destroyed by war, I imagine my family, my granddaughter in panic and on the run.

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"The war will not end with the meetings.

and when there is, after a ceasefire, the possibility of a serious political agreement", added Guterres.

The visit of the UN secretary general to Ukraine includes stops in the neighborhoods of Kiev, theater of the actions attributed to the Russian forces, therefore Bucha, Irpin and Borodianka.

Guterres arrived in Ukraine after being in Moscow.

"Civilians pay the highest price of war.

This must be remembered in every part of the world," said Guterres, speaking in front of two residential buildings in Irpin destroyed by Russian bombing.

"Life is slowly returning to normal, but now the most serious problem is the mines. In the Kiev region there are still 22,000 explosives left by the Russians. It is a huge job."

This was stated by General Oleksandr Pavliuk, head of the regional military administration of Kiev, accompanying the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on a visit to Borodyanka, Bucha and Irpin, the towns in the northwest of the Ukrainian capital most devastated by the invaders last year. March.

"What Secretary General Guterres saw here cannot be compared to what happens in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions," said General Oleksandr Pavliuk.

"The Russians say they want to liberate the country, and instead they are destroying everything," he added.

ANSA agency

Zelensky, the war cost Ukraine - World $ 600 billion

The Ukrainian president met with local and regional authorities to discuss post-war reconstruction, according to the Guardian (ANSA)

The risk of a missile attack from the south-east from the Black Sea to Lviv has been thwarted by the Ukrainian air defense

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This was announced by the governor of Lviv (Lviv) Maksym Kozytskyi on Twitter, as reported by The Guardian.

Due to the "threat", writes the governor, an air alert was therefore triggered in the region.

But now the situation is "calm", he adds.

According to reports from the website of the English newspaper, Kozytskyi also said that so far the police have processed 1,568 complaints relating to suspicious people and objects.

NEW ARRIVALS FOR RUSSIA

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in his usual nightly message, reports the BBC.

In particular, with reference to the decision to cut the gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria, Zelensky believes that it is clear that "no one in Europe can hope to maintain normal economic cooperation with Russia".

Then the Ukrainian president specified: "Russia considers not only gas, but every commercial relationship as a weapon", and insisted: Russia "sees a united Europe as a target".

for the invasion of Ukraine, to be launched this week, which will also include the gradual stop of Russian oil, while

and the United States continues, denouncing new abuses of the Russian army, are preparing to provide further aid to Ukraine for the next 5 months.

Yesterday, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, speaking to the European Council, has already expressed

, inviting the search for peace through dialogue, rather than in tests of strength between great powers, while

to strengthen the alliance.

The United States said it received "credible information" that a Russian military unit allegedly executed Ukrainians who wanted to surrender near Donetsk, "executions of people with their hands tied, torture and sexual violence against women and girls", such as to reveal "systematic abuses".

Moscow retorts, with one of its diplomats at the UN, that the Ukrainians have tortured prisoners in a torture center in Mariupol called "the library". 

In the purchase of Russian gas by a European company "if the stipulated contract provides for payments to be made in euros or dollars, the company's obligation ends when it has made the payment in euros or dollars".

"If the payment is made in rubles we are not talking about the stipulated contract and we are talking about a circumvention of the sanctions".

The spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer said in the briefing with the daily press.

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Kiev asks the US for other weapons, in particular attack drones and ammunition, a request that awaits the ok from Biden, who asked Congress for funds to support Ukraine, both from a military and humanitarian point of view, for another 5 months.

Meanwhile, the US Chamber has approved a law that allows for the seizure and sale of the assets of the oligarchs subject to sanctions and the use of the proceeds for reconstruction in Ukraine.

THE GAS NODE

- After the stoppage for Poland and Bulgaria, the president of the Duma asked all 'hostile countries' to turn off the taps.

Alarm from Berlin: "With the energy embargo, Germany will go into recession".

ANSA agency

Von der Leyen: "No to blackmail from Russia".

Fly the price of gas - World

"Solidarity with the affected States" (ANSA)

Gazprombank's number two flees, as of March 2 he would join the Ukrainian territorial defense forces, the fourth high-ranking manager to abandon Putin.

In Italy another oligarch, Vladimir Lisin, known as the richest man in Russia.

The Ukrainian military says Russian casualties have risen to 22,400 since the offensive began and to have shot down several aircraft and a Russian drone over Odessa.