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Ukrainian PM welcomes Swift sanctions on Russia
12:26 a.m .:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal has welcomed the recent Western sanctions against Russia.
Schmyhal wrote on Twitter: "We thank our friends for agreeing to exclude several Russian banks from Swift," he wrote.
Schmyhal also welcomed the "shutdown of the assets of the Russian central bank" and the planned sanctions against Russian oligarchs.
Musk is helping Ukraine out with internet via satellite
12:17 a.m .:
The American tech billionaire Elon Musk is helping Ukraine with the Internet.
Ukrainian Digital Minister Mykhailo Fedorov asked the Tesla and SpaceX founder on Twitter to provide the country with mobile network via Starlink satellites from orbit - after the Russian invasion apparently destroyed such infrastructure in the country.
A few hours later, Musk also responded on Twitter: “The Starlink service is now active in Ukraine.
More terminals are on the way.«
Fedorov later confirmed that the Starlink network is coming to Ukraine.
On Twitter, he thanked the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, who helped with the quick authorization and certification.
SpaceX has a total of around 2,000 satellites orbiting the earth at an altitude of around 550 kilometers in order to offer Internet access to remote regions of the world.
Most recently, SpaceX helped the Pacific nation of Tonga, which was hit by a tsunami, to rebuild network services.
Macron warns Lukashenko against stationing Russian nuclear weapons
12:01 a.m .:
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko against allowing Russia to station nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil.
This was announced by the Élysée Palace after a phone call between the two.
In it, Macron asked Lukashenko to have Russian troops withdraw from his soil as soon as possible.
A referendum will be held in Belarus this Sunday on a constitutional amendment that would allow Lukashenko additional terms in office.
It is also about the future permanent stationing of Russian troops and nuclear weapons in the country.
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