War in Ukraine, day 22: new humanitarian corridors, search for assets of the Russian elite
Ukraine and Russia agree on humanitarian corridors, the United States, an international group to search for the assets of the Russian elite, Spain is guarded by yachts guarded by international oligarchs, government agencies are again talking about “Ukrainian biological weapons.”
Details are in our review.
Ukraine and Russia agree on volunteers for humanitarian corridors
They will work on March 17th.
This was announced on Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk. In particular, it is expected that a working corridor from Mariupol to Zaporozhye will be discovered. Only yesterday it was used by exciting people.
In the Kiev region, people must leave the settlements of Borodyanka and Shevchenkovo, and food and medicine will be delivered to Gostomel and Bucha, which were previously shelled.
Humanitarian aid will be delivered from Kharkiv to the regional center of Volchansk.
News from headquarters
The report of the Ukrainian General Staff about midnight in Kiev says that as a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, part of the Russian equipment was found at the airfield near Kherson (the city of capture of the Russian Armed Forces).
The BBC cannot confirm or deny this information. According to an analysis by the Associated Press.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Konashenkov, again stated without evidence that in Kharkov, Igor “under the control of the United States, a secret project was being carried out on European routes of transmission of diseases through bats.”
Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities, also known from many countries of the world, called this information untenable.
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of a turnover warehouse in the Rivne region – missiles for the Tochka-U complex were stored there, as well as the destruction of 11 anti-aircraft missile systems, including the S-300 division of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, US intelligence believes that at least 7,000 Russian troops have been involved since the incident.
Such data is published by the New York Times with links to US intelligence sources. Deceleration ed that this is a conservative estimate based on the possibility of intelligence data, satellite imagery and media coverage.
If these data are correct (to confirm the information in the conditions of the impossibility of war), then this is more than the loss of the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan in 20 years. And more than from 1994 to 1996 died in the first Chechen war – then the Russian Ministry of Defense spoke of 4 thousand dead (the organization “Union of Soldiers’ Mothers” spoke of 14 thousand).
Officially, Russia twice, on March 2, admitted that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, 498 soldiers.
Zelensky spoke in the Bundestag
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has been prepared for the Bundestag in Berlin.
After applause at the beginning of his speech, Zelensky repeated the main provisions of his supporters to the British Parliament and the US Congress, called for the expression of responsibility for countering Russian aggression.
He suggested that Germany take on a leadership role, which he suggested could be turned into Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he said, calling for the demolition of the “freedom wall” being erected on Europe.
Zelenskiy was also criticized for the inaction of the EU countries before the invasion. He thanked Germany for her help, but said the support came too late to stop the war.
Zelensky drew attention to the fact that Germany, which had previously opposed Ukraine’s speed with the Western world, requires partial Russian support for the attack.
“When we asked what Ukraine should do to become a NATO member, we heard the answer – there are no such decisions on the table and will not be. These are stones, stones for a new wall (separating Europe),” the president explained.
Zelensky also criticized the German leadership for the fact that the country still maintains its business interests in Russia.
“Why is this possible? When we told you that Nord Streams is a weapon and preparation for a big war, we heard in response – after all, this is the economy. And this was the cement for a new wall,” Zelensky said.
In conclusion, on accusations of Germany of Russian aggression and the introduction of tougher sanctions against Moscow. “A world of income,” he told the deputies.
The US takes part in an international group to search for and seize the assets of the Russian elite in the West
The group includes representatives from Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and the European Commission, according to the US Treasury Department.
Department Chief Janet Yellen and US Attorney General Merrick Garland in a sample of the first virtual meeting with a meeting of all participating countries.
“In the last three weeks alone, information provided by the increased risk of U.S. disease in foreign patients has helped delay several diseases seen in patients and entities navigating sanctions,” the Treasury Department said, suggesting hundreds of millions of delayed ships.
The members of the group also received a list of 50 people they should focus their attention on.
On the eve of the Spanish authorities detained in the port of Tarragona near Barcelona, the Crescent mega-yacht, which is believed to belong to the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, who is under sanctions. This is reported by the newspaper El Pais.
This is already part of the trial for the current week, during which there was an examination by the Spanish organs of the gastrointestinal tract.
On Monday, the General Directorate of the Spanish Merchant Fleet detained the Valerie yacht in the port of Barcelona, having contacted the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov, and on Tuesday in Mallorca, the same fate befell the Lady Anastasia yacht, which the media called the director of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.
The Crescent flies the flag of the Cayman Islands and is registered there, however, according to El Pais and Reuters sources in the Spanish police, its authenticity may be Sechin. To state that the authorities are likely to “temporarily hold” the yacht.
In early March, French authorities confiscated the Amore Vero yacht, which they said could be carrying an oil company linked to Sechin.
According to specialized resources, the 135-meter Crescent is one of the largest yachts in the world, its cost is estimated at $600 million.
ECtHR suspends consideration of all complaints against Russia
On March 16, Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe. Along with this, the disappeared Russians had the opportunity to contact the European court for the adaptation of man.
Experts believe that the applicants still have the right to get to Strasbourg for human rights violations committed by Russia before March 16.
The ECtHR announced that it is collecting the legal consequences for its activities that have come after the March 16 decision.
At the same time, the financial and legal consequences of this step were not discovered. As the BBC was told in the press service of the Council of Europe, this issue will be discussed on impossible ground.
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