All information in Central European Time (CET).
00:18| Russia expels US diplomats
Russia announced on Wednesday (March 23, 2022) that US diplomats would be expelled in retaliation for similar measures taken by Washington against 12 members of the Russian mission to the United Nations in early March.
“On March 23, the head of the US diplomatic mission was given a list of US diplomats who have been declared persona non grata. [en Moscú]summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The US side has received the firm message that any hostile action by the United States against Russia will receive a firm and appropriate response,” it added. afp
00:07| WHO records 64 attacks on the health network in Ukraine with 15 deaths
The health network in Ukraine has registered 64 attacks with 15 dead and 37 injured since the beginning of the war with Russia up to March 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday (March 24, 2022).
“That equates to two or three attacks a day. We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms,” he said in a WHOEurope statement, which does not attribute authorship or indicate in which areas they took place. The attacks also include episodes of physical and psychological violence and the disruption of health center operations since the invasion began on February 24. efe
00:06| The US confirms that Russia has given them a list of persona non grata
The United States government confirmed Wednesday (March 23, 2022) that its embassy in Moscow has received a list of diplomats who have been declared undesirables by the Russian State Department.
“This is Russia’s latest useless and unproductive move in our bilateral relations,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement. The US called on Russia to end “unjustified expulsions” of its diplomats and embassy officials. efe
00:05| The Russian space agency wants to demand payments in rubles from its international partners
The Russian space agency (Roskosmos) reported on Wednesday (March 23, 2022) that it wanted to demand payment in rubles from its international partners after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a similar measure for gas supplies to Europe.
“We will also conclude all our external transactions in rubles,” Roscosmos boss Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying by the official TASS news agency. afp
00:04| Zelenskyy calls on the world to demonstrate against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
On Wednesday (March 23, 2022), the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called on the world to demonstrate against the Russian invasion of his country.
“Come with Ukrainian symbols to support Ukraine, to support freedom, to support life,” Zelenskyy said in a video in English. “Go to your squares, to your streets, make yourselves visible and listen,” he added. afp
00:03| Britain will deliver 6,000 more antimissiles to Ukraine, Boris Johnson has announced
The UK will deliver an additional 6,000 missiles to Ukraine, doubling its supplies of defense weapons to the country since the Russian invasion, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday (23/03/2022) on the eve of the NATO and G7 summits.
Despite the “extraordinarily courageous” resistance of the Ukrainian people, “we cannot stand by and allow the Russians to destroy Ukrainian cities,” Johnson said ahead of those key meetings in Brussels on March 24, a month after the war began. afp
00:02| Pentagon reports: Russian army establishes defensive positions in Ukraine
The Russian army has retreated more than 50 kilometers east of Kyiv in the past 24 hours and has begun to build defensive positions on various fronts in Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday (03/23/2022).
“The Ukrainians managed to repel the Russians 55 kilometers east and northeast of Kyiv,” this official, who asked for anonymity, told the press as the Pentagon estimated on March 22 that Russian forces were between 15 and 20 kilometers from the center of the capital be removed . “We continue to see them entrench and set up defensive positions,” he added. “It’s not that they’re not moving forward, it’s that they’re not trying to move forward. They take defensive positions,” he said. afp
00:01| Vote on UN humanitarian resolution on Ukraine postponed
The vote of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNO), which began this Wednesday (03/23/2022), examines in a new extraordinary session the adoption of a draft humanitarian resolution in which it calls for the “immediate cessation” of hostilities and the withdrawal of the Russian forces from Ukraine has been postponed to March 24.
At the same time as the Assembly was in session, the Security Council voted against a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, also tabled by Russia, in which it failed to mention its role in the conflict or call for an immediate cessation of hostilities. afp
00:00| The US believes that the Russian army committed war crimes in Ukraine
The United States said on Wednesday (03/23/2022) that public information and intelligence information it has collected constitutes strong evidence that the Russian army committed war crimes in Ukraine.
“Today I am able to announce that the United States government has determined, based on the information currently available, that members of the Russian Armed Forces committed war crimes in Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. afp
ama (efe, afp, ap, reuters, dpa)