The Russian embassy in Germany was outraged by the desecration of a memorial to the fallen of the Red Army in the Tiergarten district of Berlin, the diplomatic mission reported on its website.
The embassy was “outraged” because on the night of March 29-30, the Soviet tanks that are part of the memorial mentioned were covered with a cloth in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
“We consider this event a desecration of the memorial to the Soviet soldiers who died fighting to liberate Europe from Nazism,” the embassy reported, quoted by Sputnik.
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SPUNITK NEWS PRESENTS TECHNICAL ERRORS
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GAZPROM CONTINUES TO DELIVER GAS REGULARLY TO EUROPE VIA UKRAINE
Russian energy giant spokesman Sergei Kupriyánov announced on Wednesday that Gazprom continues to routinely supply gas to Europe via Ukrainian territory.
According to Russia Today, the delivery will be made in accordance with the requirements of European consumers, which for this March 30 will be 109.5 million cubic meters, which will correspond to deliveries within the long-term reserve for gas transit through Ukraine. the speaker detailed.
Likewise, the gas flow through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, which crosses Belarus and Poland, dropped to zero at the German point Mallnow on Tuesday afternoon, according to the operator Gascade. However, the reason for this interruption was not disclosed, the outlet closed.
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GAS PRICE IN EUROPE RISES BY 10%
Gas deliveries scheduled for April rose 10% on Wednesday to stand at around $1,400 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to data from London’s ICE Exchange, RIA Novosti reports.
According to the information offered by RT, the reference price for Western Europe on the Dutch TTF platform was slightly above $1,250 per 1,000 cubic meters when the session opened, but then fell to 1,243, marking the session’s floor price, 0.8% higher than the settlement price from Tuesday (1,233).
Prices have also recovered by 14.4% and hit a maximum of $1,411.7.
Images of the destruction of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by attack helicopters
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— Sputnik World (@SputnikWorld) March 30, 2022
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GERMANY EMERGENCY PLAN AND REFUSAL TO PAY IN RUBLES
Last week, after several Western nations made illegitimate decisions to freeze Russian assets, Vladimir Putin ordered gas supplies to non-friendly countries to be charged only in rubles, and so Germany activated a contingency plan to ensure supplies of gas just in case Russian supply stops.
According to RT, German Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck explained that the first of the three levels of this plan involves the establishment of a crisis unit in the Economy Ministry, which will intensify monitoring of the gas supply situation.
He also reiterated that the country would not pay for Russian gas in rubles and informed the refusal of the G7 countries to make payments for the supply of gas in Russian national currency; The payment in rubles is “a unilateral and clear violation of existing contracts”.
On the other hand, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that the only currency accepted for gas is the ruble, stating that “companies need to understand that they simply need to buy rubles in exchange for their currency – the euro or the dollar—and pay for petrol in rubles. […] In fact, practically nothing changes,” he said.
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KEY POINTS FOR A POSSIBLE DEAL BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
The head of the Russian delegation to the talks with Kyiv, Vladimir Medinsky, said on Wednesday that Ukraine had declared its willingness to comply with the basic demands that Moscow had been insisting on for the past few years.
He also stressed, according to RT: “If these commitments are fulfilled, the threat of creating a NATO springboard on Ukrainian territory will be suppressed.”
The proposals presented to the Russian side, which Ukraine is ready to include in a possible future agreement, provide for Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO; an “unaligned” status; the renunciation of the development and acquisition of nuclear weapons and the stationing of foreign military bases and contingents on its territory.
Also included are military exercises with foreign participation only as permitted by state sponsors. [Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU y otros países]including Russia.
“Yesterday, for the first time, the Ukrainian side expressed – and in writing – its readiness to meet a number of crucial conditions in order to establish normal and, I hope, good-neighborly relations with Russia in the future,” Medinski said.
On the other hand, he concluded his statement by saying that Russia’s position on Crimea and Donbass has not changed.
Thus begins the meeting between the heads of Russian and Chinese diplomacy Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi in the city of Tunxi, China.
The Russian foreign minister will take part in the third ministerial conference of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries
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— Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (@mae_rusia) March 30, 2022
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UPDATE OF UKRAINE’S INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFLICT
Ukraine’s official website on the conflict with Russia reports that on Wednesday the Russians withdrew and regrouped their military units from the territory of Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts. The east direction is now their priority, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
The official source adds that the Russian Navy is blockading more than 90 civilian ships in the Black Sea. Transporting food through water is currently impossible, said First Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya stresses that 3.9 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the large-scale Russian operation.
On the other hand, the UK’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Barbara Woodward, said Britain is ready to become one of Ukraine’s security guarantors. The UK government has already spent more than £400m on humanitarian aid and military support.
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ALSO THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFERS INFORMATION
In one of their daily press conferences, it was announced that Russian forces had used Iskander tactical missiles to destroy two major artillery camps in the Rovno and Donetsk regions of north-west and south-east Ukraine.
Operational-tactical aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles eliminated 69 Ukrainian military objects, including three command posts, two multiple rocket launchers, eight ammunition depots and 52 concentration points for military equipment and fortifications of the Ukrainian army.
In total, since the beginning of the military, Russia has destroyed 124 aircraft, 77 helicopters, 323 unmanned aerial vehicles, 214 air defense systems, 1,767 tanks and other armored vehicles, 186 multiple rocket launchers, 741 howitzers and mortars, and 1,657 actions special military, the outlet closed.