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Biden says he considers Putin the killer
US President Joe Biden answered yes when asked if he considered Russian President Vladimir Putin a murderer.
The talk about Putin came during the discussion of the US special services report published on March 15, which shows that the Russian Federation interfered in the presidential elections in the United States. According to intelligence reports, Russia was conducting a campaign to discredit Biden, which was personally sanctioned by Putin. The report also says that Putin used the Ukrainian people’s deputy Andriy Derkach to interfere in the US elections.
The United States intends to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation and other countries for meddling in the American elections.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba stressed that US intelligence found no signs of the Ukrainian government’s involvement in activities against the United States, and announced “another noisy fiasco of the Russian Federation”.
The Russian embassy in the United States called the US intelligence report “a set of unfounded accusations.”
In the evening, the tension between the United States and the Russian Federation reached a climax: Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia had called the US ambassador for consultations on “what to do and where to move in the context of relations with the United States “. “
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Ukraine recorded the highest number of COVID-19 victims since the start of the pandemic
Almost 12 thousand cases of COVID-19 were registered in Ukraine per day, a record number of patients died – 289 people. This is the highest daily death rate among COVID-19 patients since the start of the pandemic.
Quarantine zoning has been updated in Ukraine. In the “orange” zone – 16 regions and Kiev. Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers called on local authorities to independently strengthen the quarantine if the number of COVID-19 patients increases, and not to “wait for instructions.” According to Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal, if most of Ukraine’s regions fall into the “red” quarantine zone, the government will introduce a nationwide blockade. According to the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, the capital will be in the “red” zone within a week.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has increased the interval between Covishield doses to 90 days.
The Ministry of Health, on the advice of experts, officially changed the vaccination schedule; According to studies, for AstraZeneca vaccines, increasing the interval between the first and second doses to 12 weeks increases effectiveness.
Almost 10 thousand people were vaccinated in Ukraine per day. In some regions, the second stage of vaccination against COVID-19 begins: lists of people over 80 years old are compiled.
The WHO has recommended continuing vaccination with AstraZeneca, which has been suspended by some countries.
US Commerce Department Will Expand Sanctions Against Russia Over Novichok Poisoning
The United States is expanding restrictions on exports to the Russian Federation to prevent Russia from accessing US technologies that could be used “for its malicious activities in the field of chemical weapons.”
Britain named Russia the main threat
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a new UK foreign policy and defense strategy on March 16. The document says that in the Euro-Atlantic space, the greatest threat to Britain’s security comes from Russia.
The Kremlin called this threat “short-lived.” The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, added that the decision of the British authorities to increase the arsenal of nuclear weapons “damages international stability and strategic security”.
Iran publishes final report on UIA plane crash
The report cited an air defense operator error as the cause of the accident: “it identified the aircraft as an enemy target.” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry believes this is a “cynical attempt” to hide the real reasons for the plane’s destruction and to justify Iran.
Zhmak was removed from the post of head of “Ukrzaliznytsya”
The Cabinet of Ministers removed the chairman of the board of “Ukrzaliznytsia” Volodymyr Zhmak ahead of schedule. He himself said that he had never received negative criticism of his work from the Supervisory Board and the decision to dismiss him “seems at least strange, both for the lack of foundation and for the flagrant violation of all possible procedures and the law. “.
New penalties for drivers came into force
On March 17, new fines and penalties for traffic offenses introduced by law began to operate. No. 2695. Even for drunk driving. At 00.03, the Dnipro city patrol police detained a Nissan Maxima driver while intoxicated, who will be the first to pay an increased fine if convicted by the court.
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