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French President Macron held confidential talks with US President Biden and German Chancellor Scholz in February, urging them to reconsider the West's strategy in Russia's war against Ukraine, as reported by the WSJ.
The head of the European Council, Michel, emphasized that supporting Ukraine and initiating accession negotiations with it are among the EU's top priorities in the near future.
Finland has announced its 23rd package of military aid to Ukraine, totaling 188 million euros. The announcement was made by the country's president, Alexander Stubb. This aid package will include air defense systems and artillery ammunition.
PepsiCo launched the production of Lay's chips near Novosibirsk in Russia, however, due to difficulties with the supply of technological equipment, the plant cannot reach full capacity at the moment
CNN reports that attacks on Russian refineries could have a more significant impact on the aggressor's economy than sanctions. Experts indicate that the strikes targeted distillation plants rather than fuel storage facilities, crucial for processing crude oil into fuel and derivatives.
European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, announced that more than €240 billion worth of Russian assets have been frozen in EU countries. This includes €37 billion of assets belonging to individuals and approximately €200-208 billion of assets belonging to the Russian state.
Ukraine's military-industrial complex produces 8 units of “Bohdana” self-propelled artillery system each month, — The New York Times.
Currently, Russia has approximately 950 missiles, — Vadym Skibitsky.
“Currently, according to our estimate, Russia has approximately 950 high-precision missiles of the operational and strategic level with a range of more than 350 km. We see a pattern that they tend to try to keep their stockpile at a level of at least 900 missiles,” stated Vadym Skibitsky, a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Russia aims to produce about 40 Kh-101 missiles this April, he said.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine predicts that the Russians will be able to conduct 2-3 more massive attacks, and then will be forced to take a break again to accumulate missiles and “Shaheds”. However, some localized attacks may continue.
Skibitsky added that “the aggressor is accumulating a stockpile of 3M14 Kalibr cruise missiles and has at least 260 units at its disposal. Moreover, they plan to produce 30 such missiles in April this year”.
He reminded that Russia is modernizing its Onyx anti-ship missiles, and Russia has 440 standard Onyx missiles in stock.
Russia’s seaborne crude exports jumped in the final week of March to the highest so far this year, even as average shipments in the first quarter were close to the level pledged by Russia to its OPEC+ partners. The rebound came amid an easing of the high winds that repeatedly hampered loadings at Russia’s main Pacific port in recent weeks. - Bloomberg
Most of the backlog of Russia’s Sokol crude that built up after being turned away by Indian refiners has now been discharged. About 9.1 million barrels, half of the total, have been delivered to refineries in China. Another 7 million barrels are finding their way back to India — though almost half of that is still on tankers anchored at Indian ports. One cargo was delivered to Pakistan.
President Zelenskyy personally thanked the Japanese Prime Minister for hosting the Japanese-Ukrainian conference in Tokyo in February, during which over 50 bilateral agreements were signed. Both leaders agreed to expedite the implementation of these agreements.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced the completion of the first underground school in Kharkiv. Terekhov also revealed plans to construct similar schools in other districts of the city.
In Dnipro, one of the educational institutions was damaged by the Russian missile. Fortunately, at the time of the hit, all the children were in shelter, — Serhiy Lysak.
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