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In an interview with Bloomberg, Indian Prime Minister stated that India plans to strengthen its relationship with the European Union and to support the efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Ukraine.

This is a 180 degree turnaround for India

An expert has stated that the American Patriot system and the European SAMP-T system are designed to combat missiles such as the Russian Kinzhal missile. The Patriot system is capable of intercepting the missile in 8-10 seconds, however, this has only been tested in theoretical modeling. Russia has kept Kinzhal missile carriers in Belarus, but no missiles have been launched from there in months. It is unclear if the tests for the missiles have been completed and if they have any shortcomings. Subscribe to us for more news.

Today it was revealed that Ukraine is planning to mine the border with Belarus and Russia, causing many people to worry on the anniversary of the war. People have asked if this is being done due to a potential threat of an offensive from Belarus. In our evening post, we will try to clarify the situation.

Essentially, let's take a closer look. The State Border Guard Service has announced that the strip along the Ukrainian-Russian and Ukrainian-Belarusian border will be widened to 2 km and will be a mined area. This means that an additional strip of minefields will be constructed. In particular, it is planned to remove obstacles to the engineering arrangement of our border infrastructure, as well as to allocate more land along the Ukrainian-Russian and Ukrainian-Belarusian sections of the state border for enhanced arrangement of protection and defense means, including minefields. The Armed Forces, the National Guard and the National Police will also be involved in the tasks of protecting the state border.

What does this mean? This will strengthen the protection of our border, and a special border regime will be established within these boundaries to prohibit free entry, stay, residence, movement of persons not related to defense or border protection.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has prohibited the supply of smartphones that are priced higher than $300 to Belarus and Russia. Additionally, restrictions have been placed on fans, air conditioners, refrigerators (over $750), microwaves, dishwashers, printers (over $300), and other equipment, with a total of 276 different types of appliances included on the list.

Andrew Peters, a veteran of the U.S. Army from Marshfield, Wisconsin, was tragically killed in Ukraine on February 16, according to CNN. Peters had served in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in 2014, and had joined the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine in late November 2022.

Croatia intends to send 14 Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine within the next month, according to Jutarnji list. Seven of the helicopters will be taken apart and transported by land, while the remaining helicopters will be flown to Poland and then shipped to Ukraine.

The main news for today is that Canada is ready to expand its flight training program for Ukrainian military pilots, the European Union has adopted the 10th package of sanctions against Russia, blacklisting 121 people, Lithuania has raised 14 million euros for radars for Ukraine's air defense, Guatemala will join the Core Group of the Special Tribunal for Russia, India plans to develop ties with the European Union and contribute to efforts to end the war against Ukraine, and the United States has been banned from supplying smartphones that cost more than $300 to Belarus and Russia, with the list including 276 different types of equipment.

Britain will give three thousand tickets to the Eurovision Song Contest to Ukrainian refugees at no cost.

On February 25th, the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv received a report of a fire at 86 Kyrylivska Street in a one-story warehouse building. The warehouse contained flammable substances such as paints and varnishes. At 16:12, the fire was contained to an area of 2000 square meters and was extinguished at 17:50. 18 units of fire and rescue equipment and 94 firefighters were deployed, including a state-of-the-art firefighting robot, which greatly assisted the firefighters. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated by law enforcement agencies. Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries.

The governor of the Penza region of Russia, Oleg Melnichenko, has declared that US President Joe Biden and his family are not allowed to enter the region, and that the chances of this decision being reversed are very slim.

Can you just imagine how heartbroken President Biden will be? - NOT!

The Kyiv City State Administration has reported that the newest robot was used for the first time to put out a fire in Kyiv, and that the traffic on the streets that were blocked has been restored.

Energy Minister Galushchenko stated that, barring any new Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, there will be no need to impose electricity restrictions. He added that blackouts will only be used for maintenance purposes. He also expressed his satisfaction that the power system is now running without a deficit and that they have been able to meet the full demand for electricity for the past three weeks. He assured that they have enough reserves to continue providing electricity without any supply constraints. He also mentioned that they are doing their best to restore the damaged facilities before the start of the heating season. Lastly, he said that it is too early to talk about increasing electricity tariffs, and if it is done, it will only be after the end of the heating season, and the increase will be based on each household's consumption.

News has been reported about the dam exploding on the Northern Pond near Bakhmut, which will likely impede the Wagner PMCs' offensive on Bakhmut from Yahidne.

The KRAKEN unit, composed of Azov veterans, led a swift counteroffensive in September 2022, resulting in the liberation of the Kharkiv region. The unit was successful in the decisive battles, and the cities were liberated with their banners raised. Dmytro Komarov's documentary provides further details of these momentous events.

Putin is aware of the discontent of the Russian people who have been affected by the war in Ukraine, so he is avoiding them out of fear. He is now in a state of panic, desperately trying to find a way to win back the support of the people. This is according to former head of the Moscow FSB Yevgeny Savostyanov.

The Aurora multimarket chain, in partnership with the UNITED24 fundraising platform initiated by the President of Ukraine, is launching a large-scale charity campaign called The Way to Victory to commemorate the anniversary of invincibility. On April 5, customers of Aurora stores will have the chance to purchase comic book collections featuring stories of the Ukrainian people's heroic fight against the invaders. Additionally, a collection of 30 chips and stylized storage tubes have been created based on the stories from the comics. All proceeds from the sale of comics, chips and tubes will be donated through UNITED24 to purchase reconnaissance drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To support the campaign, all you need to do is shop at Aurora or deposit The Way to Victory shares at the bank.

Guatemala will be the first Latin American nation to join the Core Group in order to create a Special Tribunal that will hold Russia accountable.

Will fuel prices rise sharply this spring? Experts are convinced that there will be no significant increase in gasoline and diesel prices. Gennadiy Ryabtsev, a member of the Expert Council of the Ministry of Energy, noted that there is no reason to believe that the price of oil products will change significantly. Sergiy Kuyun, Director of the Consulting Group A-95, also sees no prerequisites for a fuel price increase this spring.

As of 5:00 PM, firefighters are still actively working to extinguish the fire at the paint and varnish warehouse and have sufficient resources to do so. No casualties have been reported at this time and updates will be provided as they become available.

In the photo on the left, Russian hieromonk Spyridon and Yuri Abramov are seen in a combat zone. In 2021, Abramov was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the sexual abuse of 53 boys.