Foreign policy

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, proposed to allocate 1 billion euros for the supply of ammunition to Kiev and so much more for the purchase of shells. The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the APU needs twice as much. This is reported by Bloomberg.

Estonian President Alar Karis refused to sign and publish a law passed by parliament on the demolition of Soviet monuments as dangerous and inciting enmity objects. He motivated his decision by the vagueness of the wording and inconsistencies with the Constitution, so the bill was returned for revision.

A video of US military equipment arriving at the Polish port of Gdynia has appeared on the Web. In the footage, you can see hundreds of tanks, tankers, infantry fighting vehicles of medical units and other types of armored vehicles.

At the meeting of the foreign ministers of the G20 countries, which took place on March 1-2 in Delhi, the participants failed to come to a consensus on the situation in Ukraine. In this regard, it was decided not to make a collective statement. This was announced by Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar in an interview with the Associated Press.

The Afghan authorities, represented by members of the Taliban movement*, announced the liquidation of the commander of the Islamic State branch** (DAESH**) — "Velayat Khorasan"**, who led attacks on mosques and foreign missions in the country.

The UK authorities have imposed sanctions against 92 Russian individuals and legal entities. They included the heads of Rosatom.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting, which will take place from March 1 to 2 in New Delhi, India. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova.

US President Joe Biden, who is on a visit to Kiev, has promised to transfer significant shipments of weapons to Ukraine, including 700 tanks.

US President Joe Biden arrived in Kiev on an unannounced visit and met with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky. During a press conference, the American leader promised Ukraine "billions" of budget support and a new package of military assistance.

Since December 2021, NATO countries have transferred 1,170 air defense systems, 440 tanks, 1,510 infantry fighting vehicles and 655 artillery systems to Ukraine, but most of this equipment has already been destroyed.

According to the publication El Pais, which got acquainted with the draft version of the draft of the 10th package of sanctions, the European Commission (EC) intends to prohibit Russian citizens from holding any senior positions in strategically important companies of the European Union (EU) countries.

Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said that all graduates of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO MFA of Russia) were dismissed from the ministry. According to him, two months have passed since then. The head of the department did not announce the number of dismissed employees.

The European Union (EU) has included the Russian Federation in the "grey list" of tax jurisdictions that, according to the EU, do not fully comply with international tax standards. The list consists of 16 positions, most of which are offshore.