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Putin called on the Ukrainian military to stage a coup. Roskomnadzor announced the "beginning of a slowdown" of Facebook. The Council of Europe suspended Russia's membership

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This is Meduza's daily mailing list. Here we talk very briefly about the most important events related to the war in Ukraine. On our website, we conduct round-the-clock online - go there, all the news appears there as completely and promptly as possible.

Highlights of the Day: Headlines Only

• Putin turned to the Ukrainian military and urged them to seize power in the country .
• Zelensky urged Putin to sit down at the negotiating table. The Kremlin first said that Kyiv and Moscow were ready to start negotiations, and then said that the Ukrainian side "has taken a break."
• Russia's membership in the Council of Europe has been suspended .
• The EU is preparing to impose sanctions: they will personally affect Putin and Lavrov .
• Roskomnadzor announced the "beginning of a slowdown" of Facebook .
• Russia has banned aircraft from the UK from flying over its territory. The Czech Republic and Poland are going to close the sky for Russian airlines. S7 announced the cancellation of all flights to Europe.
• Russia has been banned from participating in Eurovision . The Champions League final was moved from Saint Petersburg . The Formula 1 round in Sochi has been cancelled.
• Yeltsin Center called for an immediate end to the war .
• The first channel was removed from the air "Evening Urgant" . On the eve of Ivan Urgant spoke out against the war.

Detailed analysis of what is happening

The situation at the front: the coming days (and possibly hours) will be decisive

On the second day of the war, even more fierce battles unfolded in different regions of Ukraine than on the first. The first phase of the Russian invasion is likely to come to a head: the Russian military has appeared on the streets of Kyiv. We analyze in detail where and how the main clashes take place .

How the inhabitants of Kharkov and Kyiv are hiding from the bombing. Photos

In the two largest cities of Ukraine, Kyiv and Kharkov, which were fired upon by the Russian army, a curfew was introduced. Many residents of the city spent the first night in bomb shelters, underground parking lots and metro stations. Here's what it looked like .

One of the arguments for the invasion of Ukraine is the alleged promise made by the West not to expand NATO to the east. Let's figure out what's wrong with it

Declaring war on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin once again referred to "promises to our country not to expand NATO by one inch to the east" and to the fact that "they deceived, but, in popular terms, they simply threw it." A week earlier, the German magazine Der Spiegel published an article questioning the thesis that, despite Putin's repeated claims, the alliance never promised not to expand, based on a document recently discovered in a British archive. This publication was perceived in Russia as convincing proof of the thesis about the treachery of the West. But is it really so ?

Illustrators around the world are protesting the war in Ukraine Their work speaks about the invasion as well as photographs and reports

Already on the first day of the war, while the whole world was discussing what was happening, illustrators from different countries expressed their emotions not in words, but in their works. We have collected the ones that we particularly liked .

"There is no forgiveness for those who again plot aggressive plans." Anti-war statements of the President of Russia

Vladimir Putin, who gave the order to send troops to Ukraine, has repeatedly declared the unacceptability of war during his 22 years in power. We have collected the main anti-war statements of the President of Russia .

And - an important announcement

We don't know if the Kremlin will block independent media amid the war. But we must prepare for the worst. Yesterday, Roskomnadzor demanded to write about the war only on the basis of information from official Russian sources, recalling the possibility of fines and blocking for "fakes", and today announced that it would restrict Russians' access to Facebook.

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How to turn on automatic app updates

iPhone

• Go to Settings
• Go to the App Store section in Settings
• Turn on the top slider Applications (Apps)

android

• Open Google Play
• Click on the profile icon in the upper right corner of the screen
• Select Settings —> Connection settings —> Auto-update apps
• Select one of the options: Any network (mobile data will be used for updating) or Wi-Fi only

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