Ukraine offers a new security guarantee agreement. McDonald's closes restaurants in Russia. Zelensky quotes Churchill: "We will not give up"

The main thing about the thirteenth day of war

On March 8, evacuation began from the city of Suma, where at night 21 people died as a result of shelling. In the evening, the second evacuation column left for Poltava. In total, according to the regional authorities, about 3.5 thousand people were evacuated from the city. On other possible routes, including from Mariupol, there were no positive progress. The parties, as before, were accused of disrupting each other's process. The usual accusations from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation added reproaches against Kiev in the reluctance to coordinate the evacuation of Ukrainians to the territory of Russia. The authorities of Mariupol said that Russian troops tried to use the humanitarian corridor to break into the city.

Vladimir Zelensky and his party “Servant of the people” spoke about the spirit of possible future agreements with Russia - including those related to Crimea and Donbass.

“It is important for me how [in the Donbass] people who want to be part of Ukraine will live there. <...> We cannot admit that Crimea is the territory of Russia. I think the Russian Federation will be difficult to admit that this is the territory of Ukraine. I think we are reasonable enough so that the solution of these two issues does not cause any revolutions within societies so that people are satisfied with this solution: those who live in those territories and those who live in Ukraine, ”Zelensky ABC News said .

Later, the Party of the “Servant of the people” explained the position of Zelensky: Ukraine does not perceive the ultimatums and does not abandon its land, but “Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk are occupied for 8 years” and “We need to decide how the lives of people in these territories will be settled.”

In the same interview, Zelensky spoke out for the conclusion of a collective agreement on the security of Ukraine in the future with the participation of all neighbors, Turkey and the “leading states” of the world - the USA, France, and Germany. “These will be guarantees not only to Ukraine. These will be guarantees of Russia, which she constantly talks about. Although I do not know who she is defended from, ”he said. In the statement “The servants of the people” added to this:

“It is clear that in today's conditions it sounds absurd, given the Russian invasion. But our armed forces will repel from the enemy, and it will be necessary to guarantee the further peace development of Ukraine. Then it will be important that Russia put its signature under the guarantees of our sovereignty along with other guarantors. ”

Zelensky performed in the British parliament on video communication. He compared the war in Ukraine with the war of Great Britain against Nazi Germany and made a reference to the famous speech of Winston Churchill 1940, which went down in history under the name “We will fight on the beaches”:

“I would like to remind you of the words that the United Kingdom has already heard and which are again important. We will not give up and will not lose. We will fight to the end, at sea and in the air, we will continue to fight for our land at all costs. We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the coast, on the streets, ”Zelensky said.

The West decided (gradually) to abandon Russian energy carriers. US President Joe Biden introduced a ban on the import of Russian oil and gas, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a complete rejection of Russian oil until the end of 2022. In the European Union, such sharp measures did not go, but there they want to reduce by the end of the year the need for Russian gas by two -thirds. In addition, there they developed a draft plan for the rejection of Russian fuel fuel until 2030.

A few more statements about the suspension of work in Russia. McDonald's temporarily closes all its 850 Russian restaurants (continuing to pay the salary of 62 thousand employees). LʼOREAL stopped the work of stores under its direct control. Unilever, which owns dozens of well -known food and household brands, will continue to sell goods produced in Russia, but will stop exports. The exception was Cloudflare, which provides content delivery services and protection against DDOS attacks. There they came to the conclusion that leaving Russia will not harm the Government of the Russian Federation, but will limit Russians access to information and make them more vulnerable to the pressure of the authorities.