Chronicle of the war with Ukraine. Day 91

22:14

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the International Committee of the Red Cross had stopped deliveries of vital medicines to the medical institutions of the DPR and LPR, explaining this by the unstable situation in the region.

The department called on the organization to resume the supply of medicines, indicating that due to its decision, more than 12,000 people would be left without the necessary qualified assistance in the region.

In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry promises to open two maritime humanitarian corridors daily from 8:00 to 19:00 - in the Black Sea to leave the ports of Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny and in the Sea of ​​Azov to leave the port of Mariupol.

The military department notes that 70 foreign ships from 16 states are blocked in the first six ports. The Ministry of Defense accuses the Ukrainian authorities of "evading interaction with representatives of foreign states and ship-owning companies in resolving the issue of ensuring the safe exit" of their ships.

21:59

In the Donetsk region, four civilians were killed in the last 24 hours, 12 more were injured, according to the head of the region Pavel Kirilenko.

20:54

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky supported the petition to introduce a visa regime with Russia, according to the website of the presidential office.

“Thank you to everyone who joined this petition for active citizenship. Against the backdrop of full-scale Russian aggression, the issue raised is important and urgent, therefore, I support the need to strengthen the control regime for the entry of a Russian citizen into the territory of Ukraine, ”Zelensky said in response to the petition. He instructed the Prime Minister of the country to work on this issue.

Since February 11, the petition has gained more than 26,000 votes - at least 25,000 are needed for the consideration of petitions by the authorities.

20:19

Former Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova received the Vaclav Havel Prize. The presentation took place at the Oslo Freedom Forum, which was broadcast on YouTube.

In March, Ovsyannikova broke into the live broadcast of Channel One with an anti-war poster. In her speech at the award ceremony, she said that in 20 years Russia has turned into a totalitarian state, and called the country's president a war criminal. She also talked about how the authorities destroyed independent media and installed state propaganda.

The Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Protest, which was presented to Ovsyannikova, was established in 2012 by the New York-based Human Rights Foundation.

Corrected at 20:39. Initially, it was erroneously said that the Vaclav Havel Prize was awarded, which is awarded for outstanding achievements in the defense of human rights.

19:56

In the Kharkiv region, the city of Balakleya was shelled, reports Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the head of the region, Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, the shelling was carried out by the Russian military.

According to Natalya Popova, adviser to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Council, two people were killed and seven more were injured, including a child.

19:47

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the situation in Donbass is "extremely bad" for Ukrainian troops, the reports . BBC

He also accused Russia of trying to blackmail the international community with a proposal to unblock Ukrainian seaports if sanctions were eased. According to CNN, Kuleba warned that if Russia did not lift the blockade of Ukrainian agricultural exports, the entire agricultural cycle would be interrupted and could provoke a "multi-year food crisis."

18:34

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised state awards to the Russian military participating in the war in Ukraine and called them heroes.

“They are all heroes. Exactly. Everyone puts their life in mortal danger. Goes for it consciously. And they need to be treated exactly like that - as heroes, ”RIA Novosti quotes Putin’s speech at a meeting of the State Council.

He also asked the government to solve the problems of the wounded soldiers and relatives of the dead, and the regions to support the families of the servicemen who went to Ukraine.

In addition, Putin said that the allowance for women serving in the Armed Forces who have children will be increased from 15,000 rubles to 31,000.

The President also ordered to increase payments to the Russian military abroad: “They, like people who are abroad, receive appropriate payments to those still abroad. They need to be increased. Because everything is equal to the course. And in this case, as you know, the dollar is shrinking, the ruble is strengthening, so you need to recalculate all this and make payments accordingly.”

In his speech, Putin said that the key priority of the authorities is the well-being of Russians.

“We must always look to the future, one step ahead, and build our work based on the priorities that have already been identified. And our key and invariable priority is the growth of the welfare and quality of life of citizens,” he said.

According to Putin, by the end of the year, inflation in the country will be 15%, but "this does not mean at all that all these difficulties are associated with this special military operation." Putin insists that inflation in Russia has slowed down, while the situation is worse in other countries.

18:01

United Russia has submitted to the State Duma a bill recognizing treason to go over to the side of the enemy in "conditions of an armed conflict, hostilities or other actions involving the use of weapons and military equipment, in which the Russian Federation takes part."

They also propose to introduce criminal liability for the participation of a Russian or a stateless person who permanently lives in Russia in military operations on the territory of a foreign state "for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation." It is assumed that this will threaten from 12 to 20 years in prison.

In addition, the deputies propose a new criminal article - "confidential cooperation with special services of foreign states."

The article states that the cooperation of a Russian not only with the special services, but also with an international or foreign organization or their representatives is considered a criminal offense.

The note clarifies that this refers to cooperation “in order to assist them in activities known to be directed against the security of the Russian Federation”, and “international or foreign organization” refers to organizations that act in the interests of foreign special services, or an international or foreign private military or intelligence company.

The punishment under the new article proposed by United Russia is from two to eight years in prison.

Another criminal article proposed by the deputies is public calls for activities directed against the security of the state. She faces two to four years in prison. And in the case of calls by a group of persons, using their official position or the media - from three to six years in a colony. The same appeals with the threat of violence - from five to seven years in prison.

In addition, United Russia proposes amendments to an already existing criminal article for working in an "undesirable organization": now liability may threaten participation and cooperation with such organizations not only in Russia, but also from abroad.

Amendments can also be made to the article on mercenarism: for recruitment and financing, terms from four to eight years will be replaced by terms from 12 to 18 years in a colony, for the same actions using official position or in relation to minors, instead of terms from seven to 15 years, terms are offered from 12 to 20 years, and for the participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict, instead of terms of three to seven years, they will face seven to 15 years.

The authors of the bill are the head of the State Duma commission to investigate the facts of foreign interference, Vasily Piskarev, and other United Russia members Ernest Valeev, Andrey Kartapolov, Andrey Krasov and Anatoly Vyborny.

17:26

Singer Nargiz, who condemned the war in Ukraine, was banned from entering Russia for 50 years, told StarHit magazine. her lawyer Bakhrom Ismailov

The magazine published a message about a ban on entry into Russia by decision of the FSB - the document was handed to the singer at Domodedovo Airport. It specifies that Nargiz Zakirova cannot enter Russia until May 2, 2072.

“This is a standard ban that public figures who condemn the special operation receive. This restriction was also imposed on Nargiz Zakirova. Nargiz was ready for this. She assumed that such measures would be taken. Despite this, my ward remains true to her civic position, ”Ismailov told the magazine.

Nargiz is a US citizen originally from Uzbekistan. In 2013, she took second place in the Russian version of the Voice show and then gave concerts in Russia.

17:13

The head of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, spoke about the new shelling of the village of Zhuravlevka. One person was injured and five houses were damaged.

“We don’t understand yet how he ended up in the village,” Gladkov writes about the victim. - Residents were resettled from Zhuravlevka and Nekhoteevka a few weeks ago. But we'll definitely figure it out. He is now receiving the necessary medical care.”

16:58

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the military wounded in Ukraine at the Central Military Hospital named after Mandryk, according to the Kremlin website.

16:50

Former employees of the Memorial human rights center, liquidated in Russia by a court, confirmed information about two conflicts between Chechen security forces in Ukraine. Both incidents resulted in deaths.

In the first case, we are talking about a shootout in early April, which killed six people. Two survivors were taken to the Grozny police department.

“There they said that seven security officials (including them) were inside the premises at their base in Ukraine, and the eighth, for some unknown reason, suddenly opened fire on them from outside the premises. Five were killed, one of the survivors managed to return fire and kill the attacker,” human rights activists write, specifying that an investigation is underway because of the shooting.

As early as April 20, the 1ADAT telegram channel, which is in opposition to the Chechen authorities and recognized by the republic’s court as extremist, published recordings in which several men examine the bodies of four victims in camouflage. A conversation in Chechen can be heard in the background. As human rights activists write, one man asks: “Did a sniper kill him?” To which another replies: “No, these two are the ones who shot each other.”

Another incident, which former employees of Memorial managed to confirm, was the murder of a resident of the village of Oiskhar in the Gudermes region by three Chechens from Kurchaloy. The suspected security officials were brought back to Chechnya, but their fate is unknown.

“According to our information, one of them is a nephew of the Yamadayev brothers named Kovraev,” the publication says.

The cause of the conflict could be looting. On April 26, Ingush blogger Islam Belokiev published an audio recording in which an unknown man talks about what happened. Human rights activists note that this is “presumably a security official from Chechnya participating in a “special operation” in Ukraine.”

According to human rights activists, an unidentified person in the Chechen language says on the recording that three security officials were engaged in looting, removing gold jewelry from women, and their colleague from Oiskhar was indignant and tried to shame them, after which they “shot him in the back.” The unknown person specifies that he learned about this from those who in Chechnya participated in the proceedings between the relatives of the murderers and the deceased. As a result, the family of the victim declared a blood feud against the one who shot him directly, human rights activists add.

16:11

Politician Yevgeny Roizman was fined 85 thousand rubles under the article on disrespect for the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of a comment on a RIA Novosti post on Twitter. about it . writes SOTA

The agency published a quote from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the war in Ukraine: "The operation is designed to end the reckless expansion and the reckless course towards complete US domination." “And for this you decided to fuck your country against the wall?” Roizman replied on Twitter. He also posted a screenshot on his Instagram.

15:49

In Mariupol and the settlements of the Donetsk region controlled by the Russian army, they began to distribute Russian passports, writes Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. According to him, to obtain a Russian passport, one does not need to have a passport of the self-proclaimed DPR.

“The actual annexation of Mariupol has begun,” Andryushchenko wrote.

15:00

Municipal deputy Ilya Yashin was fined three times under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the total amount of fines was 90 thousand rubles.

According to the politician, the Tushinsky Court of Moscow rejected all the petitions of lawyers, and also refused to interrogate witnesses.

“I am guilty of publishing a photo of American hippies with a poster against the Vietnam War, citing the statement of Academician Sakharov against the war in Afghanistan and quoting the words of Alexander Galich: “Citizens, the fatherland is in danger! Our tanks are on foreign soil!” Yashin.

Also, according to him, the judge considered the first case not in the presence of a politician - the decision was made in five minutes, while Yashin was being examined by security on the first floor of the court building.

14:40

The State Duma and the Federation Council passed a law on the abolition of the age limit for military contractors in one day.

According to the law , Russians over 40 years old and foreigners over 30 years old will be able to conclude the first contract, provided that they are of working age. Now the first contract for military service under the contract can be concluded by Russians from 18 to 40 years old and foreigners from 18 to 30 years old.

The State Duma adopted the law today in three readings at once. “We need to strengthen the Armed Forces, help the Defense Ministry. Our Supreme Commander-in-Chief is doing everything to ensure that the army wins and increases its effectiveness,” said State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin at the meeting.

10 minutes after the adoption of the law by the lower house of parliament, the Federation Council also approved the innovation, draws attention . RBC

The bill was submitted to the State Duma on May 20.

14:24

Last night shelling took place in the city of Nikolaev, writes Mayor Alexander Senkevich . One person was injured, he said. An apartment building was also damaged.

14:06

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the issuance of Russian citizenship in a simplified manner for residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine.

13:42

This night, the Russian military launched rocket attacks on the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, said the head of the Donetsk regional administration Pavel Kirilenko. Four civilians were injured, three infrastructure facilities were damaged.

Also, writes Kirilenko, an air strike was launched on Kramatorsk. Two entrances of an unfinished high-rise building were destroyed, no one was injured.

13:20

Ukrainian soldiers taken prisoner by the Russian army from Azovstal are being held in "more or less satisfactory" conditions, Katerina Prokopenko, wife of Azov Battalion commander Denis Prokopenko, told The Guardian.

Prokopenko managed to call his wife. He said that the prisoners were not subjected to violence, while the publication notes that it is not completely clear whether Prokopenko could speak freely with his wife.

“He said that everything was fine with him and asked how I was,” said Katerina Prokopenko. - They are fed and watered. The conditions are adequate and in this short period they have not been subjected to violence. What will happen next, of course, we do not know, but at the moment there are third parties – the UN and the Red Cross – who control the situation.”

The Guardian writes that most of the wounded soldiers captured on the territory of Azovstal are in a prison in the village of Olenevka, Donetsk region, which is under the control of the Russian army. Some soldiers with severe injuries are in a hospital in the city of Novoazovsk, also under the control of the Russian army.

The Associated Press writes that Yulia Fedosyuk also managed to talk to her captive military husband.

12:56

The Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration published a video showing the aftermath of a rocket attack that damaged the building of a shopping center.

12:47

Clothing maker Marks & Spencer will leave the Russian market, according to the company's financial report.

On March 3, the report says, Marks & Spencer stopped deliveries to Russia, now we are talking about a complete rejection of the Russian franchise. The company has foreseen expenses of 31 million pounds for exiting the Russian market and adjusting operations due to business disruption in Ukraine.

“Unfortunately, our Ukrainian business has also been partially closed due to hostilities, and we are working with our partner to open it as much as possible,” the company said in a report.

11:23

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the destruction of the workshop of the Motor Sich plant in Zaporozhye. According to the department, it produced engines for Ukrainian military aviation, including drones.

Earlier today, the Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration reported shelling of a residential sector and a shopping center in Zaporozhye. One person was killed and three others were injured.

10:52

The Luhansk region was left without gas, writes the head of the regional administration Serhiy Gaidai.

According to him, Russian troops shelled the area near the last working station and wounded its worker. The station provided gas for 36 thousand subscribers in three settlements.

In addition to the lack of gas, the area is de-energized. There is also no central water supply, Gaidai recalls.

10:43

The Russian military shelled the city of Zaporozhye this morning, reports the Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration . One person was killed, three more were injured.

One of the missiles fired at the city was shot down by air defense, three more missiles hit a private sector and a shopping center in the Aleksandrovsky district of Zaporozhye.

10:09

Six people were killed in Severodonetsk over the past day, eight people were injured, according to the head of the Lugansk regional administration, Serhiy Gaidai.

He writes that Russian troops in the city are "hitting crowds of people."

“Yes, they know that there are bomb shelters at the Severodonetsk Azot, and they send shells there. <...> The enemy also knows which schools have shelters - they also hit them not by chance, ”says Gaidai.

9:22

Nike has not extended its franchise agreement with Inventive Retail Group (IRG), writes , citing a letter from the company's president, Tikhon Smykov. Vedomosti

IRG owns the country's largest mono-brand network of Nike stores.

This decision is explained by the fact that Nike will not be able to organize the supply of goods to Russia. “As inventory is depleted, IRG will be forced to close all of its stores under this brand,” the letter says.

Results of the 90th day of the war

The Russian military occupied the city of Svetlodarsk in the Donetsk region. The head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Denis Pushilin, also reported on the partial capture of the city of Liman.

Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, estimated the death toll in the city at 22,000 people.

53 criminal cases under the article about "fakes" about the Russian army were initiated in Russia.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to revoke the registration from the media without a trial for "fakes" about the Russian army.

More than 400 communities have joined the local Orthodox Church of Ukraine since the beginning of the war.

Cover photo: AFP/Scanpix