Corn. Photo with USM.Media Against the backdrop of the ongoing protests of European farmers, the European Union is preparing to introduce duties on grain imports from Russia and Belarus. This was reported by the publication of Financial Times with reference to people familiar with the situation. The European Commission will offer a fee of 95 euros per metric ton for grains from Russia and Belarus, as well as a fee of 50% for oil crops and processing products, writes Financial Times.

Head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrel. Photo: Wikipedia The head of the diplomacy of the European Union Josep Borrel said that he would offer to use 90% of income from the assets frozen in Europe for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine through the European Fund of the World, and the rest to send to the EU budget to strengthen the potential of the Ukrainian defense industry, Reuters reports.

Rosia Map "Mir". Photo: duma.gov.ru The national system of payment cards (NSPKs) of the Russian Federation confirmed that banks participating in the Unified payment system of Armenia Arca will stop servicing Russian Mir cards from March 30, 2024. The NSPK received an appropriate notice from the Armenian payment system. Today, March 19, the representative of the VTB of Armenia reported the refusal of most Armenian banks from receiving Mir cards, Kommersant reports .

Vladimir Putin at a press conference in his election headquarters at the night after the election on March 18, 2024. Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin "Record Victory" in the presidential election is trying to use as a prerequisite for a protracted war in Ukraine. This is stated in the report of the experts of the Institute for the Study of War ( ISW ).

Interrogation of an agent of the Russian Federation. Photo: SBU press service Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained Russian intelligence informant. He tried to identify the combat positions of the air defense systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces) in the Nikolaev region with the help of drones. The attacker threatens up to 12 years in prison.

Ukrainian military reactive artillery. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Germany will provide Ukraine with a new military aid package of 500 million euros. This was stated by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorus at a press conference during a meeting of the contact group in the Ramstein format, writes Tagesschau. According to Tagesschau, Germany will also continue the supply of ammunition.

Photo: press service of the Novosibirsk Regional Clinical Hospital More than half of the Russian doctors reported that they did not have enough salaries to cover basic needs - paying for food, housing and treatment. This is evidenced by a survey conducted from March 11 to 18 by the professional community "Doctors of the Russian Federation". The survey was attended by 2030 doctors of various specialties from all over Russia, reports RTVI .

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Andrey Epikhin/TASS The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan declared his readiness to transfer four villages under the control of Azerbaijan against the backdrop of controversial issues and fears of the resumption of the conflict. According to the Armenian publication Civilnet , Azerbaijan demanded from Armenia to free four settlements. We are talking about villages such as Baganis Iim, Auchagi Askipara, Hayimly and Gizilgadzhili.

Photo: Armed Forces are fighting in the village of Krynka on the left bank of the Dnieper. Photo: Getty images The situation in the south of Ukraine remains tense. The losses of the Russian Federation during assaults and attempts to knock out the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces) from the left bank of the Kherson region reach 70%.

Ukrainian grain. Photo: Ukrinform Paris supported Warsaw to expand the restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products, Politico reports with reference to three European diplomats. In their opinion, such a step threatens to disrupt negotiations to extend the free access to the EU market for Ukrainian goods.

Minister of Defense of Finland Anti Khakkenin (in the center). Photo: x (twitter) minister The Government of Finland allocated 30 million euros for the purchase of ammunition under the Czech initiative. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Finland Anti Khakkenin. "We discussed the issues of improving the support of European defense and Ukraine with the commander of the Czech defense. In particular, we discussed the Czech initiative to ammunition.

French military. Photo: Anadolu The Russian side has data that France is already preparing a military contingent for sending to Ukraine, at the initial stage it will be about 2 thousand people. This was stated by the director of the foreign intelligence service (SVR) of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin, reports TASS. "The current leadership of the country [France] does not care about the death of ordinary Frenchmen and the concern of the generals.

Photo: Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) helps Russian volunteer formations that operate in Russia. This was announced by the representative of the GUR Andrei Yusov on the telemarathon air " The Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine helps volunteer formations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of Gagauzia Yevgeny Hutsul. Photo: Telegram channel Evgenia Gutsul Bashkan (head) of Gagauzia, Evgenia Gutsul, said that she would sue the President of Moldova Maya Sandu for "discrimination" and "slander". So Gutsul reacted to the president’s commentary on her visit to Moscow and the statement that Chisinau has not yet considered the possibility of appointing the head of the Gagauz autonomy as a member of the government.

Fire at the oil depot in Kstovo Nizhny Novgorod region. Photo: Telegram As a result of the blows of Ukrainian drones, the capacities of Russian oil refineries (refineries) with a volume of 600 to 900 thousand barrels were disabled, which is from 10% to 15% of daily oil refining. This was reported by Bloomberg . According to Gunvor General Director Torbjorna Tornwist, about 600 thousand barrels were driven.