Russian-Ukrainian negotiations. Photo: BelTA The positions of Russia and Ukraine in the negotiations became "more realistic", Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Wednesday in a morning video message. “But it is still necessary for the decisions to be in the interests of Ukraine,” he added, noting that it is “hard, but important”. The Russian side, according to Ukrainian negotiators, softened the tone.

People hiding in the building of the Mariupol Drama Theater survived after the air bombs entered it, the Verkhovna Rada deputy, the former head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Sergey Taruta, said on Thursday. "The bomb shelter was withstood. The rubble began to disassemble, people come out alive," he wrote. In the middle of the day on March 16, it became known that the building of the drama theater was practically destroyed by an air bomb.

From left to right: Yaroslav Kachinsky, Peter Fial, Janise Yansha, Mateusz Moravetsky, Denis Shmygal, Vladimir Zelensky. Photo: President.gov.ua The head of the Polish government, Mateusz Moravetsky, Deputy Prime Minister Yaroslav Kachinsky, Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic and Slovenia Peter Fial and Janes Yansha visited Kyiv. The video from their meeting with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Prime Minister Denis Shmygal was published on the FB page Zelensky.

The descent of the flag of Russia in front of the European Palace in Strasbourg From March 16, Russia ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe. Such a decision at a morning extraordinary meeting was made by the Committee of Ministers of the CE, according to the organization’s website. A Russian flag was lowered in front of the European Palace in Strasbourg. This is the first case in history when the country is excluded from the Council of Europe.

The US Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes committed in Ukraine by Russian military forces under the command of Vladimir Putin, reports . Voice of America The resolution was introduced by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. The senators strongly condemned the violence, war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in Ukraine by the Russian military.