The main events of the sixth day of the war Sergey Kozlov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta the consequences of an air strike on the building of the regional administration in Kharkov. March 1, 2022 The shelling of Ukrainian cities continued. On the morning of March 1, a missile blow was inflicted on the central square of Kharkov, where the regional administration building was located (as the area looked after shelling). Seven people were killed , more than 20 were injured.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” with the aim of demilitarization and “denazification” of Ukraine. After that, Roskomnadzor began to send the media warnings that they publish “inaccurate information”, including called “special operation” “attack, invasion, or declaration of war”.

Apple has stopped selling appliances in its official online store in Russia. All items in the "Shipping" column now show "currently unavailable". You cannot add items to your shopping cart. Updated . Apple confirmed the stop of online sales in Russia, and also announced the restriction of Apple Pay "and other services" in the country (without specifying details) and the blocking of Sputnik and RT applications in the App Store outside the Russian Federation.

On the sixth day of the war, the Russian army strengthened the artillery shelling of Kharkov and Kyiv. The Ukrainian side reports dozens of victims among civilians. Russian troops continue to surround Kiev, they build barricades in the city and prepare for defense. Vladimir Zelensky applied for the operational entry of Ukraine to the European Union. The heads of eight EU countries called on to give Ukraine the status of a candidate country. "Medusa" shows how this day has passed in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned the export of cash currency worth more than $10,000 from the country. This is stated in Putin's decree, which is published on the Kremlin website.

Students and scientists of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) demanded that the administration of the university "express a consolidated protest" against Russia's military actions on the territory of Ukraine. The students' letter, which was sent to teachers on February 28, was given to Meduza by a source at Skoltech. It was signed by dozens of undergraduates, graduate students, scientists and graduates of the university.

Roskomnadzor sent a notice threatening to block the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for the article “Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022).” This was reported on Twitter by Russian Wikipedia. Mediazona drew attention to the tweet. A screenshot of the notification was also published there.

The documentary film by director Vera Krichevskaya, “F@ck This Job,” which was supposed to be released in Russian cinemas on March 3, has been removed from distribution. Krichevskaya herself told Meduza about this. “Exactly 24 hours before the premiere, representatives of Karo.Art called me and said that everything was cancelled – both the premiere and the distribution. [The screenings were supposed to take place in] 18 cinemas across the country,” the director said.

Natalia Sindeeva - about the blocking of "rain" during the war Evgeny Feldman / "Medusa" In Russia, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the sites of “rain” and “Echo of Moscow” were blocked , the radio station was also disconnected from the air.

Updated . Nord Stream 2 AG called the announcement of the launch of bankruptcy proceedings false, saying that it only informed local authorities about the forced termination of contracts with personnel, Interfax writes with reference to the press service of Nord Stream 2 AG. Nord Stream 2 AG, operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, has filed for bankruptcy. This was reported to the Swiss broadcaster SRF by the representative of the authorities of the canton of Zug Sylvia Thalmann-Gut.

Radio station Ekho Moskvy has been taken off the air. This was reported by its editor-in-chief Alexey Venediktov. According to host Maxim Kurnikov, Ekho was taken off the air in Moscow at 21:00. Shortly before this, the Prosecutor General's Office announced that Ekho Moskvy and the Dozhd TV channel were threatened with shutdown and blocking of their websites. Soon, the websites of both media outlets became inaccessible .

On March 1, the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company ( MSC ), Danish Maersk and French CMA-CGM announced they had stopped accepting applications for shipping containers to and from Russia. Container companies cited Russia's invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions against Russia. At the same time, MCS and Maersk noted that their decision does not apply to the delivery of essential goods such as food, medical equipment and humanitarian supplies.

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Updated . According to the GlobalCheck project, the websites of Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd have already been blocked in Russia. The radio station Ekho Moskvy has also been taken off the air, its editor-in-chief Alexey Venediktov reported . The Russian Prosecutor General's Office is demanding that access to the websites of the Ekho Moskvy radio station and the Dozhd TV channel be restricted due to materials containing calls for extremist activity.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin promised to "consistently suppress street riots." As the official wrote in his blog, Moscow entrepreneurs “who did not support calls in favor of Ukraine” began to receive massive threats from abroad. Heads and owners of enterprises are given nightmares, threatened with reprisal and murder. Most of this information flow comes from abroad, by bots. On the websites of organizations and institutions there are continuous ddos-attacks.