The US military will build a temporary port on the shores of the Gaza Strip, through which humanitarian aid will be delivered to the Palestinians by sea. According to the largest American media ( CNN , The New York Times , The Washington Post ), US President Joe Biden will announce this on March 7, speaking to Congress with his annual address on the state of affairs in the country. “In a speech this evening, the President will announce that he is directing the U.S.

Kirill Zykov / Sputnik / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta, the Rosguard employees held an action in the center of Moscow dedicated to the International Women's Day. A military orchestra spoke on the Patriarchal bridge near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. At the same time, men in balaclavas and the shape of riot police gave tulips passing by women.

The Dutch Yandex NV (the parent company of Yandex) held a meeting of shareholders on March 7, at which the deal to sell the Russian business and changes in the corporate governance structure were approved. “Shareholder approval is one of the most important conditions for closing a transaction. The parties continue to work to ensure that all necessary conditions are met.

The state of healthcare in Ukraine’s occupied territories after two years of war Sergey Averin / Sputnik / imago images / Scanpix / LETA Volunteers help deliver a patient to Mariupol’s regional intensive care hospital Over the last two years, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has destroyed hundreds of hospitals and forced countless medical professionals to flee to areas still under Kyiv’s control. Many of the doctors who have remained have had to work under near-constant shelling.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued an executive order to demobilize conscripted soldiers whose service term was extended beyond Ukraine’s established terms amid martial law imposed during Russia’s full-scale invasion. The demobilization will take effect in April and May 2024. Zelensky’s office submitted legislation to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on February 22 to change the terms of military conscription.

French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting on March 7 with the leaders of the country's political parties said that there should be no restrictions on Ukraine’s support. This was reported by the publications Le Monde and Le Figaro with reference to the meeting participants. According to the leader of the party "Europe.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved the appointment of former Armed Forces commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi as the next Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The Foreign Ministry also stated that it had sent a request to the U.K. to finalize the appointment. Zelensky replaced Zaluzhnyi with a new top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi , on February 8.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky signed a decree on the transfer to the reserve of conscripts who fought at the front. In accordance with the document, conscripts whose service life was extended due to the martial law in Ukraine in connection with the full-scale Russian invasion will be sent to the reserve in April-May 2024. A bill to change the terms of compulsory military service was introduced to the Verkhovna Rada by Vladimir Zelensky himself on February 22.

Mark Renders / Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin and King Albert II of Belgium in Brussels. October 3, 2005. Russian President Vladimir Putin is known for his efforts to rewrite history. But while his usual diatribes concern Ukraine , on March 6, he took a stab at the history of Belgium. Speaking at the World Festival of Youth in Sochi, Putin claimed that Belgium had Russia to thank for its existence as an independent state.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky agreed on the candidacy of former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny for the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the UK. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports this. The Foreign Ministry sent the British side a corresponding request for agreman (preliminary consent), the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

In the Omsk region, roe deer are dying en masse as they enter gardening communities in search of food. Residents of the Omsk region at the end of 2023 were faced with an unprecedented migration of roe deer. By the end of December, according to local authorities, in the suburbs of Omsk there were more than a thousand animals that came to the city in search of food.

Director Rimas Tuminas died. For 15 years he led the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow and turned it into an exemplary academic platform Peeter Langovits / Scanpix / Leta On March 6, theatrical director Rimas Tuminas died in Italy. He was 72 years old. In the past ten years, the director fought on an oncological disease, but continued to work.

Sweden officially became a member of the North Atlantic Alliance. The protocol on the attachment of the country to NATO entered into force, the US State Department said . On March 7, the Swedish government at an extraordinary meeting approved an invitation to join NATO. After that, the country's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who is in Washington, signed documents on the accession of Sweden to the Alliance and transferred them to the US State Department.

Journalist Christo Grozev on the circumstances of Navalny’s death and Putin’s plans for the future Julien de Rosa / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Four years ago, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) tried to murder opposition politician Alexey Navalny using the chemical nerve agent Novichok. At the time, a team led by investigative journalist Christo Grozev was able to identify the agents behind the attack. Now, Grozev believes the FSB may have finished the job.

A court in Finland sentenced French citizen Gabriel Temin to nine months' suspended prison sentence for violating export restrictions, Helsingin Sanomat reports. According to the publication, this is the first sentence in the country related to violation of sanctions against Russia. According to the newspaper, Temin is the CEO of the Finnish companies Luminor and Siberica, which are engaged in international transportation and warehouses. The businessman was arrested in September 2023.