Germany refused Lithuania to supply multi -purpose armored personnel carriers such as Boxer, a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Germany said in an interview with Welt . According to the publication, agreements between Russia and NATO stood on the path of the transaction. Lithuania’s authorities turned to the Ministry of Defense of Germany with a request to supply "boxers" in the summer of 2014 after a decision was made to modernize the armed forces.

The column of OSCE observers moved from Donetsk to Debaltseve, Interfax reports. According to the data affiliated with the separatists of the Donetsk news agency, there are 10 cars in the column, they are accompanied by the DPR police. The day before, the OSCE experts had already managed to visit Debaltseve - however, the visit was brief, as the mission employees explained on Sunday.

The weather forecasters of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation declared an “orange” level of danger in the Moscow region in connection with a strong wind. This level is the penultimate in the color system of indication of meteorological phenomena, TASS informs. Forecasters are afraid that the forecasted weather can cause damage.

The legendary actor Jack Nicholson said that Los Angeles Lakers matches no longer bring him joy and he is ready to sell his place at the NBA games. This was announced by TMZ Sports by the three -time Oscar owner, who for several decades has been a permanent guest in the Lakers stands. Despite the presence of Briany Cobe in the superstar, Lakers spend a terrifying season.

After the accident at the end of the morning test session in Barcelona, ​​33-year-old racer Fernando Alonso was taken to the medical center for the examination, F1news.ru reports. The Spaniard flew out of the highway and crashed into the barrier on the site between the third and fourth turns, where the speed sometimes reaches 200 km/h. The medical car was immediately sent to the scene of the accident, and the tests were stopped.

The Kalashnikov concern will be engaged in the release of drones and boats: it acquired 51% of the shares of the Rybinskiye shipyard and 51% of the shares of the Izhevsk company Zala Aero engaged in the production of drones. This was announced at the Udex weapon exhibition in Abu Dabi by the General Director of the concern Alexei Krivoruchko.

Semen Semenchenko filed a report on his exemption from the post of commander of the Donbass volunteer battalion, on Sunday day the page of the Facebook unit on behalf of "battalion commander Vorasenko Vyacheslav" said. Semenchenko himself soon denied this data: in an interview with Kommersant FM, he said that the page was hacked by hackers, and the information is a fake. Among the Russian media, one of the first information about the "resignation" was distributed to LifeNews.

On the night of February 22, a man was wounded in the center of Moscow, who carried the flag of the self -proclaimed "Donetsk People’s Republic", the city portal M24 reports. The emergency occurred on Petrovka, where on Saturday the march of the Anti -Amaidan movement , which gathered tens of thousands of people. According to law enforcement officers, two young people walked along Petrovka with the flag of the DPR. The visitor left the bar and began to insult men, shouting nationalist slogans.

The Italian Football Federation plans to allocate a five million euros to Parma so that the club can complete the current season in the championship of the country, Football Italia reports. Earlier it became known that Parma, due to financial problems, will not be able to accept the "Udineza" as part of the Italian championship on Sunday, since the club has no money to pay for the work of stewards and security officers at the stadium. The match of the 24th round is postponed indefinitely.

The highest level of terrorist threat was introduced in Kharkov and the anti -terrorist operation has begun, said the head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov. With reference to the SBU data, he said that the terrorists underwent training in Russian Belgorod. As a result of the explosion during the pro -Ukrainian march, according to updated data, two people were killed - local activist Igor Tolmachev and police lieutenant colonel Vadim Rybalchenko.

The political director of the Six countries and Iran again gather in Geneva for negotiations on a nuclear program. “Six” (which includes Russia, USA, China, Great Britain, Germany, France) and Iran continue diplomatic efforts on the path to developing a comprehensive agreement. The next round was preceded by two days of intensive discussions of the Iranian and American delegation, recalls RIA Novosti .

The American athlete Jeff Monson, playing in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts (MMA), won the battle at the Oplot 108 tournament: for the glory of the Fatherland in Moscow and gave his fee for the fight to help the residents of Donbass, according to the Bloodandsweat.ru website. “All the money that I received for today's battle will go to help the Donbass, children who suffered due to the conflict are needed,” the athlete said immediately after the end of the fight.

Orthodox believers today meet the last day of Shrovetide, also called forgiven Sunday, after which the great post begins. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill committed the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on this day, and in the evening - Vespers with the rank of forgiveness, RIA Novosti reports.

A man who suffered from the racist trick of fans of the London football club Chelsea in the Paris Metro before the Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain ( 1: 1 ), refused to visit the home stadium of the Stamford Bridge Londoners. An amateur video recording appeared on the Internet, on which Chelsea fans on Tuesday before the game, while in the subway, did not let a dark -skinned man into the carriage.

On Sunday, People's Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon goes to Lugansk to give two concerts there, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic. Earlier, the singer was included in the sanctions list, after which the State Duma deputies said they were "all kobzons." “Today in Lugansk two concerts of Joseph Kobzon will be held, one for civilians, the second for the military.