On the morning of February 24, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a military operation in the Donbass in Ukraine. The president said that Russia did not leave the opportunity to protect compatriots, and assigned responsibility for the possible bloodshed on the Ukrainian regime. Putin also said that Russian plans do not include the occupation of the territory of Ukraine. "Paper" publishes the decoding of the president’s appeal with small abbreviations.

The Czech authorities temporarily suspended the issuance of visas to Russian citizens. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the prime minister of the country Peter Fial. Peter Fial also stated that exceptions will be made only for “humanitarian cases” - for Russian citizens who are persecuted, for example, activists of opposition movements. In addition, in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, the work of diplomasses ceases.

In St. Petersburg, the detention of anti -war pickets continues. As of 3 hours in the afternoon, February 24 is known at least about five activists delivered to different police departments. According to the Apology Telegram channel, activist Andrei Berezhnoy was detained, he was taken to the 42nd police department. About where he held the action is not reported. As Mikhail Shiolashvili, who will defend the detainee, told the “paper” , he himself is still on the way.

On the night of February 24, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a military operation in Ukraine. “Paper” spoke with the Ukrainians who live in St. Petersburg, and the Petersburgers who are now in Ukraine about how the war has already influenced their lives. Maxim Located in Odessa - I am in Odessa, people with suitcases go and go to the station. The trains are only evacuation, as far as I know, people want to leave for them to Western Ukraine. Taxi has become more expensive.

Russian stars criticized military operations in the Donbass. Among them are Valery Meladze , Maxim Galkin , Anastasia Ivleeva , Ivan Urgant , Alexander Gudkov , Agatha Musenitsa and others. “I beg you to sit down at the negotiating table. People must be able to negotiate, for this we have a language, for this we are given all the abilities. People should not die, ” says Valery Meladze in the video message. Alexander Gudkov said that he was ashamed that he was born that day.

3rd year students of the St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Pavlov received a summons for military service, writes with reference to a source at the university of the telegram channel “We can explain”. The rector of the educational institution, Sergei Bagnenko, called this information a fake, reports Fontanka. The press service of the University of Paper could not provide an operational comment. “The first time we hear about such information,” they said there.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky announced at a briefing about the breakdown of diplomatic agents with Russia. In parallel, the Russian Ministry of Defense also conducted a briefing and stated that the SBU was preparing provocations on the Internet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a military operation. He announced this in an urgent appeal to citizens who began at about 5:45 am February 24. “Her [operation] goal is to protect people [from the DPR and LPR], which are exposed to genocide from the Ukrainian authorities for eight years,” Putin said. The President said that further expansion of NATO is unacceptable for Russia and that the development of Ukraine forces NATO forces Russia.

In St. Petersburg, the first picket was held against a military operation in Ukraine. Activist was detained almost immediately In St. Petersburg, a picketer with an anti -war poster was detained. Activist of the Youth Apple Nikita Chirkov got up at the Gostiny Dvor metro station with the poster “No War” dedicated to Russia's operation in Ukraine.

For example, there is a search for the picture in the search engine “ Yandex ”. For example, Medusa (recognized as a foreign agent) exposed RIA Novosti due to the news about connecting the Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson to the Ivl apparatus, and RBC wrote about the fake of the RT video about the New York Putinburger. Vladimir Putin in the morning of February 24 announced a military operation in the Donbass.

In the work of Telegram there was a long failure. The first messages about problems appeared at 10 in the morning, they continue to arrive at 13:30, reports the Downdetector service. The problems also paid attention to the editors of the “Paper” . A large number of users cannot use the messenger: the channels are not loaded, it is impossible to send messages in personal correspondence. Most complaints come from St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kyiv.

Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with business representatives. Part of the meeting was shown on the air of RBC - on it the president called a military operation in Ukraine a “forced measure”. Vladimir Putin President of Russia - What is happening is a forced measure. Well, they just left no chance to do otherwise. The risks in the field of security created such that it was impossible to respond with other means. All attempts by zeros.

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov spoke about the goals and timing of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. The president will determine the deadlines, depending on "effectiveness and consideration." It is reported by RBC with reference to a briefing with Peskov.

The dollar and euro courses are growing rapidly against the backdrop of the Russian military operation in the Donbass. Russian exchanges suspended bidding. The night before, the dollar reached 81 rubles, the euro exceeded the mark of 92 rubles, follows from the data of the Moscow Exchange. Soon after Putin’s appeal, in which he announced the beginning of a military operation in Ukraine, the dollar rate grew to 84 rubles, and the euro for the first time since December 2014 exceeded 95 rubles.

The 16-year-old St. Petersburg orphan with Down syndrome was adopted by a resident of Zarechny in the Urals Tatyana Cherkasova. The journalist Alexander Garmazapova paid attention to this on her Facebook. The girl’s new mother was an American Katrina Morriss, but this did not happen because of the so-called “ law of Dima Yakovlev ”, who forbade the adoption of Russian children by US citizens. Many Russian media wrote about this story - for example, Kommersant .