The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting and consultations on the situation on the situation in Ukraine on Sunday - during the meeting, calls were made by the dialogue, the proposal to provide mediation in the settlement of the crisis and send observers to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the chairman of the Security Council of the UN, the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg Silvi Lucas.

Due to the accident of a train with coal, train traffic on a section of the Moscow Railway in the Shatura district of the Moscow region is paralyzed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of the operational headquarters at the emergency site. “Train traffic has been suspended. According to updated data, 12 cars with coal and one tank derailed,” the agency’s source noted. The incident occurred at approximately 17:45 on the Cherusti-Krivandino section.

The head of the Main Directorate of the Ukrainian Security Service in Crimea Gennady Kalachev said that he wrote a resignation statement, Interfax reports. According to him, military personnel must fulfill their official duties, maintain peace and tranquility in the Crimea, and ensure work in the plots entrusted to them. At the moment, the arms room of the Crimean SBU is sealed, the building is controlled by "self -defense units."

23-year-old Julia Alipova from Balakova, Saratov Region, won the Miss Russia 2014 beauty contest. Alipova went around her competitors not only thanks to his external data (height 179 cm, parameters 89-63-90). Julia graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum with hallmark, receiving 100 points in the exam and exam in the Russian language. Alipova has two higher educations: a fertelee engineer (Moscow Energy Institute) and a translator from the English language.

Ukrainian border guards did not record a significant increase in the departure of citizens of Ukraine from the country over the past day. Information that Ukrainians massively leave the country is not true, they think in the State Border Service, reports UNN . The department explained that the indicators are average. Earlier in the media there was information that citizens of Ukraine are massively leaving the country.

Russian striker Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin scored the 800th point in the National Hockey League, the NHL website reports. In the guest game with Boston Bruins, Ovechkin was marked by a double. At the end of the first period, the Russian opened an account in the game, and at the beginning of the second doubled the advantage. Ovechkin abandoned both goals, playing most of his team. Washington won with a score of 4: 2.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary General of Pan Hi Moon, said that Russia would take all the necessary measures if violence in relation to the Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine and Crimea will continue, the Kremlin press service said. The message emphasizes that Russia will apply actions lying in international law. Putin also noted the need to prevent the further growth of the crisis in Ukraine.

The head of the US State Department John Kerry, speaking at CBS in the program “Facing the Nation”, accused the Russian authorities of addiction to behavior more than a century ago. The US Secretary of State said that Moscow considers the actions of Moscow to be an “incredible act of aggression”. In his opinion, the Russian leadership in this case performed in the traditions of the 19th century, invading the territory of another state according to a completely far -fetched excuse.

The White House postponed preparations for the participation of US President Barack Obama in the G8 Summit this summer in Sochi, reports Reuters with reference to the statement of the press service of the US administration. The United States also warn Russia that it can fall into political and economic isolation. At the same time, Washington is ready to support the Government of Ukraine - including technical and financial assistance. The corresponding order gave Obama.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine spread a message about the illegitimacy of a number of decisions adopted in Sevastopol, Crimea, Donetsk. Among these decisions, the appointment of a new head of the Government of Crimea and the holding of a referendum on the future fate of Donbass, reports UNN .

British Prime Minister David Cameron and his office members decided not to go to Sochi for the Paralympic Games due to conflict around Ukraine. Cameront wrote about this in his microblog on Twitter . According to him, he is the country's Foreign Minister William Heig considers such a trip to such a trip in created conditions.

Former presidents of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko made a combined statement in which they ask for new authorities to break the Kharkov agreements on the basing of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in the Crimea, signed by Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych in 2010, UNIAN reports.

The police began to detain participants in the action under the slogan “No War” against the invasion of Russian troops to Ukraine organized by the building of the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, Echo Moscow reports. According to the correspondent of the radio station Andrei Gavrilov, approximately seven to eight people have already been detained.

The press service of the former president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma denied the information that he allegedly called for the denunciation of the Kharkov agreements on the deployment of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in the Crimea, Interfax reports. “In this difficult time, many politicians speak out about the situation in Ukraine. A statement on behalf of Leonid Danilovich Kuchma is also distributed in the media.

In Paris, at the 92nd year of life, the famous director Alain Rene died. This is reported on March 2 by AFP . The most famous works of Rene include “Night and Fog”, “Hiroshima, My Love”, “Last year in Marienbad”, “The War is over” about Francoist Spain and the film “Staviska”, dedicated to the life of the French swindle Alexander Stavisky. In total, the director’s filmography has about 20 full -length paintings.