The final of the 2022 Champions Football League, which was supposed to be held at Gazprom-Arena, was transferred to France and will be held at the Stad de France stadium in a suburbs of Paris, the New York Times reports. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) voted for such a decision on Friday. The final of the annual international football tournament will not be held in St. Petersburg due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Doctors of the Central Clinical Hospital of the State Border Service of Ukraine with machine guns in their hands protect patients from saboteurs and invaders. This was told by The Insider by the traumatologist surgeon Peter Nikitin. In the hospital are wounded soldiers and officers. According to Nikitin, doctors who are not currently engaged in the treatment of patients took up defense around the perimeter.

Germany announces a complete blockade of Russian banks and stops business with Russia, said the Minister of Finance of Germany. In the statement of the Ministry of Finance, it is noted that individual transactions will be possible, including for gas payment. The Ministry of Economy of France said that they will block the accounts of all Russians who fell under sanctions. At the same time, Georgia will not join the financial and economic sanctions of the West against Russia.

Opinions The day decades were lost. How much poorer will Russia be due to the attack on Ukraine? February 25, 2022 Valery Kizilov economist The economic consequences of an attack on Ukraine could be much more serious than in 2014: then both countries were worse armed, Russia denied its direct participation in the conflict, and the geography was not so wide.

Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky turned to citizens of European countries calling to go to Ukraine “to protect Europe”. All volunteers need to contact the diplomatic mission of Ukraine: “If you have combat experience in Europe and do not want to look at the indecision of politicians, you can arrive in our country and defend Europe with us, where it is now very necessary. You have already been blackmailed by gas. You have already been humiliated.

Ukraine is ready to negotiate with Russia on a neutral status, but it must receive security guarantees, according to a statement by the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak. “Ukraine has always left and leaves space for negotiations. Including now - when Russia went to a full -scale invasion. This war needs to be stopped. These fighting must be stopped, ”the statement said.

News Russia is ready to send its delegation for negotiations with Ukraine, the meeting will be held in Minsk - Peskov 25 February 2022 Putin is ready to send to Minsk a Russian delegation for negotiations with Ukrainian, Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing. According to him, representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Ministry and the Kremlin administration will include the Russian delegation. “Zelensky announced his readiness to discuss the neutral status of Ukraine.

As Vladimir Putin launched an attack on Ukraine, thousands of people came out to participate in anti-war protests in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and other cities. They were saying “no to war” and standing in solidarity with Ukrainians. Famous Russians also publicly opposed the invasion of Ukraine and demand that the war be stopped. Here are some examples. Yevgeniya Simonova, actress, People's Artist No to war! War is a disaster for everyone! We must stop this fratricidal war!

News Roskomnadzor partially limits access to Facebook 25 February 2022 Roskomnadzor partially limits access to Facebook. According to the agency, the social network is recognized as involved in the violation of the rights and freedoms of man and the rights and freedoms of Russians.

News Zelensky - Europeans: "You can arrive in our country and protect Europe with us" 25 February 2022 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky made the next appeal. He described Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the beginning of the war against all of Europe and called on Europeans with combat experience to arrive in Ukraine in order to protect, according to the Ukrainian president, Europe and himself.

President Vladimir Zelensky said that 13 dead border guards would be posthumously awarded the title of Heroes of Ukraine. Why Konashenkov speaks of 82 military personnel and what is the “snake island” is impossible to understand. The island is located in the Black Sea 30 km from the mouth of the Danube, it is closer to the shores of Romania than to the Odessa region, to which it belongs administratively. On the shelf near the island, oil and gas deposits were explored.

Film director David Lynch turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He informed him that evil was returning, and Putin would have to answer for death and destruction. “Mr. Putin, we are responsible for how we relate to our neighbors,” Lynch said. - There is a law of nature, a harsh and unshakable law, for which there are no loopholes and from which there is no getting away. This law is what you sow, then you will reap. And right now, Mr. Putin, you are sowing death and destruction.

The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spoke about the valiant operation of Russian paratroopers at the Gostoel airfield in the suburbs of Kiev, who jumped from 200 helicopters, seized the airfield and destroyed 200 Ukrainian military. “On February 24, the armed forces of the Russian Federation conducted a successful operation to land the landing in the area of ​​the Gostol airfield in the suburbs of Kyiv.

The United Nations received messages at least about 127 victims among the civilian population. Including 25 people were killed and 102 were injured as a result of shelling and airstrikes, Sky News reports .. Sama Ukraine announced the death of 137 people - both military and civilians. After the invasion of the Russian army to Ukraine, which will lead to a humanitarian crisis, about 5 million people will probably leave the country. Such a forecast is made at the UN Assistance Agency.

Rifle battle is on the outskirts of Kyiv in the Obolon region, the correspondent of The Insider, located at the scene, reports. The Russian military captures Ukrainian equipment and change into the form of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to penetrate the rear, reports the General Staff of Ukraine. In particular, two Cossack armored cars, three KrAZ and GAZ -66 have already been captured. Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Maryar said that the sabotage group who seized Ukrainian equipment was destroyed.