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The Kremlin again noted that it is possible after the document is approved by the delegations of Russia and Ukraine. Zelensky admitted that his meeting with Putin “may not happen,” but said that Kiev needs to continue negotiations with Moscow

Vladimir Zelensky

Moscow’s position on the meeting of the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky has not changed, this possibility is not rejected. This was stated to journalists by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

“Nothing has changed for us. We do not reject the possibility of a meeting for our president. But we repeat once again that such a meeting is possible only after the text of the document is agreed,” Peskov explained.

Zelensky said earlier on April 5 that his meeting with the Russian president “may not be”. “But it may happen that there will be no meeting,” he said.

According to Zelensky, it will be difficult for Kiev to continue negotiations with Russia after the situation in Bucha, but it is necessary to find an opportunity to meet. «It will be easy to say: «Let’s not talk about anything ». This is the simplest position,” Zelensky explained. The Russian Defense Ministry called the photos and videos from Bucha a provocation and reported that during the presence of the Russian military in the city, not a single local resident was injured, residents moved freely around the city and used cellular communications. The Russian Foreign Ministry considered the purpose of publishing materials from Bucha to disrupt peace talks.

Zelensky, during a visit to this city the day before, said that Kiev would continue to discuss a peace treaty with Moscow, since Ukraine should find peace. He also signed a decree fixing the composition of the delegation for negotiations with Russia. For the most part, it coincides with the composition announced by Kiev in February and already taking part in the discussions.

The Ukrainian president has repeatedly requested a meeting with Putin, both before and after the start of the Russian special operation. The Kremlin does not reject the possibility of a meeting, however, they believe that it is necessary to fix specific agreements on which the delegations are working at the negotiations.

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In addition, the import of Russian coal and rubber will be banned. The EU will also ban the export of semiconductors and high-tech equipment to Russia, reports Reuters

The European Commission intends to propose new sanctions against Russia, which provide for the closure of borders for Russian cargo carriers, a ban on coal imports and measures against “oligarchs” and their family members, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources.

A Reuters source familiar with the situation said that the import restriction will affect coal, as well as rubber and a number of other goods worth EUR 9 billion per year. The agency also reports a ban on Russian trucks entering the EU, but it will not affect the transportation of energy, food and medicines.

The EU will ban the export to Russia of semiconductors and high-tech equipment, technologies for the production of LNG for €10 billion per year, the agency’s source said. Transactions with VTB and three other Russian banks that were previously disconnected from SWIFT will also be banned (in March, Russia, Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank and VEB.RF were also disconnected from the system). Several dozen Russians, including politicians and “oligarchs”, will be added to the blacklist, Reuters reported.

French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Bon said that the inclusion of Russian coal and oil in the sanctions package is being discussed, Politico reports. “I cannot judge prematurely, because [all] 27 [countries] are needed to exert influence, but I think we can quickly impose sanctions on these two sectors,” he said. According to him, decisions will be made in the coming days.

CNBC previously reported that the new, fifth EU sanctions package against Russia will include restrictions on aircraft leasing, export and import of aviation fuel, steel products and luxury goods.

The European Union has decided to tighten sanctions against Russia due to reports from the Ukrainian authorities about the discovery of dead residents in the city of Bucha, Kiev region. The Russian Defense Ministry called the photos and videos, which, according to Kiev, show the bodies of killed civilians, a provocation, noting that the Russian military left the city on March 30. The Kremlin also said that the published materials are fake and forgery.

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Paccording to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, it is premature to talk about the possibility of a new meeting of ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dmitry Kuleba before agreeing on the text of the peace treaty

Sergey Lavrov (left) and Dmitry Kuleba (right)

Moscow and Kiev continue “intensive negotiations” via video link, it is premature to talk about the possibility of a new meeting of Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dmitry Kuleba, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told Interfax.

“So far, intensive negotiations are currently underway in video mode with the Ukrainian side. Until the text of the final document is agreed, it is premature to talk about any official meeting,” Rudenko said.

On March 10, Lavrov and Kuleba met in Antalya. In an interview with the RBC TV channel, the Russian minister said that he had not heard “any new ideas” on the settlement of the conflict from his Ukrainian counterpart. “He [Kuleba] stated that he did not come there to repeat public statements,”I became all the more interested. But in 1.5 hours of meetings, conversations in the presence of Turkish Minister Cavusoglu and despite my,in my opinion, three or even four reminders that I wanted to hear something that did not sound in the public space, he did not put forward any new ideas,” Lavrov said. According to him, President Vladimir Putin instructed him to talk to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to hold the meeting after the request of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky.

Kuleba said before the meeting that Ukraine is interested in reaching agreements with Russia on three points – a ceasefire, the liberation of territories and the resolution of humanitarian issues.

On March 31, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that he had corresponded with his Russian and Ukrainian colleagues and proposed a new meeting. “We have never refused contacts, but they should be prepared, meaningful,” Rudenko said then in response.

The last time the Russian and Ukrainian delegations met was on March 29 in Istanbul. Kiev has submitted proposals for a peace treaty to Moscow. The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said that Kiev had agreed to become a neutral state in exchange for security guarantees. They will not apply to Crimea and Donbass, but Kiev undertakes not to try to return these territories by force.

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Members of the Ukrainian delegation, in turn, announced Kiev’s intention to register the positions of Ukraine and Russia on Crimea in the peace treaty, as well as to hold bilateral negotiations on the status of Crimea and Sevastopol for 15 years. The problem of the republics of Donbass should be solved at the level of presidents, the delegation believes.

According to the head of the Ukrainian delegation, David Arahamia, the Russian side agrees with all proposals, except for the issue of Crimea.

In response, Medinsky noted that the positions of the parties on Ukraine’s refusal to deploy nuclear weapons, joining military blocs, deploying foreign troops, as well as the international security guarantees required by Kiev, had been previously agreed. “This, in fact, is what Russia is stubbornly and consistentlyshe has been trying since 2014,” the assistant to the president pointed out.We understand that Arakhamiya is addressing his audience, and if he calls all this the Ukrainian position, then we are not sorry. He added that Moscow’s position on Donbass and Crimea remains unchanged.

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Earlier, BFMTV reported on the expulsion of 30 diplomats from France, Le Parisien and Le Figaro — about 35. On April 4, the German Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of 40 Russian diplomats

Alexey Meshkov

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France summoned the Russian Ambassador Alexei Meshkov to notify about the expulsion of diplomats, the BFMTV channel reported, citing sources.

According to the TV channel, the French Foreign Ministry will notify the ambassador about the expulsion of diplomats whose activities “contradict the security interests of France”.

The French Foreign Ministry announced the decision to expel Russian diplomats on April 4. The Ministry did not specify how many employees of the Russian representative office will be affected. BFMTV reported that France will send 30 Russian diplomats. Le Parisien, citing sources, wrote that 35 diplomats would be expelled. The last figure, with reference to the source, was also called the Figaro newspaper.

“Our first duty is always to ensure the safety of the French and Europeans,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Paris clarified that the decision was made within the framework of a single European approach.

Russia will give a “decent response” to the decision to expel diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS.

On April 4, the German Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of 40 Russian diplomats. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Elena Berbock, we are talking about diplomats, “who worked every day here in Germany against our freedom, against the cohesion of our society.” The head of the German Foreign Ministry in her Twitter clarified that Berlin made this decision after the appearance of photos from Bucha (Kiev region).

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The ambassador of Germany, Sergeynechaev, expressed “categorical rejection of the one-sided accusations of Berlin, which hastened, without waiting for an independent investigation of the events in the city of Bucha, to side with the Kiev regime, which had previously been repeatedly convicted of spreading false information,” the embassy statement said.

On April 2, the Ukrainian authorities and Western media, including Reuters and AFP, published photos from Bucha, which showed corpses lying on the streets. The Russian Defense Ministry called the footage a provocation and stated that the Russian military was not involved in the killings of civilians.The ministry stressed that while the city was under the control of the Russian military, “not a single local resident was injured.”

In mid-March, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania announced the expulsion of several Russian diplomats. At the same time, Slovakia announced a similar decision. On March 23, Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev told about Warsaw’s expulsion of 45 employees of the mission. Moscow responded by announcing mirror measures against European diplomats.

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ButAustralia has banned the supply of wines, caviar, pearls and thoroughbred horses to Russia, Australian wines, thoroughbred horses and other luxury goods will not be able to get to Russia, the Australian authorities said. The head of the Australian Foreign Ministry said that the countries are doing “everything possible” to put pressure on Moscow

Australia will ban exports to Russia directly or indirectly a number of “luxury goods” as part of an additional package of sanctions, the list includes wines, works of art, tobacco products, truffles, thoroughbred horses, pearls, caviar together with substitutes and crustaceans, according to the website of the government of the country.

In addition, personal consumer electronics, furs, carpets, tapestries, toilet water and cosmetics, wristwatches, handbags, the price of which exceeds $ 500 per piece, will be banned. It will also be prohibited to export motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles to Russia (in whole and in parts) together with spare parts for them, whose cost exceeds $ 7.5 thousand apiece.

The relevant decision will come into force on Thursday, April 7.

“It is important that the international community is doing everything possible to hold Russia accountable,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne said, the West Australian edition reports. The minister added that last week the Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to declare Canberra’s intention to continue the expulsion of diplomats at the highest level.

By the end of March, Australia banned the supply of bauxite, aluminum ore and alumina to Russia. The Australian Foreign Ministry explained then that the purpose of this restrictive measure was to limit Russia’s ability to produce aluminum, which occupies one of the main positions in Russian exports, and alumina from Australia provides 20% of the country’s needs. Rusal, the largest aluminum producer in Russia, then warned that there were risks for business due to sanctions. The second largest alumina asset of the company is the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant, located in Ukraine, production has stopped there.

Imports from Russia to Australia were also subject to restrictive measures— Canberra abolished the most favored nation regime for Moscow and imposed an additional duty on imported goods in the amount of 35%. The restriction will take effect from April 25.

From April 5, Japan will also restrict exports of luxury goods to Russia, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Koichi Hagiuda warned about this at the end of March. “The government has decided to impose a ban on the export of luxury goods to Russia, including premium cars, precious stones, jewelry,” he said. In early April, Hagiuda called the strengthening of sanctions against Russia the only possible option.

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PThe resident of Ukraine signed a decree fixing the composition of the delegation during negotiations with Russia. In addition to the officials already participating, it included Justice Minister Denis Malyuska and Ambassador Extraordinary Alexander Chaly

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree appointing a delegation to negotiate with the Russian side and discuss a draft agreement on security guarantees for the country. Thus, he officially fixed the composition of participants in the negotiations on the part of Ukraine.

The delegation includes ten people: the head of the “Sluganaroda” faction and the head of the delegation, David Arakhamia, People’s deputies Andrei Kostin, Dmitry Lubinets, Rustem Umerov, Justice Minister Denis Malyuska, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov, Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Tochitsky, lawyer and expert of the delegation Alexander Malinovsky, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine Alexander Chaly.

For the most part, the composition fixed in the decree coincides with the composition of the delegation announced by Kiev on February 28, the day of the start of negotiations with the Russian side. Then six members of the delegation were announced, now Lubinets and Malyuska have been added to them. Malinovsky and Roan.

Initially, the negotiations were held in person in Belarus, but then the parties switched to remote operation. Personal meetings resumed in Istanbul on March 29, when negotiations were held at the Dolmabahce Palace. At them, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, who is part of the Russian delegation, said that the discussion had “turned into a practical plane,” and also that Kiev had handed over its proposals for the treaty to Moscow.

In particular, they spoke about Ukraine’s readiness to fix its neutral status, not to join military blocs, not to deploy foreign military bases on its territory and not to conduct exercises without the consent of the guarantor countries, including Russia.

In exchange, Kiev demanded security guarantees for Ukraine, as well as legally enshrined non-interference of Russia in the process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reported that during the talks in Istanbul, the Ukrainian delegation demonstrated the appearance of realism in its position. In particular, he said, this was manifested in the issues of ensuring the security of the country, securing its neutral status, as well as in the position regarding the status of the Crimea, the DPR and the LPR.

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Ned Price

The US authorities, together with their allies, are preparing additional anti-Russian sanctions in connection with the special operation in Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price, the broadcast was conducted on the YouTube channel of the ministry.

“We are constantly tightening sanctions and preparing for additional sanctions together with our allies and partners. We are strengthening NATO’s defenses, including on the eastern flank,” he said.

According to him, the United States and its allies are doing everything possible to improve Ukraine’s position in the field of defense and on the negotiating table.

The United States and the European Union have imposed several packages of sanctions against Russia since the end of February. The restrictions affected the country’s leadership, including President Vladimir Putin, a number of Russian businessmen, the banking sector and the assets of the Central Bank. The last time the United States imposed new sanctions on April 1, 120 Russian and Belarusian organizations related, in particular, to the defense sector fell under restrictions.

In addition, a day earlier, the US Treasury expanded its sanctions list, adding 13 individuals and 21 companies from Russia. The blocking sanctions of the United States included the Research Institute “Vector”, JSC “Micron”, Research Institute of Molecular Electronics (NIIME), LLC “Serniya Engineering” and other high-tech companies.

On March 21, Reuters reported that the European Union is working on the fifth package, under which the countries discussed the possibility of imposing an embargo on Russian oil. However, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said that the new restrictions will not affect the energy sector, first of all, the sanctions will be aimed at ensuring that Russia does not have the opportunity to circumvent the measures already introduced.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the restrictive measures by Western countries “unprecedented in scale” and illegal from the point of view of international law sanctions pressure. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev pointed out that “after the introduction of infernal sanctions against Russia, it was expected that they were returning to the West like a boomerang.” He suggested that a new recession may begin there and not all countries will be able to cope with difficulties.

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PNine citizens of Belarus will also fall under the restrictions. The Canadian Foreign Ministry did not specify the names, but said that these people are “close to the Russian and Belarusian regimes” *

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly

Canada intends to impose sanctions against nine Russians and nine citizens of Belarus in connection with the military operation in Ukraine, the Canadian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Their names are not specified.

“The measures being prepared will impose restrictions against nine Russians and nine Belarusians for allowing and contributing to violations of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine. These people are close to the Russian and Belarusian regimes,” the ministry said in a release.

The decision was made against the background of reports about what happened in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. On the eve of April 3, the Ukrainian authorities and Western media began to distribute photos from Bucha. Reuters reported that the pictures show the bodies of local residents. The mayor of the city, Anatoly Fedoruk, in a conversation with AFP, said that these people were shot.

Moscow denies involvement of the Russian Armed Forces in the killings. The Defense Ministry called the publication of photos with bodies on the streets of Bucha a provocation and stated that the Russian military did not harm the locals while they were in the city, and left it on March 30. The Kremlin called the materials that appeared fakes and a video blog.

Canada has already imposed sanctions against Russian businessmen, top managers and officials in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Businessmen Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Alisher Usmanov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov, acting Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Chupriyan, 160 members of the Federation Council fell under the restrictions.

In addition, the sanctions lists included Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, Sovcombank, Gazprom, Russian Railways, Gazpromneft, Transneft, departments of the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, as well as The National Welfare Fund.

In addition, Canada canceled all export permits for Russian companies and decided to stop the supply of crude oil from Russia.

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Local authorities have declared a significant danger in Slavyansk, residents of Pokrovsk are also being asked to evacuate — there the administration has prepared buses for the removal of citizens

The authorities of Slavyansk and Pokrovsk asked residents to temporarily leave the settlements. This was written on Facebook (the social network belongs to Meta Platforms, which was recognized as extremist in Russia and banned its activities) by the head of the Slavic military administration Vadim Lyakh and the mayor of Pokrovsk Ruslan Trebushkin.

“This is especially true for women with children, pensioners, people with chronic diseases,” Lyakh said.

According to him, people often refuse to evacuate due to lack of funds. Lyakh noted that evacuation trains work for free, and residents who have left will be able to receive additional payments at the place of temporary stay and, in special cases, get free housing, as well as find a job.

The mayor of Pokrovsk Trebushkin said that the authorities had prepared buses for the evacuation of the population and allocated the necessary amount of fuel for them. “There is already a preliminary agreement on the placement of citizens in a safe place. Accommodation will be free. I urge everyone to take care of the safety of their family and friends,” the mayor wrote.

He noted that buses will depart as they fill up, and asked residents to inform about their intention to leave the city by a special phone. The authorities will inform you about the gathering place additionally.

Pavel Kirilenko, the head of the Donetsk military administration, made a request to leave the region the day before. In an interview with the portal LIGA.net he stated that there is a “high probability” that the situation in the region will become more complicated.

The head of the Luhansk Regional Administration, Sergei Gaidai, also called on residents to evacuate on April 3.

The Russian military, as well as the forces of the LPR and DPR, continue the operation in Ukraine. The most difficult situation has developed in Mariupol, the Ministry of Defense declared the critical humanitarian situation in the city. Residents suffered from a lack of food, heat and medicine, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. Several humanitarian corridors were opened from Mariupol, through which civilians could leave it.

Fighting in the region of Mariupol has been going on almost since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that by March 18, the fighting for Mariupol was already in the city center. On April 4, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that Chechen servicemen were “actively storming” the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol.

On March 29, the head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the combat potential of the Ukrainian troops has been significantly reduced, which allows us to concentrate on achieving the main goal of liberating Donbass. The next day, the Ministry announced that the main tasks in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions had been completed and troops were regrouping there.

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During the day, the aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 17 Ukrainian military facilities, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

Among the destroyed objects are two command posts and communication centers, two ammunition depots, one fuel storage and 11 strong points and areas of concentration of Ukrainian troops.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that on the night of April 4, 14 more objects of Ukraine’s military infrastructure were destroyed, including two Buk-M1 air defense missile launchers, one artillery battery, two warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, and three fuel depots.

At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.

On the eve of Konashenkov said that the Russian military destroyed large fuel storage facilities in the Mykolaiv and Rivne regions and in Ternopil. These storages supplied fuel to groups of Ukrainian troops in the Mykolaiv and Donetsk directions.

Also, the Russian Armed Forces hit the Balovnoye airfield in the suburbs of Nikolaev, destroyed the parking lot of aviation equipment and fuel storage there.

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