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⚡️ Russian ambassador to London says severing relations with UK is possible

❗️ Johnson, Zelensky agree on need to continue sanctions against Russia - Downing Street

❗️ Rossiya Segodnya says Meta has disabled all its resources' apps

⚡️ Zelensky’s office says 2nd round of negotiations with Russia will take place on Wednesday evening, delegations’ composition will be the same

⚡️⚡️ EU switches off seven Russian banks from SWIFT

VTB, Rossiya, Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank, and VEB are among those excluded.

⚡️⚡️ EU bans work of Sputnik news sites, broadcasting of RT TV channel in the community from 2 March

The ban comes as the Rossiya Segodnya media group, which includes the Sputnik news agency, said that Google News and Google Discover have restricted access to the group's resources online, calling the move a case of "censorship".

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The first foreign mercenaries have arrived in Ukraine to take part in the hostilities against Russian troops - Vice published an interview with a former British military air defence specialist and showed a video of him passing through a checkpoint in western Ukraine

⚡️ EU bans selling, supplying, transferring, or exporting euro banknotes in Russia with a number of exceptions – document

❌ Re: Store, the Russian retailer of the American tech giant Apple, did not open its shops in Moscow on Wednesday apparently without warning its Russian customers, including on its website.

On Tuesday, Apple announced the suspension of the sales of its products in Russia, as well as restrictions on other services in the country in light of Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

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⚡️ Russian MFA: No guarantees there will be no incidents with NATO in light of arms supplies to Ukraine

⚡️ DPR: Ukrainian nationalists preparing provocation in Mariupol

According to the DPR militia, Ukrainian nationalists have been preparing a provocation in Mariupol, they are taking local residents to a factory and deploying military equipment nearby.

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❗️ DPR: Ukrainian troops forcefully keeping over 60 people in Mariupol school, more than half of them are women and children

❗️ Austria: EU foreign ministers to discuss new sanctions against Russia on Friday

The foreign ministers of EU member states will discuss a new round of sanctions against Russia in the wake of its military operation in Ukraine on 4 March, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said on Wednesday.

“We are working on the fourth package [of sanctions]. On Friday, I will have a new extraordinary meeting of [EU] foreign ministers with the participation of US [Secretary of State Anthony] Blinken,” Schallenberg told during a press conference.

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❗️ German logistics giant DHL halts some operations in Russia, Belarus

DHL decided to suspend some services to Russia and Belarus, which have been subject to sanctions from the West in the wake of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the company said on Wednesday.

"Our inbound services to Russia and Belarus have been suspended, which is why we are also not accepting shipments to those countries until further notice," the company said in a statement.

DHL is closely monitoring the current situation and will inform the public about any further decisions, the statement reads.

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⚡️ EU Commission says ready to propose exclusion of new Russian banks from SWIFT in short time if necessary

❗️ Moscow: If Russia does not fully take part in Council of Europe it should not pay its contribution in full

❗️Brent crude oil reaches $113 for the first time since 30 July 2014

❗️ The head of the Ukrainian MFA claims that 19 countries have sent weapons to Ukraine

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry: Berlin's decision on Nord Stream 2 sets precedent of using business project for political gains

⚡️ Powell says implications of Ukraine war on US economy highly uncertain, Federal Reserve will monitor situation closely