Russia-Ukraine talks make progress, Ukraine calls on US to increase aid

According to Russia, it is too early to talk about the time of signing the peace agreement, but in fact the negotiations between the two countries Russia and Ukraine is positive.

During a press conference on March 17, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the meetings Russia-Ukraine talks is happening regularly with the online form. One of the goals Russia has with Kiev is the inevitability of a peaceful resolution of the problem of demilitarization, transition to a neutral state.

According to Zakharova, the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry as well as the websites of other government agencies has been subjected to continuous denial of service (DDoS) attacks over the past few weeks by professional and amateur hackers. . In addition, Russian embassies abroad are also facing an unprecedented cyber attack.

On March 16, Russia’s Media Supervision Agency announced that it had blocked more than 30 websites belonging to international media, as well as projects of foreign companies, from spreading fake news about the situation in Ukraine. Earlier, the EU banned the broadcasting of Russian RT and Sputnik channels within the framework of sanctions against Russia related to Ukraine. At the same time, YouTube has also blocked Russian media channels around the world.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, along with the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia is facing a large-scale information war. The Russian Investigative Committee recently opened at least three criminal cases against those who spread fake news about the Russian military on Instagram and other social media.

On March 16, in an online address to the US Congress, Ukrainian President Zelensky called on Washington to increase aid to Ukraine, and reiterated his proposal to establish a no-fly zone over the country’s territory. Mr. Zelensky acknowledged all support from the US, but hoped that Washington would further increase humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian leader made the call in the context that US President Joe Biden has just signed into law an annual US spending bill, including $13.6 billion in aid for Ukraine. Of this money, there is 1 billion USD for security support and the deployment of longer-range weapons to Ukraine.

President Biden in early March also approved a $350 million weapons package, including anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, personal weapons and ammunition for Ukraine.

However, Mr. Biden reiterated his previous position that Washington would not send forces into the war in Ukraine.

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