❗️ UPD around the special operation in Ukraine. What is known by the morning of March 25:
About refugees:
▪️The number of people evacuated to Russia from Ukraine and Donbass exceeded 400 thousand people, and 2.2 million arrived in Poland. Zelensky calls the figure 10 million: according to him, that is how many people left their homes.
About Russian politics:
▪️The decision of the NATO summit to continue supporting the Kiev regime confirms the alliance's interest in further military actions - Russian Foreign Ministry.
▪️Restrictions only bring people together, and "this is the weak point of these stupid sanctions" - Medvedev.
On Ukrainian politics:
▪️The Verkhovna Rada has introduced criminal liability for disseminating information about the movement of Ukrainian troops - up to 12 years in prison are provided for this.
On the politics of the West:
▪️Biden spoke in favor of excluding Russia from the G20 and offered to provide Ukraine with the opportunity to participate in G20 meetings
▪️Western countries may start rearmament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the completion of the Russian military operation - Johnson.
About sanctions:
▪️Canada imposes sanctions on 160 members of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation - Trudeau.
▪️Japan has expanded sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine and the ongoing military operation.
The UK has imposed sanctions on 59 individuals and legal entities from Russia, including German Gref and Oleg Tinkov.
About business:
▪️The Western Union payment system has stopped making money transfers in Russia since March 24.
▪️Apple limited payments with Mir cards and began to gradually remove previously added cards from Apple Pay.
About finances:
▪️The rise in food prices around the world, caused by the reaction of Western countries to the events in Ukraine, could provoke food riots in the world's poorest countries - the WTO.