Ukrainian War, Day 744 – 2024-03-09 06:32:15

Putin pardoned women

President of Russia Vladimir Putin pardoned 52 women convicted of crimes in honor of Women’s Day. This is reported by the Russian state news agency Tass.

According to the Kremlin press release, the main focus in the amnesties was on human factors. The amnesties focused on women who have minor children, who are pregnant, or whose relatives are participating in a “special military operation”, i.e. Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.

Putin has previously said that a woman’s most important task is motherhood and “tirelessly caring for children”. This is reported by Radio Svoboda.

Putin distributed flowers to female graduates of the Krasnodar Higher Aviation School. EPA/AOP

Medvedev: Biden is a “crazy” disgrace to his country

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev according to the president of the USA Joe Biden is a “crazy” disgrace to his country and would have no right to compare himself to Franklin D. Roosevelt.

At night, Biden gave a furious State of the Nation speech in which he compared the current world situation to 1941, when Adolf Hitler marched in Europe.

– Biden is a crazy, mentally limited person who is taking humanity to hell, Medvedev said on the social media service X in English.

Warning from the US Embassy: Avoid public gatherings in Moscow for the next two days

The US Embassy in Moscow urges its citizens to avoid public gatherings in Moscow for two days.

– The embassy is following reports that extremist groups are planning to target public gatherings in Moscow, including concerts, the embassy writes on its website.

Attacks by extremist groups on events could happen “immediately”.

The embassy urges people to avoid crowds, stay tuned to local media updates and monitor the environment.

Earlier on Thursday, Russia’s FSB security service said it had killed a member of the terrorist organization ISIS who had planned a “terrorist attack” on a synagogue in Moscow.

The Czech Republic was able to collect the money for 300,000 ammunition

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala thanks the messaging service in X other countries for help in a project to raise money to buy 300,000 ammunition for Ukraine.

– We have managed to collect enough money to buy the first batch of 300,000 ammunition. Our goal is even further than this.

Fiala says the country is looking for more partners to help Ukraine fight against Russia’s war of aggression.

Bloomberg previously reported that at least Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada and France support the Czech Republic’s plan to buy ammunition from outside the European Union.

President of the Czech Republic Peter Paul said at the Munich Security Conference last month that they have identified about 800,000 munitions that could be delivered within weeks to Ukraine if the funding is secured.

Two were killed in the Ukrainian attack on Belgorod

In Belgorod, two people are said to have died in the explosion of a drone sent by Ukraine, reports Reuters.

– As a result of the explosion, two people died and one was seriously wounded, the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov messaged on Telegram.

Gladkov claims that three Ukrainian suicide drones struck the village of Rozhdestvensky. The village is located near the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said earlier that it had shot down drones in Belgorod.

The fired Ukrainian military commander got a new job

Former military commander of Ukraine Valeri Zalužnyi was named Thursday as the new ambassador to Great Britain. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi fired Zalužny from the position of military commander a month ago.

Zelenskyi met with the British Defense Minister Grant Shappsin, when the announcement of the new ambassador was made. Zelenskyi praised the new ambassador.

– Our alliance with Britain should only get stronger. Zalužnyi told me that this is the direction he wanted to go.

The matter was reported by, among others, the Moscow Times.

Russia bombed Kupyansk, two died

Russia bombed Kupyansk today, says the head of the Kharkiv region’s military administration Oleg Sinegubov.

According to Sinegubov, one man and one woman died in the bombing. Both were civilians.

Residential buildings were also damaged in the bombing.

The Russian-language BBC reports on the matter.