15:59, 04 марта 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anton LYMAR
Fighting in Ukraine continues. Russia started a special military operation on February 24, 2022. The number of casualties among the military and civilians continues to grow. Many countries have imposed and continue imposing tough sanctions against Russia.
24.kg news agency continues to monitor the situation. We have collected the latest most important news regarding Ukraine as of 1 p.m. on March 4
— The Embassy of Ukraine in Kyrgyzstan continues working as usual. On March 3, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aibek Moldogaziev met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in Bishkek Valery Zhovtenko. «The parties discussed a number of issues, including the current situation in Ukraine, at the meeting,» the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic said in a statement.
Kyrgyzstan has advocated and continues to support the cessation of the military conflict and its peaceful resolution exclusively by political and diplomatic methods in order to avoid further casualties and destruction within the framework of generally recognized principles and norms of international law, and also welcomes the start of negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the conflict, the Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan said in a statement.
— A large influx of labor migrants returning from Russia is not expected in Kyrgyzstan, Acting Head of the Department of Labor and Employment Promotion of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration Talant Sharsheev told 24.kg news agency.
«There are more vacancies. Requests come from the Far East, Central Russia, the European part. These are mostly jobs in production, factories,» Talant Sharsheev said. According to him, the flow of labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan to Russia will decrease.
Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is under the control of Russian troops, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine reported.
Status of power units of the station:
!!! As a result of the fighting in the area of Zaporizhzhya NPP, a fire broke out on the territory of the plant. According to the IAEA, the main equipment and power units were not damaged. The building of the training complex caught fire. Rescuers extinguished the fire, which spread over an area of about 2,000 square meters.
— The state of emergency came into force in the Czech Republic due to the influx of refugees from Ukraine. It was introduced for 30 days. About 5,000 Ukrainians arrive in the country every day. The Czech authorities stressed that the state of emergency is «technical» and will not affect the lives of most citizens of the country. It is aimed at facilitating the coordination of services providing assistance to refugees.
— The number of residents of Donbass evacuated to Russia exceeded 166,000. Almost 18,500 people are in 264 temporary accommodation centers in 23 Russian regions, TASS reports.
— A sports hall in Lisbon (Portugal), used for temporary accommodation of Ukrainian refugees. According to the UN, more than one million people left Ukraine since start of the war.
— The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) ruled out the possibility of closing the passage for Russian ships due to the conflict in Ukraine. «The Panama Canal is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine, but it is a permanently neutral international transit waterway,» the ACP said in a statement, RIA Novosti reported.
— The Ukrainian Embassy in Berlin requested tanks, submarines and combat aircraft from the German government. This is stated in the note of the diplomatic mission at the disposal of DPA. The list also includes armored personnel carriers, artillery systems, howitzers, anti-aircraft missile systems, combat and auxiliary helicopters, reconnaissance and combat drones, transport aircraft and warships.
— German Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that at the current stage, the most urgent task for resolving the Ukrainian crisis is a ceasefire. «In order to help de-escalate the situation in Ukraine, a ceasefire is urgently needed,» he said in an interview with ZDF.
«The sanctions will end, if Russia «ends this war and helps rebuild Ukraine, restores peace and recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of this country,» as well as its «right to exist,» the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told TASS.
— According to the U.S. Department of Defense, since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine, Russian troops have launched 480 missiles of various capacities. Most of the missiles (230) were launched directly from the territory of Ukraine, more than 160 — from Russia, about 70 — from Belarus, less than 10 — from the Black Sea.