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Russian troops blocked the Ukrainian cities of Sumy and Konotop, seized a large number of Western weapons delivered to Ukraine.

Including Javelin missile systems. This was stated at a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, BelTA reports.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk and Moscow are not afraid of Western sanctions and have enough resources to "survive" under them.

The armies of Russia and Ukraine ensure the safety of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, over which the Russian military has taken control. This became known on Friday, February 25.

US President Joe Biden on Friday held a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky and informed him about the assistance provided by the United States, the White House reported.

Sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are a manifestation of Western powerlessness, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

A number of NATO countries have agreed to supply weapons to Ukraine, the Polish information portal Gazeta reported on Saturday night, citing journalist Julian Repke from the German edition of Bild.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia denied the information that appeared about the alleged "hacking" by hackers of the official departmental website.

The United States has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, according to the US Treasury.

Due to Russia's special operation to protect the DPR and the LPR, the European Union has imposed new sanctions against the military-industrial, energy, and aircraft sectors of the Russian Federation. The document notes that the list includes Sukhoi, Tupolev, Progress Rocket and Space Center, Kalashnikov, Almaz-Antey, Russian Railways, Kamaz, Sevmash, etc. In total - more than 60 leading companies and military-industrial enterprises of the Russian Federation.

The American administration has appealed to Congress with a request to allocate $ 6.4 billion for actions related to the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, according to American media, citing sources.

Japan is agreeing to impose sanctions against Belarus for supporting Russia in conducting a special military operation in Ukraine, the Jiji news agency reports, citing informed sources.

The heads of the foreign ministries of South Korea and the United States, Jong Yong and Anthony Blinken, condemned Russia's actions in Ukraine and discussed the issue of sanctions against the Russian Federation, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said.

Roscosmos has recalled its employees from the Kourou cosmodrome due to EU sanctions

Roscosmos will suspend cooperation with Europe on Soyuz-2 rocket launches from Kourou, Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, said on Twitter.

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Technical specialists of Roscosmos are working to neutralize DDoS attacks from foreign servers on the state corporation's website. This was reported to journalists in the press service of Roscosmos on Saturday.

The military operation to protect Donbass will be carried out in full and until all the results are achieved, and the sanctions imposed by the West will not change anything, said Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.

The development of the situation in connection with Russia's special military operation in Ukraine was discussed by phone on Saturday by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov, the Kremlin's press service reports.

He said that an anti-aircraft missile of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 complex hit the building

Reports of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kiev do not correspond to reality, it was hit by an anti-aircraft missile of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 complex, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Saturday.

Rogozin said that sanctions on the supply of electronics are burdensome for Roscosmos

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, in an interview with the Russian Cosmos magazine, spoke about the impact of Western sanctions on the state corporation.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev hopes for an early settlement of the situation in Ukraine, the country takes a neutral position on this situation, Deputy head of the administration, press secretary of the Uzbek leader Sherzod Asadov said on Saturday.

The Czech government on Saturday decided to provide Ukraine with weapons worth 188 million Czech crowns (7.6 million euros), Czech radio reports.