The third round of talks between Ukraine and Russia will take place on Monday, March 7, leader of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada David Arakhamia said on Facebook.
“The third round of negotiations will take place on Monday,” he said on Facebook.
The Ministry of Social Policy says that 638 children from vulnerable groups and accompanying persons from Odesa region were evacuated to Poland.
“Minister of Social Policy Maryna Lazebna said that the evacuation to Poland of the largest group to date, which includes 576 children from vulnerable groups and 62 accompanying people, has been successfully completed,” the press service of the Ministry of Social Policy said.
It is noted that the group includes: orphans, children deprived of parental care, children from institutional educational and social institutions, as well as from foster families and family-type orphanages.
“This time we worried the most, because such a large number of children, high risks of information leakage and, accordingly, the possible danger of disrupting the evacuation. But children from Odesa region were gathered in small groups, only then they were united and safely transported by a train specially formed for these needs. To avoid publicity and crowds, the border crossing took place at night. Today, all children are placed on the territory of Poland in pre-agreed places, provided with everything necessary,” the message says.
U.S. Google, part of Alphabet Inc., canceled fees for international calls from/to Ukraine via Google Fi.
“To help people communicate with friends and family at this urgent time, we’re waiving international calling fees from Ukraine and from the U.S. to Ukraine on Google Fi, and we’re waiving calling fees to Ukraine for people using Google Voice for the time being,” the company said in a statement.
In addition, to help organizations involved in providing humanitarian assistance such as medical care, food aid, and support and assistance to refugees, Google announced the provision of free services through Google Cloud Credits for eligible organizations.
As reported earlier, Google allocated a total of $25 million to help Ukraine and refugees.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed Russia’s aggression in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on Saturday, the U.S. State Department reports.
“The Secretary [speaking about the situation in Ukraine] noted the world is watching to see which nations stand up for the basic principles of freedom, self-determination and sovereignty,” the State Department’s press release reads.
As noted in the department, Blinken told his Chinese counterpart that the countries of the world act in concert in relation to Russia “ensuring that Moscow will pay a high price.”
Earlier this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China intends to continue cooperation with Russia in the field of trade and does not support any illegal unilateral sanctions.
Beijing, for its part, welcomed the start of negotiations between representatives of Russia and Ukraine and expressed hope that the parties will continue diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation around Ukraine.
Ukrainian athletes won seven medals on the first day of the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing.
“Seven medals were brought to Ukraine by the first day of the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing. All of them were obtained in different classes of biathlon sprint races. The entire podium for men’s vision impaired came out in blue-yellow colors,” the National Olympic Committee said in a statement.
In particular, the gold went to Vitaliy Lukyanenko (class B3, guide Babar), silver – Oleksandr Kazik (class B1, guide Kucheriavy), bronze – Dmytro Suyarko (class B2, guide Nikonovych)
Hryhoriy Volchynsky (class LW8) and Oksana Shyshkova (class B2, Marchenko guide) also became the champions of Paralympics 2022.
In addition, Taras Rad (class LW12) and Liudmyla Liashenko (class LW8) picked up silver medals.
At the moment, Ukraine takes first place in the medal ranking.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has assured that it is doing everything possible to evacuate hundreds of foreign students from Sumy.
“We are doing everything we can to evacuate hundreds of foreign students from the Sumy city. Ukraine is doing its best to save and secure people,” the ministry said.
