37th day of the attack on Ukraine: Russia's insistence to save the economy, said - gas will have to be paid in rubles only, Germany canceled the agreement in protest

The war between Russia and Ukraine continues for the 36th day. Now President Vladimir Putin has signed the order, according to which from today foreign buyers will have to pay for gas in rubles only. Putin said that the contract would be suspended if payment was not made.

At the same time, Germany rejected Putin's move as blackmail. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Putin cannot blackmail us. Apart from this, Britain and France have also opposed this demand. They say that the contract to buy gas was earlier settled in Euro or Dollar and thus cannot be broken midway. In addition, Russia supplies about a third of Europe's gas.

Russian army withdrawing from Chernobyl nuclear power plant

A senior US Defense Ministry official said Russian forces captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on February 24. From here now the Russian troops have started retreating. "The soldiers are moving away from Chernobyl and entering Belarus," the official said.

America to release 1 million barrels of crude oil daily

US President Joe Biden has announced the release of one million barrels of oil per day for the next six months to cushion rising fuel prices in the wake of the attack on Ukraine. The White House said that due to the military offensive in Ukraine, economic sanctions from many countries including the US on Russia have increased crude oil prices.

Other Updates

Putin said foreign buyers would have to open ruble accounts in Russian banks to buy natural gas from Russia. From today, payment for gas supply will be accepted from these accounts.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Russian troops in Ukraine are not retreating, but are gathering for the Donbass region.

A US company said that as soon as the Russia-Ukraine war began, there was a cyber attack in Europe.

A look at the damage done in Ukraine

According to Ukraine's Defense Ministry, so far the Russian military has fired 1,370 missiles and destroyed 15 Ukrainian airports.

Ukraine has claimed that 148 children have died so far in the continuing Russian bombing.

The Russian military has attacked a military base located in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.

According to Ukrainian media, the governor here, Valentin Reznichenko, said that two people were killed and five were injured in the attack.

Britain imposes sanctions on Russian media organizations

Britain has decided to ban more than a dozen Russian media figures and organizations for spreading propaganda and misinformation about the war in Ukraine. British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said the sanctions were imposed on "preachers serving Putin's fake news".

The US imposes new sanctions on Russian technology companies

The US has decided to impose new sanctions on Russian technology companies. According to the information, new restrictions have been imposed on 34 organizations and many individuals. Some companies manufacture computer hardware, software, and microelectronics for the defense sector.

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