France’s new foreign minister, Stéphane Sejournay, met in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Saturday as part of his first official visit abroad and pledged that Paris would continue to support Ukraine. “Despite the growing crisis, Ukraine is and will remain a priority for France,” Sejourne said.

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08:10Bulgaria replaces Russian oil with crude oil from Kazakhstan, Iraq and Tunisia

Bulgaria has an exemption from the European Union embargo, which allows it to continue importing Russian oil by sea until 2024. But it has restricted exports of all refined products made from Russian crude starting this month, disabling the operation of its only refinery. of Russian oil and decided to stop all imports of Russian oil from March.

A brief summary of recent events:

• The new Minister of Foreign Affairs of France made his first foreign visit to Kyiv: “Ukraine remains our priority, despite the multiplication of crises.”
• The Russian military said it had struck weapons factories in Ukraine on Saturday morning, claiming – as usual – that it hit “all” of its targets. Earlier, the Ukrainians said the Russians had launched 37 missiles and 3 drones, eight of which were shot down. fell and more than 20 missed the target due to means of electronic warfare.
• The Border Service of Ukraine reported on Saturday that protesting Romanian farmers are blocking the movement of trucks on the border with Ukraine through the Siret checkpoint. Traffic of cars, buses and pedestrians was normal.
• Tiraspol’s hallucinatory accusations: the Republic of Moldova is preparing the Ukrainian military to attack Transnistria / Chisinau’s reaction: “Provocation” / Russia has been threatening reprisals for several days
• The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, said on Saturday in Timisoara that the Russian Federation during this period tried to destabilize the order and power in Chisinau, each time trying to use the regime in the Transnistrian region.
• Russia recognized the famous novelist as a “foreign agent”. “Terrorists declared me a terrorist,” said Boris Akunin.
• On Saturday, firefighters in St. Petersburg managed to put out a fire in the warehouse of one of the largest Russian online stores. It is not yet known how the fire started, which covered 70,000 square meters and was classified as the fifth category, the most serious.

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