"The West treats Putin ... No one expected it"! The situation in Ukraine has changed recently

Source: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News

Peskov: Russia is under the most stressful sanctions in history

On the 3rd local time, Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said that Russia is now under the most pressure of sanctions in history.

Peskov said that the sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russian President Putin have exceeded the reasonable range, which no one expected. The credibility of the dollar and the euro is being eroded, and many countries are beginning to doubt the reliability of the dollar and the euro and are beginning to settle in rubles instead. The ruble settlement system will be expanded in the future to other Russian exports. Russia values its reputation as a reliable supplier of gas, and European companies can quickly and unambiguously open ruble accounts to buy gas.

Peskov also said that Putin's meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy will only be carried out after the preparation of the specific treaty text of the two countries is completed. The eventual signing of the post-negotiated treaty would be an important step towards stabilization of the situation. Peskov believes that it is impossible to completely isolate Russia, and that dialogue with Western countries will have to take place sooner or later.

Russian media: Peskov said that the model of paying for natural gas in rubles will also be used for other goods

Russian Satellite News Agency reported on April 3 that the Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said that the model of paying Russian natural gas in rubles will also be used for other goods.

In an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on the "Moscow-Kremlin-Putin" program on the "Russia 1" TV channel, Peskov said, "In fact, they (Europe) used to pay in euros and will later pay in euros, in the currency specified in the contract." But at the same time, the final payment will still be made in rubles to the sellers , Gazprom , who (Europe) first buy rubles in euros and then pay in rubles. So yes, this is just the prototype of the system for the time being. But I have no doubt that in the future it will expand into new categories of commodities and will account for an increasing proportion of our foreign economic and trade relations. ”

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 31 local time that from April 1, companies in "non-friendly countries" (regions) should first open ruble accounts in Russian banks, and then pay for the russian gas purchased through this account. According to the Russian side, the european contracting parties can continue to pay in euros and transfer the funds to Gazprom as usual, which converts the funds into rubles.

Russian media: Peskov said that the goal of Russia's special military operations in Ukraine will be fully realized

Russian Satellite News Agency reported on April 3 that The Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said that the goal of Russia's special military operations in Ukraine will be fully realized.

In an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on the "Russia 1" TV channel "Moscow-Kremlin-Putin", Peskov said: "There is always a way out of any confrontation, and there is always a way out of any difficult situation." I am confident that the objectives of our military operations will be fully achieved. ”

Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine: A total of 11 mayors across Ukraine were captured by Russian forces

On April 3, local time, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Vyreshyk said that a total of 11 mayors from all parts of Ukraine have been captured by russian troops, from Kiev Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Zaporizhia Oblast, Nikolayev Oblast and Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine has informed the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations and other international organizations of the matter. The Ukrainian side demanded that the detained Ukrainian citizens, mayors, journalists and others be released.

Ukraine says Ukraine has taken control of the entire Kiev Oblast Russian media said Russia's gas supply to the three Baltic countries had been interrupted

Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency's foreign correspondent reported: Ukraine's deputy defense minister Anna Maliar posted on Facebook that Ukraine has taken control of the entire Kiev region. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces released a message on the 3rd that the Russian army is weakening the attack on targets in Ukraine. According to Russian media reports on April 2, Russia's natural gas supply to the three Baltic countries has been interrupted since April.

— Maliar said Ukraine already controls the entire Kiev oblast and three other cities. According to the latest news released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as of 00:00 local time on April 3, the Russian army continued to use missile attacks and air strikes to systematically strike targets in Ukraine, but the use of missiles and high-precision weapons to strike is weakening. Russian troops continue to withdraw from some areas, the sources said. Meanwhile, russian forces are redeploying and recruiting additional troops who will fight in Ukraine.

- The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released a message saying that as of the 2nd, the Russian army had lost about 17,800 personnel in the operation against Ukraine, losing 631 tanks, 1776 armored vehicles, 317 artillery systems, 100 sets of multiple rocket launchers, 54 sets of air defense systems, 143 fixed-wing aircraft, 134 helicopters, 1236 cars, 7 ships and speed boats, 76 fuel carriers, and 87 tactical drones.

According to the Ukrainian News Agency, Alahamiya, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation and chairman of the parliamentary group of the Ukrainian People's Public Servants Party, said in a TV program on the 2nd that Ukraine needs to sign a treaty that can fully guarantee its own security, and the next step for Ukraine is to amend the constitution and write the content of neutrality and non-alignment status into the constitution. The Ukrainian side hopes that the neutral and non-aligned status of the Ukrainian people will be decided through a referendum, not by Ukrainian politicians. He said that the draft peace treaty that the Ukrainian side believes needs to be signed is complete enough for Ukrainian President Zelenskiy to hold direct consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to the website of the Ukrainian president, Zelenskiy convened a meeting of the president's office and relevant cabinet personnel on the 2nd to discuss the economic situation in Ukraine in the second month after the outbreak of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict. Participants discussed the sources of funding for government spending, spring farming, diversification of fuel imports, and how to keep Ukraine's energy infrastructure safe from Russian bombardment. Ukraine's ministry of finance said Ukraine spent about $10 billion on "hostilities" in the past month.

——The State Nuclear Power Company of Ukraine posted on social media on the 2nd that as of now, the four nuclear power plants in use in Ukraine are in a stable operating state, and the indicators such as nuclear radiation in the adjacent areas of the nuclear power plants are within the normal range.

Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on the 2nd that the Russian army used long-range high-precision weapons to destroy the gasoline and diesel storage depots of the Kremmenchug oil refinery in Ukraine in the morning, cutting off the fuel supply between the Ukrainian troops deployed in the central and eastern regions of Ukraine. On the same day, the Russian army used high-precision missiles to destroy the Ukrainian military airfield in Poltava and Dnipro. Since the launch of special military operations, the Russian army has destroyed 125 Ukrainian fighters, 88 helicopters, 381 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1888 tanks and other armored vehicles, 205 multiple rocket launchers, 793 field artillery and mortars, and 1771 special military vehicles.

Russian media quoted Barlis, chairman of Latvian gas transport company Conexus Baltic Grid, as saying on April 2 that Russia's natural gas supply to the three Baltic countries latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has been interrupted since April, and the baltic countries have not received Russian gas since April. In a statement issued on April 2, lithuania's ministry of energy said that since April, lithuania's gas pipeline system has never received gas from Russia again.

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