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Explosions in the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security near Lviv and near Poland
Reporters : Lauren Lewis etal., Daily Mail / Putin's forces strike close to Nato border: Russia targets military base just 12 MILES from Poland | Daily Mail Online
Image : Daily Mail
Explosions have been heard on the outskirts of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after Russian forces launched an attack on a military base just 12 miles from the Polish border.
According to Ukrainian sources, Vladimir Putin's forces had launched a missile strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, also known as Yavoriv military complex, just before 6 am this morning.
Initial reports suggested the base had been targeted by eight missiles, but Maksym Kozytskyi, Governor of the region later confirmed 30 cruise missiles had been fired, killing nine people and injuring 57.
Photos emerging from the scene show the facility in ruins, with wounded service personnel being attended to by medics.
The base has previously been used to host Nato drills and up until recently has housed foreign military instructors, although its unclear if any have been caught up in the strike.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov renewed calls for a "no-fly zone" over the country following the attack. "Russia has attacked the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security near Lviv," he wrote on Twitter.
"Foreign instructors work here. Information about the victims is being clarified. This is new terrorist attack on peace and security near the EU-NATO border. Action must be taken to stop this. Close the sky!"
This morning there were reports on social media that explosions could be seen and heard from the outskirts of Lviv nearly 30 miles away
The city has been a haven for refugees in recent weeks, with hundreds of thousands going through as they travelled west toward Poland and other EU countries.
During the night air raid sirens went off in the city, which is home to more than 700,000 people and has been largely spared the violence seen in other major settlements such as Kyiv, Mariupol and Kharkiv.
Meanwhile an Associated Press journalist in Mariupol witnessed tanks firing on a nine-story apartment building and was with a group of hospital workers who came under sniper fire on Friday.
A worker shot in the hip survived, but conditions in the hospital were deteriorating, with electricity reserved for operating tables, and people with nowhere else to go lined the hallways.
In other developments:
- Kyiv became a fortress ahead of an expected onslaught, with Russian forces now within 15 miles of the capital's centre;
- Russian shelling of besieged cities including Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipro and Sumy continued as one governor said the South-Eastern city of Volnovakha has been destroyed;
- Putin rebuffed a new appeal for a ceasefire but, in a glimmer of hope, negotiators discussed "concrete" proposals for a peace deal for first time as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was willing to negotiate, but would not surrender nor accept ultimatums;
- Zelenskyy revealed 1,300 Ukrainian troops have died in the war so far, but claimed the Russian army has suffered its largest losses in decades, with an estimated 6,000 deaths;
- Moscow threatened the West that any military shipments to Ukraine will be seen as "legitimate targets", prompting fears the conflict could dramatically escalate;
- Putin was urged to lift the siege of the southern city of Mariupol where up to 1,500 civilians have died;
- Residents took to the streets of the occupied city of Melitopol to protest against the abduction of its mayor by Russian forces;
- Intelligence sources claimed Putin may be suffering from dementia, Parkinson's disease or "roid rage" resulting from steroid treatment for cancer.
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Zelenskyy: Don't ask how Europe should help Ukraine
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wang Anping / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/13/a103372534.html / Image : On 12 March 2022, a march in support of Ukraine is held in Santa Monica, California, United States. (Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a video speech on March 12, calling on European countries to support Ukraine. Zelenskyy said, "Don't ask how Europe should help Ukraine but how should Europe help itself."
Zelenskyy addressed the Italians and Europeans gathered in the squares of Florence and other places. He said Ukraine was going through a terrible war that Europe had not seen since World War II. Ukraine did not start this war, it was a brutal Russian invasion.
He asked everyone to remember the number "79", "The war is going on, thousands of people have died in the war! 79 children have died in the war. 79 children!" "79 Ukrainian families were killed by this Shameful war - destroyed by the Russian invasion."
Zelensky said that the Russian army carpet-bombed Ukrainian residential areas, destroying dozens of hospitals, hundreds of schools and kindergartens, and bombing universities, churches and squares.
He said he was often asked in interviews: How should Europe help Ukraine? His answer to this was: How should Europe help itself? Because this is not just a war against the Ukrainian people, it is a war against all peoples who share the same values.
He called on Western countries to increase sanctions on Russia, "to let every Russian soldier know the cost of every shot at a civilian." "Let the Russian state have no money to destroy lives."
Zelenskyy emphasized when meeting foreign media representatives that day, "We must unite in European society. This is extremely important for Ukraine. It is also very important for you and Europe. Because this will strengthen Europe. This will protect Europe. War will cease forever."
He pointed out that it is now important for Ukraine to get an answer to the question of when it will join the EU. "If the EU says 'yes', then it is necessary to say 'yes' specifically, and everyone should say that," he said. "Don't strike a balance between the raindrops of diplomacy, because you will be completely under the raindrops."
Zelenskyy said, "I believe that Ukraine is a country worthy [to join the EU]. And the most important thing is the people. Our people have shown that they are brave, strong, European and they will not let any It's important that people are in trouble. They've proven they can fight. I think it's only going to strengthen the EU."
Since the start of the invasion, 31 battalion-level tactical teams of the Russian army have been rendered incompetent, Russian servicemen have been captured in droves, and some soldiers have tried to leave Ukraine and return to Russia, Zelenskyy said. More than 360 tanks, 1,205 armored vehicles, nearly 60 planes, and more than 80 helicopters of the Russian army were destroyed. "Most of the world's armies did not lose as much as the Russian army during the invasion."
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Drone flew over 3 NATO countries, crashed in Croatia, damaged 40 cars
Editor : Lu Yongxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/13/a103372567.html / Image : A pothole appears after a flying object crashed to the ground on the outskirts of the Croatian capital Zagreb on 11 March 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)
A military drone with a length of 14 m and a weight of more than 6 tons crashed in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, on 10 March 2022, killing about 40 vehicles. The car parked on the road was damaged, but luckily no one was injured.
The Soviet-era Tupolev-141 (Tu-141) unmanned reconnaissance aircraft crashed at 11 pm on the 10th in a building near the Jarun lake in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The park is only about 6 kilometers away from the city center, and there are student dormitories and residential buildings with about 4,500 people living nearby.
After the drone crashed, it hit a large hole, which is still to be dug by personnel. (Click to watch the related video) It is understood that although this drone is old, it has been deployed by the Ukrainian army in 2014 and the current conflict.
Ukraine was invaded by Russia on 24 February, and Zagreb was about 550 km from the Ukrainian border by flight.
Image : A pothole appears after a flying object crashed to the ground on the outskirts of the Croatian capital Zagreb on 11 March 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)
According to the Central News Agency, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on the 12th: "According to what we know so far, it is obviously lifted from the territory of Ukraine." (Click to watch the related video)
Since both Ukraine and Russia deny that the drone is theirs, "we don't know who the drone belongs to," he said.
Officials earlier said the drone had flown from Romania and then flew into Croatian airspace from Hungary. All three countries are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Plankovic said he had sent letters to the European Union (EU) and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
"At the moment, we don't know if it was accidental, negligent or deliberate."
He said the incident "illustrates the need for closer cooperation within NATO". It added: "We cannot tolerate the incident happening again".
"Obviously, this is a threat that needs to be addressed."
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said of the very serious incident, BBC News reported, "We have to review certain procedural issues and find out how an aircraft of this size is possible. Fly all the way from Ukraine to Zagreb without being shot down."
A NATO official told AFP on the 11th that NATO's "integrated air and missile defense system had tracked the flight path of an object that eventually crashed in Zagreb."
Later on the 12th, Stoltenberg tweeted, "He and Croatian Prime Minister Plankovic have discussed the crash of the drone in Zagreb yesterday (11th)."
"We all agreed to stay in close contact and work together to get the truth out," he tweeted.
News (4) to (43) / Comprehensive Epoch Times, Central News Agency and other media reports/ Editor : Li Hong / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/12/a103371719.html
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Missile destroys Russian armored vehicle, Ukrainian soldiers thank Britain for weapons
On 12 March, a Ukrainian soldier named Viktor showed to the media his new generation of light anti-tank weapon (NLAW) anti-tank missile system and a blood-stained Russian army helmet.
Viktor, walking towards a twisted wreckage of a Russian armored vehicle, said: "This is what the beautiful missile system shot down...Thanks a lot to the help of our British partners."
The British government said it had delivered 3,615 new-generation light anti-tank weapons to Ukrainian forces to fight a Russian invasion, one of the most advanced systems Kyiv has.
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Zelenskyy: 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed and about 12,000 Russian troops were lost
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 12 March that since Russia invaded Ukraine, "about 1,300" Ukrainian troops have been killed. He released the data in a media briefing, the first time the Kyiv authorities have disclosed such casualties since the conflict broke out between Russia and Ukraine on 24 February.
Zelenskyy said Russia had lost "about 12,000 people". "The ratio is about 1 to 10, but that doesn't make me happy," he said.
Russia said on 2 March hat nearly 500 Russian soldiers had been killed, but no further figures have been updated since then. This time the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army sent about 150,000 troops.
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Ukraine says Russia plans to permanently control Zaporizhzhia region
Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of planning full and permanent control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
"About 400 Russian soldiers are on duty around the clock," Petro Kotin, president of Ukraine's nuclear power plant operator Energoatom, said in a letter to the director general, the UN watchdog said in a statement.
Russia has denied the allegation.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. It was taken over by Russian troops last week.
Satellite images show badly damaged besieged city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine
U.S. space technology company Marsar Technology said on the 12th that satellite images taken that morning showed serious damage to civilian infrastructure and residential buildings across the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Dozens of high-rise residential buildings were badly damaged in a fire in the western part of the Black Sea port city, Maxar Technologies said. Reuters was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the images.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Saturday that Mariupol was surrounded by invading Russian forces but remained in Ukrainian control.
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Ukraine accuses Russian army of deliberately attacking civilians, killing 7 by opening fire on evacuated women and children in Kyiv
The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Service posted a statement on Facebook on the 12th, saying: "While trying to evacuate from the village of Peremoga along an agreed 'green' corridor, the occupying forces opened fire on the ranks of civilians, all women and children. The brutal act resulted in the death of seven people, including a child." The statement added that the incident took place on the 11th.
Peremoga is a small village on the northeastern outskirts of the capital, about 36 kilometers from Kyiv, where Russian tanks are advancing towards Kyiv.
The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Service said in a statement that Russian forces forced the group of evacuated civilians to return to the village after opening fire, wounding an unknown number of others.
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Zelenskyy: All Ukraine is a frontline
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on that the whole of Ukraine is a "front "; he added that some small towns no longer exist.
Zelensky said Ukraine was more united than ever in the face of Russian aggression.
"This war, a hard one, really unites our country. You ask me how it's going on the frontlines ... there are frontlines everywhere," Zelenskyy said at a briefing on Saturday.
"Some small towns don't exist anymore. It's a tragedy. They just go. And people go. They (small towns) are gone forever. So we're all on the front lines. People who died there, they died in us around," he said.
"Our armed forces are doing everything they can to stop the enemy's desire to continue the war against Ukraine," Zelenskyy said of the continuation of the fighting.
"This is the most powerful battle against Russia in decades," he added. "Ukrainians, I hope you understand me correctly - we have had extraordinary success. The way all Ukrainians resisted the invaders. History has been written."
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Ukrainian foreign minister: Willing to negotiate but not surrender
Ukraine is ready to negotiate an end to the war sparked by the Russian invasion more than two weeks ago, but will not surrender or accept any ultimatum, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday.
Speaking at an online event run by the non-partisan, nonprofit Renewal Democracy Initiative, Kuleba said civilian lives would be saved if Ukraine had fighter jets and more attack aircraft to destroy large Russian military columns.
"We will continue to fight. We are ready to negotiate, but we will not accept any ultimatum and surrender," Kuleba said. He added that Russia had made "unacceptable" demands.
Commenting on the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian foreign minister said the city was besieged but still under Ukrainian control.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began in late February, resulting in more than 2.5 million refugees, prompted Western countries to move quickly to isolate Russia from world trade and the global financial system.
The Ukrainian foreign minister added that Ukraine needs more military supplies and that, despite recent sanctions, more needs to be done to hit the Russian economy.
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Harris: Russian aggression threatens democracy in Europe
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday emphasized U.S. solidarity with NATO and European allies, and warned that Russia's unprovoked aggression in Ukraine posed a threat to all democracies.
"The Russian aggression threatens not only democracy in Ukraine, but democracy and security in Europe as a whole," Harris said on 12 March 2022 at the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting in Washington, D.C.
"The ocean that separates us will not make us immune to this aggression," she said.
Speaking of her recent trip to Poland and Romania, she said she stressed that the alliance's "greatest strength" is unity.
"The United States stands firmly with the Ukrainian people in defending the NATO alliance," Harris said.
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Tsai Ing-wen: The Russian-Ukrainian war shows that Taiwan needs to unite to protect herself
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said on 12 March 2022 that Russia's war on Ukraine showed that if Taiwan were to be attacked, "the unity of all citizens" would be needed to defend itself.
The CCP has been aggressively harassing Taiwan, which has doubled the training time for veterans this year to two weeks.
Tsai Ing-wen said, "The recent situation in Ukraine has once again proved that to protect the country, we need not only the assistance of the international community, but also the unity of all citizens."
She said, "Educational mobilization is the principle of implementing the spirit of comprehensive defense, mobilizing on the spot and fighting on the spot."
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France: Putin still "determined" to achieve his goals in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin's mentality remains "unwavering", according to sources at the Elysee, revealed on Saturday afternoon following a phone call between French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Putin .
Since the three leaders spoke on Thursday, Putin appeared to remain "determined to achieve his goals in Ukraine," the sources said, but the fact that he continued to speak to French and German leaders showed that "he does not rule out a completely diplomatic solution. possibility."
Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Macron to pressure Putin for a ceasefire and raised the issue of the detention of the mayor of Melitopol. Macron and Scholz have already done so, the sources said.
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Ukrainian troops fight against Russian troops in Nikolayev
The strategic city of Mykolaiv suffered massive explosions all night and early Saturday as Ukrainian troops continued to block the advance of Russian troops along the Black Sea coast.
Some civilian neighborhoods were also reported to have come under Russian shelling.
"They used cluster bombs and Grad (multiple rocket systems) to attack sites in the northeastern part of the city," said Anastasia Aleksieieva, who helped organize a group of civilian volunteers in Nikolayev.
She said eight civilians were injured. Clear skies in the port city on Saturday after heavy snow on Friday. Soldiers and volunteers can be seen placing sandbags around suburban checkpoints. Near the governor's office in the city center, two volunteer soldiers displayed a large black car with a "Z" painted on the side and a machine gun tripod mounted on the roof, which they said was from the retreat to southeastern Russia in Nikolayev captured in the army.
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Local officials: Volnovaka "no longer exists'"
Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said the southeastern city of Volnovakha had been completely destroyed since the Russian invasion.
He said that since the invasion began, most of Warnovaka's population had fled and much of its infrastructure had been destroyed, meaning the city effectively ceased to exist.
"In general, Volnovaka and its infrastructure no longer exist," he told Ukrainian TV channel Direct.
But he said fighting was still ongoing to prevent Russia from encircling strategically important territory.
Volnovaka was hit by heavy artillery, rocket and air strikes from the Russian army, which destroyed almost all the buildings in the town.
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Belarus denies it will send troops to Ukraine, says border garrison rotation has nothing to do with preparations
Belarus has no plans to join Russia's military operations in Ukraine, but is currently deploying five battalion-level tactical groups (BTGs) to the border to rotate troops already stationed there, Belarus military chief of staff Gurevich said on 12 March.
Earlier, Ukraine accused Russia of targeting Belarus from Ukrainian airspace while Russia launched an air strike in an attempt to involve its ally Belarus in the war. Ukraine says Belarus may be planning an invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters reported that Belarus had acted as a stopover for Russian troops, missiles and warplanes before and after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February but had yet to deploy its own troops to fight.
The Ukrainian military accused Russian planes of firing on Belarusian border villages from Ukrainian airspace on 11 March, using this as an excuse for Belarus to launch an offensive against Ukraine.
"This is a provocation! The purpose is to involve the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus in this war and at war with Ukraine," the Ukrainian Air Force Command said in an online statement.
The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Ukrainian Air Force Command's statement.
The State Centre for Strategic Communications of Ukraine pointed out that the timing of the Russian attack on Belarusian villages in Ukrainian airspace coincided with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The National Center for Strategic Communications said in a statement that the outcome of the talks between Lukashenko and Putin may have been an attack by Belarus across the northern border of Ukraine.
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White House allocates another $200 million to provide defense services to Ukraine
In a memo on 12 March 2022, 46th U.S. President Joe Biden authorized Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to be responsible for withdrawing $200 million in defense goods and services for Ukraine, including military education and training.
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Ukrainian president calls French and German leaders for help in freeing mayor kidnapped by Russian army
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the leaders of France and Germany on Monday for help in the release of the mayor of the southern Ukrainian town of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, who was kidnapped by Russian troops.
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Ukraine: Russian officers and soldiers can receive 5 million rubles and amnesty for disarming
In order to reward Russian officers and soldiers for surrendering their weapons, the Ukrainian government, funded by the global information technology (IT) community, will provide a bonus of 5 million Rubles for each of the Russian officers and soldiers who lay down their weapons and grant them amnesty.
TV presenter Maria Yefrosinina, who is also UNFPA's Goodwill Ambassador in Ukraine, announced that the Ukrainian government is offering an incentive to Russian soldiers, funded by the global IT community.
Officers and soldiers hand over military equipment, and each officer and soldier can receive 5 million rubles, which is about 50,000 US dollars per person.
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Germany seeks to quickly end reliance on Russian oil and coal
Germany's goal is to wean itself off Russian coal imports by autumn and almost completely wean itself off Russian oil by the end of the year, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said.
Ending Germany's reliance on Russian gas is more complicated because Germany does not have the necessary infrastructure to handle LNG imports from other sources, Habeck told "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", adding that urgent work is being done to address the problem. About half of Germany's natural gas and coal and about one-third of its oil come from Russia.
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Russian forces intensify bombing of areas around capital
Russian missiles and airstrikes caused damage to areas north and south of the Ukrainian capital early Saturday, according to local officials.
In Chernihiv, about 100 kilometers north of Kyiv, the city's landmark "Hotel Ukraine" was attacked overnight.
Chernihiv has been surrounded by Russian forces for more than a week, and video from the city showed extensive damage from missiles and airstrikes.
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Zelenskyy expresses some degree of optimism about the situation in Russia-Ukraine talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday expressed a degree of optimism about recent talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives. "They've started talking about something, not just an ultimatum (to each other)," Zelensky said at a news conference, according to NBC News. "I believe it's a fundamentally different approach and should be in this way."
Zelenskyy called for a "peace process, an end to the war process". That needs to start with a ceasefire, he said. He added that some leaders have filled the communication between the Russian and Ukrainian parties.
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Russia claims Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Russian officials have arrived at Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant to demand control of the facility, according to a statement from Ukraine's state-run nuclear energy company Energoatom.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station has been occupied by Russian forces for more than a week, with Energoatom previously claiming its employees were forced to work "at gunpoint".
Energoatom said 11 people from Russia's state atomic energy company Rosatom arrived at the plant on Friday, and a representative of the regiment said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant now belongs to Rosatom.
Among the 11 Russians who arrived on Friday were two senior engineers from Russia's Balakovo and Rostov nuclear power plants, Energoatom's statement said.
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Russian-French-German summit call
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday about the war in Ukraine.
The Kremlin said Putin briefed Macron and Scholz on the status of the Russia-Ukraine talks on Saturday and responded to their concerns about the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
The Kremlin statement said Macron and Scholz had raised humanitarian concerns over Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, to which Putin responded by saying the Ukrainian military had violated human rights. The statement provided no evidence to support the allegations.
The Kremlin said the three leaders agreed to stay in touch.
Germany said Scholz and Macron urged Putin for an immediate ceasefire during a 75-minute call with Putin.
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Ukraine urges Taiwan's ASUS to stop doing business with Russia
According to an open letter posted on Twitter by Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, on Thursday (10 March 2022), he urged major Taiwanese electronics manufacturer ASUS to suspend operations in and with Russia while the invasion of Ukraine continues.
In an open letter to ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih, Fedorov called on the company and its affiliates to terminate any relationship (with Russia) and stop doing business in Russia, as well as with Russian customers and partners, including "supply of hardware and electronics", technical support and services until "Russian aggression in Ukraine is completely stopped and fair order is restored".
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Russia is ready for security dialogue with the United States
Russia said on Saturday it was ready for another dialogue with the United States on security issues and the Strategic Arms Reduction (START) treaty.
"If the Americans are prepared for this, of course we can resume dialogue and resolve to do so," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, according to the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Work on START."
"It's all up to Washington," he added.
Ryabkov said that Russia has not stopped dialogue with the United States.
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Ukraine: Russian forces shell mosque
Ukraine's foreign ministry on Saturday accused Russian forces of shelling a mosque in Mariupol, where it said more than 80 adults and children were fleeing the attack.
There have been no reports of casualties.
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Russia warns U.S. arms shipments may be "targeted"
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow would see any arms shipment to Ukraine as a "legitimate target" for Russian attacks.
He said Russia "warned the United States that the delivery of weapons from various countries it planned was not only a dangerous move, but an operation that made these convoys legitimate targets."
He also condemned attempts by the United States and Europe to deal an "unprecedented blow" to the Russian economy through sanctions, and said Moscow would take action to avoid harming itself.
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Ukrainian officials: More cities open evacuation routes on Saturday
At least 13 evacuation corridors from different Ukrainian cities, including the besieged eastern city of Mariupol, will open to civilians on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
"Today, a convoy of humanitarian supplies and evacuees (...) will depart from Zaporozhye city, through the following densely populated places, to the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region." Vereshu "Zaporizhia, Melitopol, Vasilivka, Berdyansk, Mangush, Mariupol, there are mandatory mine clearances along the entire route," Kerr said in a video message on Saturday.
"I very much hope that today will be successful, that all planned routes will be opened, and that Russia will honor its ceasefire obligations," Vereshuk added.
This will be the sixth attempt to establish a route from Mariupol, as previous efforts to evacuate residents have largely failed.
Ukrainian authorities reported limited success on Friday in securing the evacuation of Ukrainian civilians from other worst-affected areas.
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Mariupol is under siege for 11 days, humanitarian convoy to rescue
CNN reported that another attempt was underway on Saturday to bring humanitarian aid into the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol and bring thousands of civilians out.
It has been more than a week since the city of Mariupol came under heavy attack by Russian troops, with the city council saying on Friday nearly 1,600 people had been killed.
On Saturday, the city council announced that "a green passage has been opened. A humanitarian convoy departed from Zaporozhzhia to Mariupol. More than 90 tons of food and medicine will be sent to the city, which has been under siege for 11 days. ".
For the second day in a row, priests from the Orthodox Church joined the convoy, the city council said.
The Mariupol "green corridor" is one of several humanitarian corridors announced by the Ukrainian government.
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Ukrainian refugee flow to reach 4 million, cracks in European unity
Cracks in regional solidarity have also begun to emerge as the conflict in Ukraine continues and the influx of refugees seeking shelter from Russian attacks has quickly turned into the largest influx of refugees Europe has faced since World War II.
Bloomberg News reported that the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine could reach 4 million within days, according to officials who asked to remain anonymous. This matches the total number of refugees projected by the United Nations (UN) agency before Russian President Vladimir Putin began aggression against Ukraine on February 24. The vast majority of these people came to Eastern European countries.
Polish President Andrzej Duda said at a joint press conference with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on the 10th: "We have never been in this situation. We are trying to cope, but if we don't get international help, we may end up turned into a humanitarian disaster."
According to figures provided by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine in just over two weeks since Russia started the war.
The migration crisis has gradually become one of the most divisive factors after European Union (EU) leaders met on the outskirts of Paris on the 10th to discuss the impact of the Ukraine war.
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Russia warns: EU faces soaring energy prices due to sanctions
Interfax quoted Russian Foreign Ministry official Kopnets as saying that the European Union (EU) faced a surge in international energy prices after sanctioning Russia for the war in Ukraine.
Nikolai Kobrinets said that Russia is a reliable energy supplier, but if necessary, Russia is also ready to face a tough confrontation in the energy field.
He did not elaborate on the possible consequences of such a confrontation, but added that the current state of the global energy market will make EU countries pay at least three times more for oil, gas and electricity.
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Italian police seize yacht of another Russian oligarch
Italian police on 11 March 2022 seized a yacht belonging to another Russian billionaire who is under EU sanctions for alleged close ties to Putin.
The 469-foot sailboat, called SY A, was seized late Friday in the port city of Trieste in northeastern Italy, the Italian government said in a statement. The Italian government estimated the value of the ship at 530 million euros, or $578 million, and said it was owned by Andrey Melnichenko through a holding company.
Melnichenko, a billionaire of fertilizer maker EuroChem Group and coal energy company SUEK, was sanctioned by the European Union on March 9. The EU called him "a member of Vladimir-Putin's closest circle" and accused him of supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A week earlier, Italian police had seized two other yachts and four villas belonging to Russian oligarchs close to Putin.
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Mayor of Melitopol arrested by Russian army
Hundreds of people protested outside the city hall on Friday after Russian troops arrested Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol.
According to a short video posted on Facebook by Ukrainian state television, the protesters chanted "mayor's freedom" and "Fedorov". More than 2,000 people flocked to the occupied building to demand the officer's release, the TV station reported.
Russian troops captured the city of Melitopol in the days after the invasion began in late February, but there have been sporadic protests in the city since then.
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NATO to send 30,000 troops to Norway for exercises
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and partner nations will start exercises in Norway next week, assuming the goal is to rescue their own troops. The exercise was planned long before Russia invaded Ukraine, so any resemblance between the script and reality is purely coincidental.
The "Cold Response 2022" exercise in 2022 will involve about 30,000 soldiers, 200 aircraft and 50 ships from 27 countries. It is the largest exercise that NATO forces have participated in this year.
The exercise, which runs from March 14 to April 1, will see Western troops hone their combat skills in Norway's frigid climate, including in the Arctic, on the ground, at sea and in the air. The exercise site is only a few hundred kilometers from the Russian border.
Norwegian Defense Minister Odd Roger Enoksen told AFP, "This exercise is extremely important for the security of Norway and the Allied countries. We will exercise Allied reinforcements. This is not because the Russian authorities attacked Ukraine, but in In this context, the significance is even greater.”
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Ukraine: A warehouse in northeastern Kyiv is on fire after shelling
A refrigerated cargo warehouse in the Brovary district, northeast of the capital Kyiv, caught fire early Saturday morning due to shelling, Ukraine's interior ministry said.
The interior ministry said the shelling occurred around 3:30 a.m. local time (8:30 p.m. ET Friday) in the village of Kvitneve. Initial reports indicated that there were no casualties.
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British Ministry of Defense: Most Russian troops are only 15 miles from Kyiv city centre
The British Ministry of Defence said in its daily intelligence assessment on Saturday that most of the Russian ground forces were now about 15 miles (25 km) from the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
"The fighting continues northwest of Kyiv, with large units of Russian ground forces currently about 15 miles from the city center," the Defense Ministry said.
Commercial satellite imagery in recent days showed that a large Russian military convoy northwest of Kyiv had largely dissipated. The British Ministry of Defence said on Friday that Russian troops appeared to be regrouping in preparation for a new attack.
The dispersal of attacking forces is likely to support Russia's attempt to capture the city, the Defense Ministry said in its assessment earlier Saturday. It could also be that Russia is trying to reduce the risk of its forces being counterattacked by Ukrainian defenders, and "these counterattacks have resulted in huge losses for Russian forces."
The Defense Ministry also said other important cities such as Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol remained surrounded by Russian troops.
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Air raid sirens sounded in most Ukrainian cities early Saturday
Air raid sirens were sounded in most Ukrainian cities in the early hours of Saturday morning, urging people to seek shelter, local Ukrainian media said. Sirens were heard in the capital Kyiv, Lviv in the western city of Odessa, Kharkov, Cherkassy, and the Sumy region in the northeast.
Russian troops appeared to be regrouping on Friday in preparation for an attack on Kyiv. Satellite images show Russian troops firing artillery shells as they approach the capital.
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Western probes after Ukraine's satellite network was disrupted by Russia
Even as Russia launched the incursion, Ukrainian broadband satellite internet connections were disrupted by unidentified hackers, and Western intelligence agencies are investigating.
Analysts at the National Security Agency, France's National Security Agency for Information Systems (ANSSI) and Ukrainian intelligence agencies are assessing the remote breach of a service provided by a satellite internet provider, Whether from Russian state-backed hackers in an attempt to cut off communications in preparation for the battlefield.
The digital raid on satellite services began between 5 am and 9 am on 24 February, when Russian forces began to enter Ukraine and launch missiles against major cities including the capital, Kyiv.
The affected network is owned by U.S. telecommunications company Viasat, and an executive at the company said the fallout was still under investigation, but tens of thousands of customers in Europe had their satellite modems disconnected.
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Russia: 3,491 Ukrainian military infrastructure destroyed
Reuters reported on 12 March that Russian news agencies quoted Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, as saying that the Russian army has so far destroyed 3,491 military infrastructure in Ukraine, and the Russian army "continue a broad offensive in Ukraine."
However, Reuters said it could not immediately verify the spokesman's statement.
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It is reported that the US Department of Defense has launched a special team to accelerate military assistance to Ukraine and allies
Reuters, citing three people familiar with the matter, reported that the U.S. Defense Department is launching a task force under its wing to respond to requests from allies for new arms sales and for the handover of existing weapons, especially Ukraine's rush to acquire weapons after the Russian invasion.
The U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Arms Acquisition and Maintenance has received increasing requests from European allies to hand over weapons to Ukraine through third parties or to buy weapons to strengthen their defenses, these sources said.
The source added that the rapid-response team had been mobilized in recent days to coordinate and remove red tape around arms sales and arms transfers, while prioritizing requests from allies.
The mission is to work with the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which oversees arms sales and arms transfers.
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Lithuanian Prime Minister Joins Riflemen Alliance
After Russia invaded Ukraine, there was a wave of people applying to join the Riflemen's Union in Lithuania, and Lithuanian Prime Minister Simonet swore in on 11 March to become a member of the paramilitary group that supports the military and the police.
The Riflemen Alliance said it had received more than 2,000 applications for membership since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, bringing the total to 12,000, about a third of which were women, Reuters reported.
Coalition members will receive some military training in their units and volunteer to assist the police or military as the mission requires.
Hundreds of people, including Ingrida Simonyte, were sworn in before Parliament on this historic day. Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union on 11 March 1990.
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YouTube blocks Russian state media channels
After Russia invaded Ukraine, YouTube originally blocked Russian state media channels in Europe, and on the 11th expanded the blocking policy to the world.
YouTube said the company's policy "prohibits denying, scaling back, or downplaying well-documented violence, so we remove content that violates our policy regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine."
YouTube added: "In accordance with this policy, we are also blocking state-sponsored Russian media channels on YouTube, globally, with immediate effect."
YouTube said the banned content included denials of invading Ukraine, or claims it was a peacekeeping operation.
YouTube parent Google (Google) has banned Russian advertisers from advertising on Google's global properties and networks.
Google's president of global affairs, Kent Walker, previously said that Google "has ceased the vast majority of our commercial activities in Russia," but that free services such as search and YouTube continue to operate in Russia.
According to YouTube, videos on the platform related to the invasion of Ukraine that could be considered hate speech can be uploaded if the content is of an educational, artistic or scientific nature.
Russia restricted people's access to the social media Instragram on the 11th, and filed a criminal complaint against IG's parent company Meta, countering that Meta allowed users to make remarks such as "death to the Russian aggressor".
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Call on Beijing to cut ties with Putin as soon as possible. Chinese scholars: If they are surrounded by Europe and the United States, they will be more isolated
Beijing has not made a serious statement about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In this regard, Chinese scholar Hu Wei reminded the authorities that they should not be tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On the 12th, the Sino-US Impression website reprinted a special article written by Hu Wei, Vice Chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor's Office of the State Council of China, discussing the possible choice between the Russian-Ukrainian war and China.
Hu Wei judged that the Russian-Ukrainian war will allow the United States to regain the leadership of the Western world, the West will be more united, the Western power will be significantly increased, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will continue to expand, and the United States will have influence in the non-Western world. Strength will also increase.
Therefore, he reminded the Beijing authorities that in this way, Europe will be further cut off from China, Japan will become the vanguard of anti-China, South Korea will further fall to the United States, other countries will have to choose sides and have a herd effect, "Taiwan will also join the anti-China chorus", so China will be more isolated under the established framework.
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HKU study: Omicron remains infectious for seven days on smooth surfaces
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Omicron, a mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, covi), is currently spreading rapidly in Hong Kong and mainland China, and has caused a new outbreak of tens of thousands of new cases in Hong Kong every day. The wave of the epidemic has once again demonstrated its strong infectious power far exceeding the original strain. A new study in Hong Kong found that Omicron (Covi29) remains infectious on smooth surfaces for up to 7 days after leaving its host.
On 11 March 2022, the School of Public Health of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong disclosed that the latest research by a research team of theirs found that the stability of the Omicron variant virus strain on the surface of smooth and uneven objects is much higher than that of the original strain, even within 7 days of retention and it is still contagious.
According to Reuters, the research team from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong compared the stability of the Covi29 BA.1 and the original strain on five different surfaces including stainless steel, polypropylene, glass, tissue and printed paper.
The results of the study found that the Covi29 BA.1 variant remained on the surface of stainless steel, polypropylene and glass for 7 days, and still had a certain degree of infectivity; while the original strain basically lost its ability to spread on the fourth day.
Covi29 BA.1 variant remained slightly infectious on the surfaces of paper towels and printing paper for 30 minutes, but the original strain lost its ability to spread after only 5 to 15 minutes on the surfaces of these two substances.
The results of the HKU study have been published in the journal BioRxiv.
In the past, virus experts have long found that Covi29 is stronger than the original strain in breaking through the immunity acquired by the human body through vaccination; and the above-mentioned new research results of the Hong Kong University research team show that Covi29 survives after leaving the host. The ability is also stronger than the original strain. This is also one of the important reasons for the rapid spread of this mutant strain around the world.
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Growing number of countries identify cases of "Deltacron" variant
Reporter : Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times PREMIUM
A growing number of cases of a hybrid COVID-19 variant dubbed “Deltacron” are being identified, including several cases in the United States.
Researchers with Helix, a California-based genomic company, found two cases of COVID-19 infection caused by a hybrid of the Delta and Omicron variants, while researchers in France determined 18 people were infected by the hybrid.
Cases have also been detected in the Netherlands and Denmark, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Delta was the dominant version of SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, covi), which causes COVID-19, in many countries in 2021 but was displaced in most of them by Omicron by the end of the year.
Experts so far have not seen any difference in the characteristics of patients who are infected with the hybrid and haven’t seen any signs that the Deltacron causes more severe cases of COVID-19, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead, told reporters in a recent briefing.
“Unfortunately, we do expect to see recombinants, because this is what viruses do, they change over time,” she said, adding later that, “this pandemic is far from over.”
In the United States, Helix scientists and collaborators with the University of Washington Medical Center and Thermo Fisher Scientific sequenced 29,719 samples between November 2021 and February 2022 and identified 20 cases where a person was “co-infected” with the Delta and Omicron variants and two additional cases where the infection was pinpointed as being caused by the variant resulting from the recombination of Delta and Omicron.
“Our study demonstrates the existence of co-infections, the presence of a recombinant population in at least one of these co-infections, and the existence of two infections consisting almost entirely of multiple copies of a recombinant virus. However, the mechanism by which a recombinant virus comes to dominate an infection remains somewhat of a puzzle,” researchers wrote in the study, which was obtained by The Epoch Times prior to publication. It’s scheduled to be published as a preprint on the server medRxiv in the coming days.
Possibilities include the two infections starting as co-infections before the hybrid virus outcompeted the Delta and Omicron variants, according to the researchers, who were backed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.
In France, a team funded by the government identified three cases infected by the recombinant, following earlier identification of 17 others, the team reported in a preprint study.
Professor Phillipe Colson, one of the authors, told The Epoch Times in an email that there are too few cases right now “to figure out the epidemiological and clinical features of this hybrid.”
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1,938 new confirmed cases in 31 provinces, including 1,807 local cases
According to the website of the National Health and Medical Commission, as of 12 am on 13 March 2022, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 1,938 new confirmed cases. Among them, 131 were imported cases (39 in Zhejiang, 34 in Guangdong, 13 in Shanghai, 12 in Beijing, 11 in Shandong, 6 in Tianjin, 4 in Liaoning, 4 in Guangxi, 3 in Sichuan, 2 in Jilin and 1 in Jiangsu). , 1 in Anhui, 1 in Fujian), including 45 cases from asymptomatic infections to confirmed cases (39 in Zhejiang, 2 in Beijing, 2 in Tianjin, 1 in Anhui, and 1 in Sichuan); 1,807 local cases (Jilin 1412 cases, including 831 in Changchun, 571 in Jilin, 9 in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, and 1 in Siping; 175 in Shandong, including 150 in Qingdao, 13 in Dezhou, 5 in Zibo, and 5 in Weihai. 1 in Rizhao, 1 in Binzhou; 62 in Guangdong, including 60 in Shenzhen and 2 in Dongguan; 39 in Shaanxi, including 31 in Baoji, 6 in Xi'an, and 2 in Hanzhong; 33 in Hebei, Among them, 23 were in Langfang, 9 in Cangzhou, and 1 in Baoding; 23 in Jiangsu, all in Lianyungang; 17 in Tianjin, including 8 in Xiqing District, 5 in Wuqing District, 3 in Hexi District, and 1 in Jinnan District. 15 cases in Zhejiang, including 12 in Hangzhou, 1 in Jiaxing, 1 in Huzhou, and 1 in Quzhou; 8 in Chongqing, all in Shapingba District; 6 in Beijing, including 3 in Chaoyang District and 1 in Haidian District 1 in Mentougou District and 1 in Shunyi District; 5 in Gansu, including 4 in Lanzhou New District and 1 in Lanzhou; 3 in Heilongjiang, all in Harbin; 2 in Guizhou, both in Zunyi; and 2 in Yunnan, both in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture; 1 case in Inner Mongolia, in Hulunbuir; 1 in Liaoning, in Shenyang; 1 in Shanghai, in Minhang District; 1 in Henan, in Puyang; 1 in Hunan, in Xiangtan), including 114 111 cases in Shandong, 1 in Beijing, 1 in Zhejiang, and 1 in Henan). No new deaths were reported. No new suspected cases were reported.
On the same day, 169 newly cured and discharged cases and 8,084 close contacts were released from medical observation. Severe cases were the same as the previous day.
There are 2,587 confirmed inbound cases (including 2 severe cases) and 4 suspected cases. A total of 16,237 confirmed cases, 13,650 cured and discharged cases, and no deaths.
As of 12 am on 13 March 2022, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there were 7,230 confirmed cases (including 6 severe cases), 103,600 cured and discharged cases, and 4,636 deaths. , a total of 115,466 confirmed cases have been reported, and there are 4 suspected cases. A total of 1,786,279 close contacts have been traced, and 142,351 close contacts are still under medical observation.
31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 1,455 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 140 imported cases and 1,315 local cases (744 cases in Jilin, including 697 cases in Jilin City, 42 cases in Changchun, Yanbian) There are 3 cases in the ethnic autonomous prefecture, 1 case in Siping City, and 1 case in Meihekou City; 194 cases in Guangdong, including 188 in Dongguan and 6 in Shenzhen; 172 in Shandong, including 78 in Qingdao, 74 in Weihai, and 11 in Zibo. , 4 in Dezhou, 2 in Weifang, 1 in Yantai, 1 in Liaocheng, and 1 in Binzhou; 64 in Shanghai, including 35 in Pudong New Area, 10 in Minhang District, 4 in Jinshan District, and 3 in Huangpu District 3 cases in Baoshan District, 3 cases in Jiading District, 2 cases in Changning District, 1 case in Xuhui District, 1 case in Jing'an District, 1 case in Putuo District, and 1 case in Songjiang District; 40 cases in Hebei, including 33 cases in Langfang City and 6 cases in Cangzhou City 1 in Shijiazhuang; 36 in Gansu, including 19 in Lanzhou New District, 9 in Baiyin, and 8 in Lanzhou; 20 in Yunnan, including 18 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, 1 in Kunming, and 1 in Lincang. 19 cases in Jiangsu, including 16 in Lianyungang, 2 in Suqian, and 1 in Yangzhou; 9 in Tianjin, including 4 in Wuqing District, 1 in Hedong District, 1 in Hexi District, 1 in Nankai District, and 1 in Xiqing District. 1 case, 1 case in Binhai New Area; 9 cases in Guangxi, including 4 cases in Chongzuo City, 3 cases in Liuzhou City, and 2 cases in Fangchenggang City; 4 cases in Shaanxi City, including 3 cases in Xi'an City and 1 case in Baoji City; Dandong City; 1 case in Beijing, in Chaoyang District; 1 case in Chongqing, in Shapingba District); 159 confirmed cases on the same day (45 imported from abroad); 85 cases of medical observation released on the same day (61 imported from abroad); still in medical There were 6,287 asymptomatic infections observed (1,486 imported from abroad).
Ref: https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2022/03-13/9700413.shtml
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Important notice from the National Health and Medical Commission: Residents can purchase reagents for self-testing of novel coronavirus antigens
According to the National Health and Medical Commission, in order to further optimize the detection strategy of the novel coronavirus, according to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, the comprehensive group of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council has decided to promote the monitoring mode of "antigen screening and nucleic acid diagnosis", and increase the number of nucleic acid tests based on nucleic acid detection. Antigen testing as a supplement. Recently, the Mechanism Comprehensive Team formulated and issued the "Novel Coronavirus Antigen Detection Application Plan (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").
The "Plan" stipulates the applicable population of antigen testing: first, those who go to primary medical and health institutions for treatment, with symptoms such as respiratory tract and fever, and have symptoms within 5 days; Personnel in close contact, entry quarantine observation, closed and controlled areas, and control areas; the third is community residents who need antigen self-testing. At the same time, the main conditions that need to be met for antigen testing for three groups of people and the channels for obtaining testing reagents have been clarified, and the disposal management process after positive testing has been formulated to promote the connection between antigen testing and nucleic acid testing. In order to facilitate the standardized testing in various places, the "Plan" also includes two annexes, namely the basic requirements and procedures for the novel coronavirus antigen detection in primary medical and health institutions, and the basic requirements and procedures for the novel coronavirus antigen self-testing.
It should be noted that nucleic acid detection is still the basis for the diagnosis of novel coronavirus infection, and antigen detection can be used as a supplementary method to screen specific groups of people, which is conducive to improving the ability of "early detection". Primary medical and health institutions that have nucleic acid testing capabilities should prefer nucleic acid testing; those who do not have nucleic acid testing capabilities may conduct antigen testing, and provide training for medical staff and communication and guidance for patients. Isolation observers and community residents should carefully read the instructions and standardize their operations for antigen testing. Once the antigen test is positive, they should immediately report to the relevant departments; when necessary, nucleic acid testing should be carried out to confirm.
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Novel coronavirus antigen detection application scheme
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In order to guide the scientific and rational application of the new coronavirus antigen detection in various places, standardize the disposal management after positive antigen detection, and further improve the ability of "early detection", this plan is specially formulated.
1. Applicable people for antigen testing
(1) Persons who go to primary medical and health institutions for treatment, have respiratory symptoms, fever and other symptoms and have symptoms within 5 days.
(2) Isolation and observation personnel, including those in home isolation observation, close contact and sub-close contact, entry isolation observation, closed area and control area.
(3) Community residents who need antigen self-testing.
2. Application of antigen detection in primary medical and health institutions
When primary medical and health institutions admit people with respiratory symptoms, fever and other symptoms within 5 days of onset of symptoms, institutions with nucleic acid detection capabilities should first conduct nucleic acid testing; those without nucleic acid detection capabilities should conduct antigen testing.
(1) The main conditions to be met. In order to ensure quality and safety and avoid cross-infection between doctors and patients, primary medical and health institutions must meet the following conditions for antigen testing at the same time: 1. Sample collection and testing personnel should undergo biosafety training and technical operation training, and pass the assessment. 2. Have appropriate equipment such as biological safety cabinets, and protect medical personnel during the testing process. 3. The testing operation should be carried out in a relatively independent and well-ventilated space; primary medical and health institutions with laboratory conditions are encouraged to carry out testing operations in the laboratory. 4. Establish the reporting, transport system and work flow for persons with positive antigen test.
(2) Handling of test results.
1. For those who are positive in the antigen test, the primary medical and health institutions should immediately report to the disease control department in their jurisdiction, and the emergency center will transfer the antigen-positive people to the medical institutions with fever clinics for nucleic acid testing in accordance with the guidelines for the transfer of people related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic.
2. For those with negative antigen test, primary medical and health institutions should give symptomatic treatment, instruct them to observe at home, conduct antigen test once a day for 5 consecutive days from the day of consultation, avoid social activities, wear masks correctly, wash hands frequently and ventilate frequently. If the antigen result remains negative until the symptoms disappear, other intervention measures may not be taken. Once the antigen result is positive, the positive person must immediately report to the community (village) where they live, and the community (village) will contact the emergency center to transfer them to a medical institution with a fever clinic for nucleic acid testing in accordance with the guidelines for the transfer of personnel related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic; Sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. used by positive persons are put into sealed bags and transported to medical institutions for disposal as medical waste.
(3) Provision of detection reagents. Antigen detection reagents equipped by primary medical and health institutions are included in centralized bidding and procurement, and the price of testing reagents can be continuously reduced and the burden of testing costs can be reduced through centralized procurement at the provincial level.
3. Application of Antigen Detection for Isolated Observers
Personnel in home isolation observation, close contact and sub-close contact, entry isolation observation, closed control area and control area shall be organized and managed by relevant management departments (such as communities, villages and towns, isolation points, etc.). During the quarantine and observation period, nucleic acid testing shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the current relevant prevention and control plans, and antigen self-tests shall be carried out once a day for the first 5 days.
(1) The main conditions to be met. The following conditions must be met at the same time for the isolation and observation personnel to conduct antigen testing: 1. Establish an antigen self-testing management process, including the collection of antigen testing reagents, personnel information verification, testing process supervision, and result reporting, etc. 2. Isolation observers need to read the instructions carefully, follow the prescribed requirements and procedures, and conduct operations such as sampling, sample addition, and result interpretation in a standardized manner; the management department with conditions should supervise and manage the testing process to ensure that the testing results are authentic and credible. 3. Do a good job in waste disposal. Sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. after the test are used, regardless of whether the result is negative or positive, are put into a sealed bag and disposed of by management personnel in accordance with medical waste or according to procedures.
(2) Handling of test results. If the antigen test is positive, nucleic acid test must be carried out immediately to confirm.
(3) Provision of detection reagents. The management departments (such as communities, villages and towns, isolation points, etc.) that organize isolation and observation are responsible for the procurement, distribution, and management of antigen detection reagents.
4. Application of Antigen Detection for Community Residents
Community residents who have self-test needs can purchase antigen test reagents for self-test through retail pharmacies, online sales platforms and other channels.
(1) Matters needing attention. In order to ensure the quality of sampling and testing, residents need to read the instructions carefully, and carry out operations such as sampling, adding samples, and interpretation of results in a standardized manner according to the prescribed requirements and procedures.
(2) Handling of test results.
1. If the antigen test is positive, regardless of whether there are symptoms of respiratory tract, fever, etc., the residents should immediately report to the community (village) where they live, and the community (village) will contact the emergency center to transfer the residents to the setting according to the guidelines for the transfer of personnel related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. Nucleic acid testing is carried out in medical institutions in fever clinics. Sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. used by positive persons are put into sealed bags and transported to medical institutions for disposal as medical waste.
2. If the antigen test is negative, asymptomatic residents can be closely observed, and antigen test or nucleic acid test can be carried out when necessary; symptomatic residents are advised to go to a medical institution with a fever clinic as soon as possible to conduct nucleic acid test; if it is inconvenient to seek medical treatment, then You should self-isolate at home, avoid going out, and take an antigen self-test every day for 5 consecutive days.
5. Confirmation of nucleic acid detection
Nucleic acid testing is the basis for the diagnosis of novel coronavirus infection. In the process of nucleic acid test confirmation, if the nucleic acid test is positive, regardless of whether the antigen test result is positive or negative, corresponding measures will be taken according to the novel coronavirus infection or confirmed new coronary pneumonia patient; if the nucleic acid test is negative but the antigen test is positive, it will be deemed as Those infected with the new coronavirus should take measures such as centralized isolation, close observation, and continuous nucleic acid testing.
6. Personnel training, publicity and education
In the process of applying antigen testing, all localities should do a good job in the training of medical staff in primary medical and health institutions, so that they can fully grasp the characteristics and operation points of antigen testing, so as to ensure accurate and reliable testing results, and provide patients and residents with relevant information on antigen testing. Knowledge dissemination and education. When conducting antigen self-tests, the public should carefully follow the relevant basic requirements and procedures, and conduct nucleic acid tests to confirm when necessary.
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Jilin Province epidemic broke national record, and another official was dismissed
Reporter : Luo Tingting/ Editor : Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/13/a103372435.html
At present, the epidemic situation in Jilin Province is serious. The number of infected people officially reported broke the national record, and many cities were closed. Following the dismissal of several officials including the mayor of Jilin, the director of the Changchun Health Commission was also dismissed.
Officially, on 12 March, Jilin Province added 1,412 new local confirmed cases, including 831 in Changchun, 571 in Jilin, 9 in Yanbian Prefecture, and 1 in Siping.
There were 744 new cases of local asymptomatic infections, including 697 cases in Jilin City, 42 cases in Changchun City, 3 cases in Yanbian Prefecture, 1 case in Meihekou City, and 1 case in Siping City.
According to official data, the number of infected people in Jilin Province exceeded 2,000 in a single day. This is the largest number of new cases in a single day officially announced by the CCP since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, breaking the national record. However, because the CCP has been covering up the epidemic, the actual number of infections may be higher.
At present, six cities and prefectures and one county directly under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province have outbreaks, and Jilin City and Changchun City have both been closed.
On 12 March, Gao Yutang, secretary of the party group and director of the Changchun Municipal Health Commission, was dismissed.
At the same time, Jilin Mayor Wang Lu and Changchun Jiutai District Mayor Li Xin were dismissed together.
In both Jilin and Changchun, cluster infections broke out on campus. Students from Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology College called for help online. It was revealed that the epidemic situation in the school was serious. Many students were infected with the epidemic. Students were locked in dormitories and waited to die.
There was also an outbreak in Jiutai No. 1 Middle School in Changchun but students were still kept on campus and classes were not suspended. A student contracted the disease and developed a high fever, along with his younger brother at home, but the local government did not send them to the hospital for treatment after the two were diagnosed. The student was forced to call for help online, which attracted public attention before being sent to the hospital.
After the two incidents were exposed, the anger of netizens in Jilin Province over the authorities' concealment of the epidemic still flooded social platforms. Now Jilin Chemical Fiber Group is also asking for help. The epidemic situation in Jilin is so serious, why hasn't there been a comprehensive inventory?"
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Guangzhou Pazhou Exhibition was suspended due to the epidemic, and more than 10,000 people were trapped in the hall
Reporters : Li Yun, Li Shanshan and Shu Can / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/12/a103371960.html / Image : Video Screenshot
On Friday (11 March), the International Beauty Expo being held in Guangzhou was suddenly suspended due to the epidemic, with more than 10,000 people in the museum. Many exhibitors fled desperately at the last minute when the museum announced the closure.
On 11 March, Guangzhou issued an emergency notice to suspend all exhibitions in the city from now on. That night, Haizhu District, where the Pazhou Complex is located, issued an "announcement" saying that if a suspected infected person enters the exhibition hall, the exhibition hall will be temporarily closed for control.
Several videos on the scene showed that the Pazhou Exhibition Hall was full of people, and tens of thousands of merchants and exhibitors were all sealed inside. People scrambled to flee, and some jumped over the wall to escape.
Several exhibitors introduced the scene in the video.
The exhibitor of the Pazhou Exhibition Hall: "This is the Guangzhou Exhibition Hall. Those with phobias would not dare to watch this scene. The Beauty Expo retreated, and those who can run out of the door in the last 10 seconds will go out."
Mr. Li, a resident near the Pazhou Exhibition: "The Beauty Expo itself is the exhibition with the largest number of people in the entire exhibition in Guangzhou. Once it was closed, everyone ran out of various exhibition halls and waited in line to go out, and it took several hours to wait. Look. It was so dark when it got up, it really looked terrifying."
Ms. Zheng, another merchant at the Pazhou Exhibition, said that the Beauty Expo has become a nucleic acid testing site. People who were trapped in the museum on the morning of the 12th were still queuing for nucleic acid testing.
Ms. Zheng, a merchant of Pazhou Exhibition, said, "The exhibition hall has been closed, and it was closed last night. All people who come out must undergo nucleic acid testing, and medical staff will do nucleic acid testing on the spot."
Mr. Li, who lives next door to the Pazhou Exhibition, said that not only the personnel in the exhibition need nucleic acid testing, but also the citizens of Guangzhou every day.
Mr. Li, a resident near the Pazhou Exhibition, said, "The epidemic is really serious now, especially in Shenzhen. Hong Kong affects Shenzhen, Shenzhen affects Dongguan and Guangzhou, and no one in the Pearl River Delta can escape. Friends from Shenzhen are like this, if you don’t do nucleic acid, you will become a yellow code, forcing you to do nucleic acid every day.”
Due to the heating up of the epidemic, at present, many exhibitions in Guangzhou have been postponed, and the Guangzhou Children's Palace has also been suspended.
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