Sergey Lavrov

"The most important thing is to get rid of those nationalist battalions in Ukraine. The operation continues and the tasks that have been set are well known. They must be realized and they will be. There is no doubt," Peskov told reporters, Kommersant reports.

Russia is outside the UN body for human rights, battles in Donbas, Von der Layen will visit Kyiv - here are the latest and most important events related to the war in Ukraine.

Call for evacuation in eastern Ukraine

This was announced today by the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov.
"The new Ukrainian version of the agreement does not state that Ukraine's security guarantees do not apply to Crimea and Sevastopol, so Ukraine is proposing that leaders of both sides discuss those territories, which is unacceptable for Russia," Lavrov said.

Russia believes the West is allowing "hysteria" over alleged mass killings in the Ukrainian city of Bucha to disrupt peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv, Lavrov said.
He added that the alleged events in the city, which he called a "provocation", were introduced at the very moment when progress was made in the peace negotiations in Istanbul.

New sanctions against Russia, increasing military aid to Ukraine. Here are the more important events of the 41st day of the war in Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky presented a list of alleged Russian atrocities in a speech to the UN Security Council

"Progress has been made in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine but this progress has not yet been reflected in agreements between the countries." This was stated to reporters by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, quoted by RIA Novosti.

The candidate of the Serbian Progressive Party in the upcoming elections, Aleksandar Vui, is hosted on RTS in the show "Oko".
"I am the only one who hadn't taken up this time," said Vucic. After that, Vui commented on the meeting with the new U.S. Ambassador.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Moscow's offer to start peace negotiations in Belarus, instead, pointing at Istanbul, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest or Baku for talks.

"Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku. We proposed all of them," Zelensky said on Feb. 27 in an address posted online.

"Bulgaria strongly supports tough sanctions in response to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, including sanctions against the Security Council of the Russian Federation and President Putin."

The European Union will block assets, including bank accounts, of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in European banks, but will not ban them from entering the 27-nation bloc to keep the negotiation channels open.