U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter told a CNN reporter at a State Department news briefing that the "filtration camps" are reportedly used for processing Ukrainian civilians before they are sent to Russia. Carpenter said the forced deportation of Ukrainians “would be in violation of international humanitarian law, and a war crime.”
A Russian-flagged liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker, the Arctic Metagaz, has reportedly caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea, multiple media outlets reported on March 3.
The number includes 980 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russia launched 149 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said, reporting that Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 129.
The vessel will not be allowed to leave port until the bail is paid and a re-inspection confirms compliance with maritime regulations.
"Russia is playing for time here, and in doing so is also acting against the will of the American president. In today's talks, I called for increasing the pressure on Moscow," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on March 3 after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) will convene technology innovators, defense experts, investors, policymakers, and scholars for a conference examining Ukraine’s emergence as a global driver of technological innovation under wartime conditions.
"If they give them to us, we will give them interceptors. It is an equal exchange," he said.
