The city council of Mariupol says that Russian Armed Forces have forcefully deported "several thousand" people to camps and remote cities in Russia.
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March 20, 2022 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Bulgaria says it will end gas imports from Russia's Gazprom when its 10-year deal with Gazprom expires at the end of 2022, signalling a shift away from Russian energy. Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov says Bulgaria will also seek increased gas imports from Azerbaijan.
Disasters and accidents
Five people die after a fishing boat is hit by a rogue wave off the North Cape, New Zealand.
At least five people are dead and dozens more missing after a ferry collides with a vessel and sinks in Bangladesh.
International relations
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says that Russia and Ukraine are nearing an agreement on certain peace issues in an effort to end the war.
France ends all attempts to negotiate with Russia and freezes financial assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation worth €22 billion. France also freezes properties owned by Russian oligarchs worth €150 million.
According to the Daily Express tabloid, a BBC correspondent says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “finally agreed” to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy says that he is ready to meet with Putin.
Law and crime
Residents in Kherson confront Russian military vehicles and tell them to "go home".
A concert is held by anti-war demonstrators near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, to call for the war to end.
A car is driven into a crowd preparing to celebrate carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium, killing six people and injuring around 40 others.
Politics and elections
Preliminary results show that former president José Ramos-Horta is ahead of the incumbent Francisco Guterres in the election.
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