Biden in Poland, a new earthquake in Turkey and sanctions against the Russian Federation: the main thing for the night of February 20

After meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Joe Biden arrived in the Polish city of Rzeszow, after which he will go to Warsaw, where he is planned to meet with Polish leader Andrzej Duda. According to Polish journalists, Baiden and Duda meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 21. It is planned that the leaders of the two countries will first negotiate Tet-A-Tet, after which a joint press conference will take place.

The US President will also meet with the leaders of the Bucharest Nine - the leadership of the NATO Eastern Flank. On February 20, it became known that new earthquakes occurred in the territory of Turkey and Syria in the state border of the two countries. The magnitude of the strongest of them is 6. 4.

Local media reported that as a result of the earthquake, the epicenter of which became the area of ​​the Defna city of Hatai, 6 people were killed in Turkey, 294 were injured, 18 of which were seriously injured. After the first shocks were recorded 32 aptershoki, the strongest of which is a magnitude of 5. 8. Some buildings that were damaged during the previous earthquake were destroyed as a result of shocks on Monday. In Syria, about 470 wounded went to hospitals after earthquakes on Monday.

Thus, the total number of victims is currently 764. The European Union continued sanctions against Russia due to a full -scale war and the occupation of the territories of Ukraine until February 24, 2024. "The European Union remains adamant in the support of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. The EC is dedicated to the full implementation of the non -recognition policy on Russia's illegal occupation," the EU's official magazine said.

The delegation of the Georgia Parliament refused to travel to Kiev on the anniversary of the beginning of the Russian full -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Irakliy Zarkaua, a member of the Georgian Dream of the Georgian Dream, said that Kyiv allegedly had left room for diplomatic relations in Tbilisi because of calls for the opening of the Second Front and the issuance of Ukraine's policy Mikhail Saakashvili, which is under arrest.

In addition, the politician stated that the Georgian authorities made "everything at all levels" to struggle the Ukrainian people, including the fact that they "did not dare" to make European countries. He did not specify what specifically was talking about. According to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Mivd) of the Netherlands, Russia is trying to sabotage critically important infrastructure in the Dutch part of the North Sea.

According to MIVD, Jan Schlelens, a Russian vessel was discovered near a marine wind farm in the North Sea. The Netherlands had to send ships of Marines and Coast Guards to remove a suspicious ship from Dutch waters. In addition, the Dutch intelligence services in the new report stated that infrastructure, such as internet cables, gas pipes and wind power plants, has become the purpose of Russian sabotage activities. The Russian Federation intends to undermine one of the infrastructure.