Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on the 23rd that Russia will use ruble for settlement when supplying natural gas to "unfriendly countries" such as EU Member States and the United States. Ukrainian President Zelensky delivered a speech to the French parliament on the same day, calling on large French enterprises to withdraw from the Russian market. —— According to the Kremlin website, Putin said during a video conference with members of the Russian government on the 23rd that some western countries have made illegal decisions to freeze Russian assets in the past few weeks. It is meaningless for Russia to use dollars, euros and other currencies to settle when supplying goods to EU Member States and the United States. Russia will implement comprehensive measures in the shortest time. The first is to use ruble for settlement when supplying natural gas to "unfriendly countries". Putin said that Russia will continue to supply natural gas according to the quantity and price specified in the contract, and the Russian government and the central bank should determine the procedures for relevant settlement in rubles within one week. —— According to the Kremlin website, Putin talked on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Bennett on the 23rd. Putin introduced the progress of Russian Ukrainian negotiations and Russian special military operations. —— German Chancellor Scholz held telephone calls with Putin and Zelensky on the 23rd. The German federal government issued a statement saying that Scholz urged Russia to cease fire as soon as possible and promote the improvement of humanitarian conditions. Scholz asked Zelensky about the progress of the Ukrainian Russian negotiations and agreed to keep in touch with Zelensky. —— According to French media reports, Zelensky said in a video speech to the French parliament on the 23rd that during France's rotating presidency of the EU, he hoped that the EU would make a historic decision conducive to Ukraine's accession to the EU. He also called on large French enterprises to withdraw from the Russian market. —— According to Interfax news agency of Ukraine, Zelensky talked with British Prime Minister Johnson on the phone on the 23rd. Johnson said on the phone that he would call on all countries to provide more military assistance to Ukraine and increase pressure on Russia at the meeting of the group of seven and NATO held on the 24th. —— According to Interfax news agency of Ukraine, Lithuanian defense minister anushaoskas visited Kiev on the 23rd. Ukrainian defense minister reznikov discussed the situation in Ukraine with anushaoskas, who said Lithuania and Ukraine would continue to cooperate. —— The official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the 23rd that Russia sent a note to the U.S. diplomatic mission to Russia on the same day and submitted a list to expel U.S. diplomats listed by Russia as "unwelcome people" in response to the previous expulsion by the United States of diplomatic officials of the Russian permanent mission to the United Nations and Russian staff of the United Nations Secretariat. The statement said that any hostile action by the United States against Russia will receive a decisive and full response. —— According to Tass News Agency on the 23rd, Andreyev, Russian ambassador to Poland, said in a live program on Russian channel 1 that Poland had frozen the accounts of the Russian Embassy in Poland, which violated the Vienna Convention. —— Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov informed on the 23rd that in the past day, the Russian army destroyed 86 military targets on the Ukrainian side. Since the launch of the special military operation, the Russian army has destroyed 255 UAVs, 189 air defense missile systems, 1564 tanks and other armored vehicles, 158 multiple rocket launchers, 627 field artillery and mortars and 1367 special military vehicles. —— The head of Russia's national defense command center mizitsev said on the evening of the 23rd that an ambulance in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumei was attacked by Ukrainian shells on the 22nd, killing four medical personnel. On the 23rd, Russia continued to open humanitarian channels in Kiev, Chernigov, sume and Kharkov. Since March 2, Russia has delivered 4554 tons of humanitarian supplies to Ukraine and carried out 561 humanitarian operations. —— On the 23rd, Deputy Prime Minister weyk of Ukraine said that the humanitarian channel was finally opened successfully. Tymoshenko, deputy director of the office of the president of Ukraine, said on the 23rd that Ukraine successfully evacuated more than 4500 residents through humanitarian channels on the same day. (Xinhua News Agency)