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"In 2016-2017, the Constitutional Court of Moldova adopted a ruling, in line with which the status of neutrality does not play any role at all. It is written there that if the government considers it necessary for some forces to intervene to solve its security problems, this can be done despite the neutral status. There is such a decision of the Constitutional Court, it is in force, no one has canceled it," Dodon said.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to Sputnik for requests for comment on this matter.

It is expected that the commission would produce a report that would then be discussed by the parties to the BTWC during the Ninth Review Conference set to be held in Geneva on November 28 - December 16.

On February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk requested help to defend them from intensifying attacks by Ukrainian troops. Western countries have imposed comprehensive sanctions on Russia that include airspace closures and restrictive measures targeting numerous Russian officials and entities, media, financial institutions and sectors of the economy.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba denied the allegations and said that Kiev remained committed to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The top diplomats of France, the United Kingdom and the United States also rejected Russia's claims as false.

On March 15, Russia decided to withdraw from the Council and the European Convention on Human Rights in response to the suspension of its membership over the military operation in Ukraine. On the following day, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted in favor of excluding Russia from the organization.

Svyrydenko said on Monday that the unemployment rate in Ukraine is expected to reach 30% by the end of the year.

"Today I promised Mr. president [Zelensky] that two MARS systems, as well as four of our Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers, will soon be transferred. In the coming days, they will be transferred to Ukraine," Steinmeier said during a briefing in Kiev.

The US has provided Ukraine material and informational assistance since the launch of Russia’s special military operation on February 24.

Russia will conduct its annual strategic nuclear exercise Grom that tests the country's nuclear-capable systems. While the location of the Grom exercise is currently unknown, NATO's similar Steadfast Noon exercise is set to take place some 600 miles away from Russia, according to US officials.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in turn, denied the allegations and said that Kiev remained committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The top diplomats of France, the UK, and the US also rejected Russia's claims as false and said that "the world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation."

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in turn, denied the allegations and said that Kiev remained committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The top diplomats of France, the UK, and the US also rejected Russia's claims as false and said that "the world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation."

"We requested a meeting in two days in line with Article 6 of the Biological Weapons Convention," the statement said on Tuesday.

Swiss President Ignazio Cassis reaffirmed on Tuesday that Bern, while remaining an important partner to Kiev, would not supply Ukraine with weapons.

"Switzerland remains a dependable partner. We are focusing our efforts on those areas where our added value is the biggest and where our expertise is most useful. As a neutral country, we do not supply weapons," Cassis said on the sidelines of the International Expert Conference on the Recovery, Reconstruction and Modernization of Ukraine in Berlin.

Cassis added that Switzerland recognizes Ukraine's territorial integrity and national sovereignty and called for dialogue among all parties involved to help rebuild the country.

Steinmeier came to Ukraine on Tuesday for the first time since the start of Russia's special military operation to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev.

Russia has conveyed its comments to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the idea of ​​its director general Rafael Grossi to create a safety zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, but Ukraine has not yet responded to the agency's proposal, Russia's permanent representative to the IAEA, Mikhail Ulyanov, said on Tuesday.

"Grossi, the Director General of the IAEA, proposed an alternative concept — the creation of a zone of protection of nuclear and physical nuclear safety. Its essence, in a nutshell, is that you cannot shoot from the territory of the station and you cannot shoot at this station. Quite a reasonable idea, which we generally support. But, as always, the question is in the details," Ulyanov said.

The envoy said that in late September in New York, Grossi "handed over his sketches to the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine."

"We reacted. On October 11, the day our president received Grossi, there were consultations before this meeting. We conveyed our comments, proposals on the content of a possible agreement, but the Ukrainians, as far as I know, have not done this, although a lot of time has passed," Ulyanov said.

At the same time, he stressed that "arguments about the demilitarization (of a nuclear power plant) are completely inappropriate, because no one has ever militarized it," there are no Russian troops and heavy weapons, but "there is the Russian Guard, performing the necessary security functions."

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will head to Kiev and Zheltie Vody in the coming days after Russia's warnings about Ukraine preparing a "dirty bomb," Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said on Tuesday.

"Several [IAEA] inspectors will visit Kiev and Zheltie Vody in the coming days," Ulyanov said.

As a rule, the preliminary results of these visits will be within about a week, and the final ones will not appear soon, the diplomat added.

Ukraine’s external financing needs will total $3 billion per month in 2023 under the best-case scenario, but could rise up to $5 billion under the worst-case scenario, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday.

"We assess that in this recovery period through 2023 the best-case scenario would require $3 billion a month," Georgieva said at the Berlin-hosted International Expert Conference on the Recovery, Reconstruction and Modernization of Ukraine.

However, the cost "could go easily to $4 billion a month" if Ukraine’s infrastructure, particularly its energy sector, requires additional support, she added.

"And in a worst-case scenario, if the bombing is even more dramatic, that could go up to $5 billion," Georgieva said.