⚡️ Russian forces down four Ukrainian Su-24 planes and one Su-27, MoD says

⚡️ Units of the LPR advanced 5 kilometres during their offensive, capturing Ivanovka, Novosadovoye, and reaching the line of Novolyublino, Tern, the Russian MoD says

❗️ The Russian MoD's latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ More than 11,500 refugees from the LPR and the DPR crossed the border with Russia over the past 24 hours.

▪️ A group of Russian armed forces wedged 2 km deep into the defences of the 95th airborne assault brigade of Ukraine and reached the southern outskirts of Novoselovka.

▪️ In the area of the Chernobaevka airfield, Kherson region, 5 Ukrainian Smerch missiles were shot down.

▪️ Russian operational-tactical aviation and missile forces hit 36 military facilities of Ukraine over the past 24 hours.

▪️ 19 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the past 24 hours.

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❗️ There are more than 300 US-funded civilian and military biological laboratories in the world, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova says

⚡️ Turkish Defense Ministry says mine detected in Black Sea near border with Bulgaria

⚡️ Biden's remarks about Putin were made on emotions and do not reflect the official course of the White House - US State Department adviser

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❗️ Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov gives interview to Serbian press

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❗️ The West will always find a reason for sanctions, their goal is to restrain the development of Russia, Lavrov says

❗️ Putin has never turned down a meeting with Zelensky, but now a meeting to exchange views would be counterproductive, Lavrov says

⚡️ Lavrov says West doesn't care a bit about sovereign rights of other countries

⚡️ Kremlin: Biden's remarks about Putin cause concern

😳 ⚡️ 📹 Kiev's security forces covered up traces of a secret prison at the Mariupol airport, including digging up dead prisoners, former Lieutenant Colonel of the Security Council of Ukraine Prozorov says

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❗️ Key points from Kremlin spokesperson Peskov's press conference:

▪️ Biden's latest statement about Putin is alarming, Russia will continue to monitor and carefully record such statements.

▪️ There will be no meeting between Putin and Zelensky after the meeting of delegations in Istanbul.

▪️ A conversation between Putin and Macron today or tomorrow is not in the schedule, but if necessary, could take place.

▪️ Peskov on Germany's plans to reject buying oil from Russia: Some European volume will fall, but in general it will be compensated for by applications from the East.

▪️ The Kremlin saw footage, where alleged Ukrainian soldiers are torturing Russian soldiers, the Investigative Committee will provide a legal assessment of it.

▪️ The main thing in Nagorno-Karabakh is to ensure the implementation of the ceasefire regime by all parties.

▪️Peskov on Roskomnadzor's warning about Zelensky's interview: It is important not to publish information that would violate the laws of Russia.

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⚡️ Kremlin vows to hold accountable those responsible for torturing Russian troops

📹 Footage depicting the consequences of today's artillery shelling of the central portion of Donetsk by the Ukrainian security forces

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⚡️📹 A RIA Novosti correspondent is reporting from the Mariupol airport

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⚡️ North Macedonia declares five Russian diplomats persona non grata

🇺🇸 🇯🇵 Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin said on Monday that the Japanese government should address its statements on the inadmissibility of the use of nuclear weapons to Washington.

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⚡️ Russia expels three Slovak diplomats in tit-for-tat step