⚡️ Moscow has received a signal from Ankara about the possibility of organising a meeting between Lavrov and Kuleba, the Russian Foreign Ministry says

📌 The latest updates on the Ukraine op from the Russian Defence Ministry:

▪️ Russian forces have destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian nationalists, 2 tanks, 4 infantry fighting vehicles, and 9 vehicles for various purposes over the past 24 hours;

▪️ On 30 March, high-precision air-based missiles destroyed fuel depots in the eastern and northern parts of the country;

▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 52 Ukrainian facilities at night;

▪️ Russian air defence shot down 18 Ukrainian drones, including one Bayraktar -TB2;

▪️ In total, 124 aircraft and 77 helicopters, 216 anti-aircraft missile systems, 341 drones, 1,815 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 195 multiple launch rocket systems, 762 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,689 Ukrainian armed forces special military vehicles have been destroyed during the operation

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❗️Great Britain imposes sanctions against Sputnik's Head Anton Anisimov

❗️UK slaps sanctions on Rossiya Segodnya International News Agency

❗️ Peskov says US has no idea what's going on in Kremlin after Pentagon claims Putin not fully informed

⚡️ Italy's PM says that Putin revealed during their conversation that the conditions for a ceasefire with Ukraine are not yet ripe

❗️ Ukraine threatens to sink any foreign ship trying to leave its ports, Russian MoD says

❗️ Turkey will not join sanctions against Russia, Erdogan says

An SR-25 rifle, made in Ukrainian workshops from US specifications that was found in territory previously controlled by Ukrainian forces

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🤔 The New York Post has illustrated an article about the alleged bombing of Ukraine cities by Russian forces with a video showing rubble-strewn Donetsk after it had been shelled by Ukrainian troops

❗ FIFA president Gianni Infantino says that excluding Russia's Football Union from the organisation is "not an option"

❗ NATO head hopes for quick accession for Finland and Sweden if they apply for membership

Watch: Ukrainian nationalists' strongpoint destroyed in high-precision strike

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❗ DPR head moves to set up administration of Mariupol

⚡⚡ Blinken: US citizens can choose X gender marker on passports starting on 11 April

❗ Putin: Western countries must open accounts in Russian banks to buy Russian gas

Putin: Existing contracts on Russian gas will be frozen in case of failure to pay in rubles