The Russian Defence Ministry has briefed the press on the Ukraine op:

▪️ Lugansk People's Republic units have destroyed up to 40 Ukrainian nationalists, one artillery battery, two infantry fighting vehicles and four other vehicles at night;

▪️ High-precision air-based weapons destroyed 6 Ukrainian military facilities, including five ammunition and missile-artillery weapons depots in four cities;

▪️ The air defence units of the Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down one Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter and eight Ukrainian drones;

▪️ In total, 124 aircraft and 81 helicopters, 353 drones, 1,839 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 202 multiple launch rocket systems, 773 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,711 Ukrainian Armed Forces special military vehicles have been destroyed during the operation

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Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations has published footage of firefighters battling a burning blaze at an oil depot in Belgorod, Russia that was earlier hit in an attack by Ukrainian military choppers

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A video allegedly showing Ukrainian Mi-24 military choppers flying not far from the site of an attack against Russian Belgorod's oil depot has appeared on social media

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❗️ Euro area annual inflation speeds up to record 7.5% in March, Eurostat's Preliminary estimate shows

Russia's Ministry of Defence has published a footage showing destruction of Ukrainian S-300 by high-precision strike

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⚡️LIVE: Russian FM Lavrov Holds Press Conference After Talks With Indian Counterpart Jaishankar in New Delhi

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⚡️ There is progress in the negotiations between Moscow and Kiev, including with regard to the non-bloc status of Ukraine, Lavrov says

⚡️ Russia is preparing a response to Ukraine’s proposals; future contacts are being prepared, Lavrov says

⚡️ Russia's proposed payment scheme for gas in rubles is fair, Lavrov says

⚡️ Gazprom says its sending official notice to contractors regarding new gas payment procedure in rubles

⚡️ German gov’t currently reviewing Putin’s decree on ruble payments for gas, spokesperson says

⚡️ Putin was informed about the fire at the Belgorod oil depot; measures are being taken to ensure the uninterrupted supply of fuel to the region, the Kremlin says

⚡️ Kremlin says what happened in Belgorod is not something that can help facilitate talks with Ukraine

⚡️ Russian foreign intelligence service says Ukraine informed UK it does not plan to comply with the Geneva convention on the treatment of prisoners of war

⚡ Putin to host Security Council meeting, hold conversation with Erdogan on Friday, Kremlin says

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⚡️ Negotiations with Ukraine continue in video format on Friday: the position of the Russian Federation on Crimea and Donbass is unchanged, Medinsky says

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