❗ "Evil must be destroyed": Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the beginning of an assault operation on a plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian militants have taken shelter

💬 Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls move to remove him from power attempt at regime change backed by US

⚡ Westminster Magistrate's Court to issue Julian Assange extradition order on 20 April - WikiLeaks

💬 German economy minister: Russian gas supply 'still guaranteed'

❗ "That is not our policy": US Vice President Kamala Harris has said the US is "not into regime change" a week after Joe Biden suggested that Vladimir Putin should "no longer stay in power" due to the military operation in Ukraine

After the plan to lift the Title 42 public health order was announced, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused Joe Biden of having "abdicated his responsibilities" at the border with Mexico: "Today’s decision confirms that President Biden has abdicated his responsibilities at our borders and is actively working to make the border crisis worse. From day one of his administration, he has failed to protect our nation’s security and to secure the border".

😴 "Sleepy Joe" strikes again? It seems like President Biden took a nap while saluting at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Delaware nuclear submarine

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❗️ Lithuania has announced that it is no longer importing Russian gas, underlining that the country has become the first EU client of Gazprom to "achieve independence from Russian gas supplies"

⚡️Russian forces kill over 100 nationalists, mercenaries in high precision Iskander strike against defence HQ in Kharkov

The Russian MoD's latest statements on the military operation in Ukraine:

▪ The Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region was hit with high-precision weapons, resulting in the destruction of Ukrainian combat helicopters;

▪ Armoured vehicles and ammunition sent to Ukrainian troops in Donbass was destroyed with high-precision missiles in the areas of Lozova and Pavlograd;

▪ During the day, 28 military Ukrainian military facilities were hit by aircraft;

▪ Since the beginning of the special operation, 125 Ukrainian planes and 88 helicopters have been destroyed

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During the Russian Defence Ministry’s briefing, a video of an Iskander strike on the Ukrainian defence headquarters in Kharkov was shown: more than 100 Ukrainian nationalists and mercenaries were eliminated

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⚡ Russia would like to continue talks with Ukraine in Belarus, but Kiev doesn't want it - Peskov

Ukraine isn't a friendly country to either Russia or Belarus - Peskov

Ukraine's military potential almost completely destroyed during Russian special op - Peskov

Peskov says negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are not easy, but main thing is that they continue

Network of laboratories for developing new bioweapons against certain ethnic groups created around Russia and Belarus under US program - Peskov

One of the main goals of the special operation in Ukraine is to save the LPR and the DPR and the restoration of their statehood within the 2014 borders, Peskov says

Peskov confirms Russia's absolute military support for Belarus, attack on Minsk would be equal to attack on Russia