⚡️ An attempt to ram the gates of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest is the result of anti-Russian hysteria over the Bucha provocation, the Russian diplomatic mission in Romania says

📌 The latest on the Ukraine operation from the Russian Defence Ministry:

▪️ Russian air forces conducted strikes against 24 military targets in Ukraine overnight;

▪️ The Russian military took out five storage facilities for petrol, oil, and lubricants in the south and east of Ukraine;

▪️ Since 24 February, Russian forces have eliminated 125 Ukrainian planes, 93 helicopters, and 407 drones. Some 1,981 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles have also been destroyed

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❗️ Russia is interested in Zelensky agreeing to proposed conditions at the Moscow-Kiev talks, and aims to end its military operation that way, the Kremlin says

Watch a video of Onyx supersonic missiles striking Ukrainian fuel depots

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Russian military doctors have saved the life of an Izium resident (Kharkov region) who covered orphaned children during the shelling of the town by Ukrainian nationalists

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✈️ It looks as though the next-generation Air Force One presidential jets will take a little longer than expected as Boeing has run into production problems.

Company staff found themselves in difficulties after they tried to place one of two planes on jacks, but the weight exceeded the jacks' limit.

This is not the first time production problems at Boeing have caused a jet's delivery to be delayed, although the firm has received as much as $3.9 billion to built aircraft. To top it off, last year two bottles of tequila were found onboard an aircraft

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📌 Kremlin spokesman Peskov's latest statements:

▪️ There are no grounds for a real default in Russia, it can only be artificially created by the West;

▪️ The Bucha provocation should be investigated and it is important to establish what constitutes an impartial independent inquiry

▪️ The work on Russia-Ukraine peace talks is continuing;

▪️ If the West continues to block Russian payments in eurobonds in foreign currency, Moscow will pay in rubles;

▪️ US bio lab programmes aren’t transparent; Americans should present all info available

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⚡️ NATO won't be party to the conflict in Ukraine, German Chancellor says

⚡️ The driver deliberately slammed into the gates of the Russian Embassy and set fire to himself, Romanian police say

⚡️ UN General Assembly to vote on removing Russia from UNHRC on 7 April

⚡️Hungary's PM Orban: "I am convinced we will pay price for sanctions on Russia"

❗️ PM Orban: Hungary has no problem with paying for Russian gas in rubles, ready to do so

⚡️ UNGA emergency special session on Ukraine to resume on Thursday, the issue on Russia's membership in the HRC will be resolved, the office of the UNHA head confirmed

❗️ Russian Foreign Ministry: Western media is 'accomplice' in Bucha crime

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry: Bucha fake created to justify premeditated sanctions, undermine Russia-Ukraine peace talks

⚡️ Putin informs Orban about situation regarding Russia-Ukraine talks, the Kremlin says

❗️ MoD: Crimes of Kiev's forces in Bucha must be investigated with the involment of international human rights organisations

The head of the Georgian National Legion, a paramilitary unit fighting on the side of Ukraine, has explicitly stated that not a single Russian soldier will be taken prisoner.

He was commenting on scores of videos showing captured and wounded Russian soldiers (some of them had their hands tied) being finished off by the Ukrainian military

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❗️ US imposes blocking sanctions against two top Russian banks – Sberbank and Alfa Bank, issues waivers for energy payments only

❗️White House slaps sanctions on Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Security Council Deputy Chief Dmitry Medvedev

❗️US sanctions against Sberbank will not affect the energy sector operations