⚡️ LPR Militia troops reach borders of Kharkov region

⚡️ Russian Federal Security Service prevented a terrorist attack in Crimea

❗️Putin meets with Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu in the Kremlin

❗️ Ukrainian troops plan provocation in LPR on Orthodox Easter, Local Militia says

❗️ Mariupol is liberated, but some Ukrainian radicals remain besieged in Azovstal plant, Shoigu tells Putin

❗️ Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off Nicaragua

Watch: Russian T-80 main battle tank pulls a wicked drift through Mariupol junction

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

▪️ The village of Kreminna in the Lugansk People's Republic is under the control of Russian forces and LPR Militia troops;

▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 20 concentrations of Ukrainian troops and military equipment overnight;

▪️ Missile troops and artillery hit 1,001 Ukrainian military facilities;

▪️ Russian air defence forces shot down 13 Ukrainian drones, as well as one Tochka-U tactical missile;

▪️ In total, 140 planes, 511 drones, 254 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,410 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 262 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,046 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,259 special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been destroyed since the start of the operation

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📌 Russian President Putin discusses Mariupol operation with Defence Minister Shoigu:

▪️ The militants in Mariupol used civilians as human shields during the withdrawal, Shoigu says;

▪️ The Azovstal plant occupied by Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries is "locked down";

▪️ Putin says an attack on the Mariupol industrial area is impractical, pointing out that the area should be completely blockaded;

▪️ Russian Forces guarantee life and dignified treatment to Ukrainian military who abandon Azovstal;

▪️ Putin called the completion of the offensive in Mariupol successful and congratulated Shoigu

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Watch: Russian Smerch multiple-launch rocket launcher operates in Ukraine

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300 refugees from Donbass have arrived by train in Primorye, Russia

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❗️ At least 5 killed and 65 injured in Mosque explosion in Afghanistan, reports say

❗️ Russian Foreign Ministry declares all staffers of Baltic countries embassies' personae non gratae

⚡️ The consulates of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in St. Petersburg, along with the consulate of Latvia in Pskov, will be closed, Russian Foreign Ministry says

❗️ Kremlin slams Kiev's threat to bomb Crimean bridge: It's nothing but announcement of terror attack

⚖️ Rakim Mayers, better known as A$AP Rocky, has been released on $550,000 bail, NBC News reports. The trial in his case is scheduled for 17 August.

⚡️ UK expands sanctions list against Russia, adding 26 citizens and companies

⚡️ The UK is imposing sanctions on Russian Defence Ministry Spokesman Konashenkov, ex-Defence Minister Serdyukov, and Military Expert Korotchenko, the document says

📌 Kremlin spokesman Peskov’s latest statements:

▪️ As commander-in-chief, Putin receives hourly briefings on the Ukraine special operation;

▪️ The Kremlin was surprised by Zelensky's statement that he had not seen the draft agreement presented by Moscow;

▪️ Ukrainian militants blockaded inside Azovstal can't affect the establishment of peaceful life in Mariupol;

▪️ The militants at Azovstal had and still have the chance to lay down their arms and walk out via the corridors;

▪️ Information on all Russian troops awarded for their participation in the special operation will be made public over time

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❗️ Medvedev warns of retaliation if Ukraine bombs Crimean bridge