🎥 Gunfire and explosions can be heard in the area of the besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

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❗️ US State Department spreading disinformation about control over Mariupol, Russian foreign ministry says

❗️ Russian foreign ministry: US trying to make it impossible for Moscow and Kiev to reach agreement

Proof of "who is responsible for what's happening" in Ukraine? 🤔

Secret US Army manuals and guidelines, in particular for intelligence units, were found at the base of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion near Mariupol, a Sputnik correspondent reports from the site

According to the Russian military, such documents must be destroyed if they cannot be retrieved but Azov radicals failed to do so in time.

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❗️ White House: US, Solomon Islands agree to launch high-level strategic dialogue

❗️ EU reportedly to allow payment for Russian gas in rubles 'under certain conditions'

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US issues a warning to China if Beijing were to establish a military base on Solomon Islands

"If steps are taken to establish a de facto permanent military presence, power-projection capabilities, or a military installation, the delegation noted that the United States would then have significant concerns and respond accordingly," the White House said in a press release.


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⚡️ Mariupol residents can finally move freely without hiding from shelling by neo-Nazis - Russian MoD

Russian MoD on situation in Mariupol:

▪️The situation is back to normal as civilians are able to move freely and no longer have to shelter from Ukrainian Nazis’ shelling

▪️Humanitarian aid is being delivered, streets cleared of rubble and damaged Ukrainian military equipment is being removed

▪️All the remnants of the Ukrainian Nazi "Azov" battalion, together with foreign mercenaries from the USA and European countries, are securely blockaded on the site of the Azovstal plant

▪️The Nazis ignore demands to free women and children that are allegedly with them

▪️The procedure for the exit of civilians, if there are any, from the territory of Azovstal for evacuation is being communicated to the Nazis every hour

▪️The US State Department habitually misinforms its own citizens and everyone else when it claims Ukrainian forces still control Mariupol

▪️Washington is only interested in Ukraine as a source of profits from arms sales

❗️ IMF: Europe will be able to do without Russian gas no longer than six months

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video of a Ukrainian arsenal in Kharkov seized by the Russian military.

The Arsenal contains thousands of tons of ammunition, including Western-made shells.

Forty countries have been invited to participate in the US-hosted defense talks on Ukraine in Germany on April 26.

🗣 "There were about 40 or so other nations were invited to attend," Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby said during a press conference. "RSVPs are still coming in. But I can tell you that more than 20 of the invited nations have agreed to come so we're looking forward to that meeting."

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Pentagon says it has no plans at the moment to set up field hospitals near Ukraine's border, despite calls from Congress to do so.