US Defence Secretary Austin says no one wants to see nuclear war, dangerous rhetoric unhelpful and is something US will not engage in

❗Canada to send 8 armoured vehicles to Ukraine, US Defence Secretary says

🎥Tatiana from Mariupol explained how she managed to escape the city in her car with her family during severe street fighting

In recent years, residents of Donetsk have learned to recognise what kind of weapons they are being shelled with by their sound, so they were surprised to hear "some new kind of weaponry" being used by the Ukrainians

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🎥WATCH LIVE | Russian President Putin, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hold meeting in Moscow https://sputniknews.com/20220426/russian-president-putin-un-secretary-general-antonio-guterres-hold-meeting-in-moscow--1095059833.html

⚡Putin to Guterres: Russia hopes agreement with Ukraine along diplomatic track possible

Briefing of Russia's Ministry of Defence:

▪32 military assets of Ukraine have been hit with high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces;

▪Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 33 Ukrainian military facilities: 1 Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system near Slavyansk and 3 ammunition and fuel depots, as well as up to 200 nationalists and more than 40 armoured vehicles have been neutralised;

▪Russian air defences shot down 6 UAVs;

▪Missile troops and artillery carried out 100 fire missions during the day: 2 multiple rocket launchers and 1 Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system have been destroyed, as well as 5 command posts of Ukrainian troops, 81 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, and 8 artillery batteries;

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⚡Putin said that Russia knows what happened in Bucha and who's to blame

❗At a meeting with Putin, the UN secretary-general noted that he understands Russia has concerns regarding the situation in Ukraine and about European security

⚡US Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for coronavirus

🇵🇱Russian gas giant Gazprom does not confirm that gas supplies to Poland have already been suspended: their payment under the new scheme, which involves the mandatory conversion of currency into rubles, should be made today, the company told reporters.

Earlier on Tuesday, Polish news portal Onet reported, citing sources, that Poland had stopped receiving Russian gas after the payment deadline for it, which was supposed to be in Russian rubles, expired last Friday.

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⚡Putin to Guterres: We have heard that there are civilians at the Azovstal plant, that's why the Ukrainian military should release them, otherwise they are terrorists who act like ISIS (banned in Russia)

❗Putin said that the Russian side is in contact with those who are sheltering at the Azovstal plant

⚡Putin invited the UN and the Red Cross to check how Ukrainian prisoners of war are being held by Russia

❗UN Secretary-General Guterres told Putin that the situation regarding the creation of humanitarian corridors is not developing

⚡Putin responded to Guterres, saying that the UN secretary-general is misinformed about the humanitarian corridors, they are working

⚡⚡Putin reminded Guterres about Kosovo and about the decision of the International Court of Justice that territories are not required to apply to the central authorities for permission when declaring sovereignty: "This was said about Kosovo, and this is the decision of the International Court of Justice. And this decision was supported by everyone", the Russian president noted.

According to him, the DPR and LPR have the same right to declare sovereignty without appealing to the central authorities: "the precedent has already been created".

❗The United Nations wants to see de-escalation both in military actions and rhetoric, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN chief said:

"We want to see de-escalation. We want to see a military de-escalation, but we also want to see a de-escalation in rhetoric. We want to make sure that no actions are taken that raise tensions in the already tense atmosphere".

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The Joint Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response on provocations by neo-Nazis:

▪In the nursing home in Liman, DPR, Ukrainian neo-Nazis have set up a stronghold with heavy weapons. The staff and the elderly are being held as human shields;

▪In Nikolaev, near the Nikolaev Aircraft Repair Plant, neo-Nazis have deployed radio-controlled explosive devices that they plan to detonate in a mass gathering of people and to blackmail the Russian military

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Putin told Guterres that Russia has the right to provide assistance to the DPR and LPR in accordance with UN documents

Trudeau, Moldova’s Sandu discuss Transnistria blasts, Ukraine refugees