⚡️ 📹 A woman evacuated from Azovstal said that soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces and the Azov paramilitaries promised to shoot dead anyone who decided to leave the industrial zone.

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🕔 EU needs 10-15 years to replace Russian gas with African hydrocarbons, energy experts say

Having introduced sweeping sanctions against Russian energy suppliers, the European Union (EU) is trying to curry favour with African hydrocarbon producers to reduce its dependence on Moscow by almost two-thirds this year, Bloomberg reports. The EU sees Western and Northern African states as potential alternative gas suppliers.

"The European Union (EU) is clutching at straws," says Dr Mamdouh G. Salameh, an international oil economist and visiting professor of energy economics at the ESCP Europe Business School in London. "[The bloc's] efforts to diversify its gas needs away from Russia is a painstaking job that will take years to accomplish if ever."

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⚡️ 📹 A bright example of another lynching in Ukraine: a man is tied to a pole with sign on his back saying "marauder".

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⚡️ 📹 Ukrainian Nazis declare on camera that they will not take prisoners when dealing with Russian soldiers, underscoring that the ultimate aim of Nazis is the elimination of the Russian nation in general.

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⚡️🎥 "I was almost killed": A resident of the Yelenovka settlement near Donetsk reveals how Ukrainian Nazi battalions treated Donbas residents back in 2014.

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Head of Zelenskyy's office Andrey Yermak invites actress Angelina Jolie to visit Ukraine again.

Following the US actress's first visit to Ukraine's Lvov, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office held a video conversation with her, according to a press release. The statement also noted that Yermak and Jolie discussed relief efforts for Ukrainian children.

🗣 "I am deeply committed to helping them in every way possible, especially the children. I will do my best for children in your country," Jolie was quoted as saying by the presidential office.

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❗️ Wall Street's tech stocks Index Nasdaq slips below 12,000 first time since November 2020

⚡️🎥 "A wild feeling of fear": A resident recalls the night shelling of Donetsk City by Ukrainian Nazis.

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❗️ Biden to meet virtually with Zelensky during G7 gathering on Sunday - reports

⚡️🎥 A bus with civilians from Azovstal has left the plant. There are 12 people in it, including 4 children, Sputnik's correspondent reports.

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⚡️ Hotel Saratoga reportedly devastated by blast in centre of Havana, Cuba

❗️ Building housing RIA Novosti reporters in Berlin attacked, one window was broken - Sputnik correspondent

❗️ Police evacuate people from Berlin building where RIA Novosti reporters live after wire cans were found there