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⚡️UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has died at the age of 73

⚡️ Russian, German leaders discuss Ukraine over phone conversation - Kremlin

‼️ WATCH LIVE | President Putin holds meeting with Russian Security Council

❗️ 📹 “Thanks to Russian soldiers for not forgetting about us” - Mariupol residents speak about survival in the ruined city.

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❗️ Russia to present UNSC with new evidence on US military bio activity in Ukraine

⚡️🎥 “The commanders abandoned everyone and went, and we were left as cannon fodder”.

The Russian Defence Ministry has revealed the story of a Ukrainian soldier who laid down his arms over his officers’ betrayal.

❗️ Russia planning to activate article 5 and 6 of biological weapons convention to probe bio labs in Ukraine - UN envoy

🗣🇷🇺 US ambassador Sullivan says it is vital to keep Russia mission open despite 'not overly friendly' ties

On Wednesday, Sullivan met with Russian officials to discuss a narrow set of bilateral issues, including the operation of the US embassy in the country, according to the State Department.

"We think it is important that the United States continues to have an embassy here in Moscow. We have to be engaged with the Foreign Ministry," Sullivan told CNN.

The diplomat also stressed that diplomats from both sides are trying to keep relations at a professional level, despite differences.

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⚡️🎥 "He kicked me for being Russian": A woman reveals how she and her daughter were beaten by their Nazi neighbour.

According to the woman, the man threw a burning gas canister at them when they were hiding in the basement from the Ukraine Armed Forces' bombing. When the family ran out, the Nazi beat them.

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⚡️ Russia presented UNSC with new evidence of US 'bio-activities' in Ukraine, UN envoy says

❗️🎥 Russia's MoD has released footage of demining the Arabat Spit in Kherson region by Russian sappers

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❗️ Austin speaks to Shoigu for first time since Russia began operation in Ukraine - Pentagon

⚡️🎥 Another lynching in Ukraine: In Dnepropetrovsk, a man was tied to a pole for stealing cosmetics from a shop.

According to the "punished" man, he was stealing because he wanted to give the cosmetics to his girlfriend, a romantic gesture, one could say.

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⚡️🎥 "Our "beloved" defenders were shooting at civilians": Mariupol residents continue to report atrocities by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Azov radicals.

According to the residents, the militants intended to continue shelling the civilians “until we [the Ukrainian Army] blow up the city",

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❗️Two RT cameramen have been wounded by shrapnel after being caught under fire by the Ukrainian military near the city of Dokuchaevsk in the DPR, RT said on Friday.

The cameramen are currently being transported to a hospital.

⚡️🎥 "Thanks that we have water now": Water supply has been restored in Mariupol after residents had been without since 11 March.

The electricity supply to the city has also been partially restored.

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⚡️🎥 "The Azov is worse than the Nazis": residents of Mariupol continue to describe neo-Nazi atrocities.

🗣 "They were shelling the city, destroying everything", one resident recalls, "They even killed the dolphins!"

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❗️ Pentagon: Austin orders deployment of 10,500 US troops to replace units in European theatre