WATCH LIVE 👉 Press conference by US, Swedish and Finnish leaders after meeting in Washington

Biden says countries joining NATO are not a threat to any nation

Biden says his administration will submit to Congress report for Sweden, Finland's NATO accession today

❗Italy to send extra 1,000 troops to NATO's eastern flank

📞Russian Chief of General Staff Gerasimov spoke by phone with US counterpart Milley - Defence Ministry

Ukrainian servicemen in Mariupol looted all shops when they were in the city, leaving civilians with spoiled food, DPR resident Marina says.

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⚡The International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintains almost daily contacts with Ukrainian authorities to discuss Kiev’s financial needs, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice says

❗BRICS foreign ministers call for strengthening arms control and disarmament treaty system - joint statement

"Once again I saw for myself that the command was constantly lying to us", Roman Timofeenko, officer in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, says. He refused to participate in hostilities and decided to wait with his family for the liberation of his native city.

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💭There would be "no more Ukraine" if Kiev stops fighting against Russian forces, Blinken says: "If Russia stopped fighting tomorrow, the war would end. If Ukraine stopped fighting, there would be no more Ukraine".

"I was there when they shot a civilian dead for no reason, just shot him in the forehead", says a witness about a crime by the Azov neo-Nazi battalion.

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💭Military aid that the US is providing to Ukraine within the presidential drawdown authority does not endanger materiel being sent to allies in the Indo-Pacific region, a senior US defense official says

⚡⚡US Senate passes $40bln Ukraine aid bill, sending legislation to Biden for finalization

Nadezhda Kozub, a resident of Mariupol, revealed how Azov neo-Nazis behaved before the start of Russia's special military operation

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❗Blinken says western sanctions on Russia not causing global food insecurity

Russian MoD video: Surrendered Azov militants comment on the conditions of their detention

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❗️Biden announces another package of security aid for Ukraine that includes artillery, radars and other equipment

❗️Russian Foreign Ministry calls statements alleging Moscow blocks exports of Ukrainian grain in Black Sea ports 'speculation'

⚡An armed man in Appleton, Wisconsin pointed a weapon at someone at a church and then went up on the roof and has been there for the past two hours, police say. Negotiators are currently working at the scene

The first part of a prank on George W. Bush by Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus has emerged online: the former president, who was sure he was talking to the president of Ukraine, commented on the US promise not to expand NATO.

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