💬 The Polish Foreign Ministry’s insistence that Russia's Ambassador to Warsaw condemn the referendums is a provocation and an unprecedented case - Russian Foreign Ministry

⚠️Ukrainian forces shell central district of Donetsk with HIMARS missiles - DPR

❗Federation Council International Committee supported ratification of treaties with four subjects on joining Russia

🇩🇪🇵🇱 The Polish Foreign Ministry has demanded that Germany pay $1.3 trillion in reparations for Second World War

Poland is demanding this money "as compensation for the damage caused by the occupation by the Nazis" during the Second World War. The demands include compensation for "looted artworks, archives and bank deposits".

Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau also demanded that Germany should make every effort to give German society a "true" picture of the war and its "disastrous effects on Poland".

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❗Shelf life of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine extended to 18 months - Federal Registration Service

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❗️ Slovakia's, Spain's and Estonia's foreign affairs ministries have summoned the local Russian envoys because of the referendum for the accession of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye, Kherson regions to Russia

👔🔄 French President Emmanuel Macron has adopted a new style of dress: the president changed his shirt to a turtleneck. Apparently, this is how the president indicates that he intends to save on heating.

Earlier, the head of the French Ministry of Finance said that officials will now wear warmer clothes to save money. In general, the authorities have set a goal to reduce energy consumption by 10 percent.

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Russia's Ambassador to Paris Alexei Meshkov was summoned to the French Foreign Ministry, the Russian embassy said.

"Russia's ambassador was summoned to the French Foreign Ministry on Monday," the Russian diplomatic mission told reporters.

Several countries' foreign ministries have already summoned their respective Russian ambassador to discuss the entry into Russia of the DPR, LPR, and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

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Elon Musk admits Crimea belongs to Russia, offers his plan for Ukraine crisis settlement:

▪️Keeping Crimea as part of Russia, "as it has been since 1783 before Khrushchev's mistake" (the Soviet leader made Crimea part of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic)

▪️A water supply for Crimea should be established

▪️The neutral status of Ukraine should be guaranteed

▪️New referendums should be held with the help of the UN in the regions that became part of Russia

📌 Earlier media pointed out that Musk praised the news as presented on Sputnik and RT

Tesla shares plunge nearly 9 percent after Elon Musk proposes Ukraine peace plan

🇵🇰 Unprecedented floods hit Pakistan, affecting lives of more than 33 million people. How will the country cope with the consequences of the disaster?

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🇺🇸 US to soon announce it will send four more HIMARS launchers in new $625 million arms package for Ukraine - Bloomberg, citing officials