❗️ The EU adopts its eighth package of sanctions against Russia.

▪️ New EU sanctions against Russia expand the ban on imports and exports of goods, including steel products, machinery, chemicals, plastics, and cigarettes.

▪️EU sanctions provide for a ban on the sea transportation of oil from Russia at a price above the established ceiling from December, while petroleum products are banned from February.

▪️The EU sanctions extend the ban on the import and export of goods, including steel products, machinery, chemicals, plastics and cigarettes, and also provide punishment for participants in schemes to circumvent sanctions.

▪️The new package of EU sanctions introduces a ban on the maintenance of crypto wallets of citizens and residents of Russia.

▪️The package also includes a ban on EU citizens holding senior positions in a number of Russian state-owned companies.

▪️The EU has imposed a ban on the provision of IT, engineering and legal services to Russia.

▪️EU sanctions against Russia provide punishment for those who circumvent them.

📹 Russia’s MoD published footage showing the Western Military District’s air defence units.

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❗️ Kiev decided on the "impossibility of negotiations" with President Putin at the behest of the West - Russian Foreign Ministry

❗️ Russia's MFA on the prospects of an investigation being held into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines without Moscow's participation: Not allowing the owner to access the gas pipelines means they are hiding something

⚡️Denmark's unwillingness to involve Russia in the investigation may indicate that Copenhagen knows who committed the sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.

⚡️Moscow will seek an open investigation into the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines with the participation of Russian agencies and Gazprom - Russian Foreign Ministry

🙄 The dramatic story of Twitter's purchase by Elon Musk may soon be resolved, as the billionaire and the tech giant are on their way to reaching an agreement, so they may end their court battle in the coming days, Reuters reported on Wednesday night, citing a source close to the matter.

▪️ In a bid to cease the litigation, both sides agreed to postpone the billionaire's deposition in court scheduled for Thursday, the agency added - however, according to judge Kathaleen McCormick, Musk and Twitter are yet to file an official stipulation and reach the accord.

▪️ Previously, the social media platform said that Musk announced his intention to close the transaction at $54.20 per share ($44 billion total).

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❗️Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Elon Musk’s comments affirming that residents of east Ukraine want to be with Russia reflect a real state of affairs.

⚡️ South Korea reportedly says 12 North Korean warplanes have flown near its border, prompting launch of warplanes in response

⚡️ Kremlin Spokesman Peskov’s latest statements:

▪️ Commenting on the NYT article suggesting Ukrainian authorities were behind the murder of Daria Dugina and acted without the knowledge of US curators, Peskov said that the involvement of the Ukrainian state in the murder of Dugina had been established almost immediately and expressed hope that this publication is not an attempt to absolve the US of responsibility for future terrorist attacks;

▪️ Peskov said that Moscow received information through diplomatic channels that so far there are no plans to involve it in the investigation of the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines;

▪️ Peskov considers OPEC+ to be a responsible organization that stands for stabilization in the global energy markets;

▪️ Peskov called a publication stating that almost 700 thousand citizens had allegedly left Russia after the announcement of partial mobilization essentially 'fake'.

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❗️ Swedish security service completes investigation at Nord Stream leak site - statement

The investigation has strengthened suspicions of gross sabotage.

📹 “There will be more order”: A man from Mariupol on his hopes for life after reunification with Russia

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❗️Turkey has appointed an ambassador to Israel after restoring diplomatic relations - Erdogan's decree

🏆The Nobel Prize in Literature went to the French author Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.”

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“God will judge them (Ukrainian troops) for shooting at us, the civilians of Rubezhnoe”

Residents of Rubezhnoe describe how the Ukrainian Army keeps shelling them

❗️ Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ Two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been eliminated by Russian artillery fire in the Kharkov region.

▪️ Allied forces offensive has resulted in the liberation of Zaytsevo in the DPR.

▪️ Attacks launched by Russian Aerospace Forces in the DPR have resulted in the elimination of up to 60 servicemen, 2 tanks and 5 motor vehicles.

▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralized 9 AFU command posts as well as 63 artillery units at their firing positions, in addition to 173 manpower and military equipment concentration areas.

▪️ Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down two Ukrainian Air Force planes.

▪️ Russian Air defense facilities have destroyed 9 Ukrainian UAVs.

▪️ Some 315 airplanes and 157 helicopters, 2,160 unmanned aerial vehicles, 379 air defense missile systems, 5,412 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 862 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,452 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,316 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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📹WATCH: Kherson residents describe how the Ukrainian Army shelled local apartments.