⚡️ President Lukashenko on Russia's special operation in Ukraine: There are no Belarusian troops there, but if there is a need for Minsk and Moscow, they will be

❗️ Ukrainian armed forces continue shelling of peaceful cities in Donbass, there are casualties among the civilian population of the DPR and LPR - Russian MoD

⚡️ Ukraine cuts diplomatic ties with Russia

⚡️ Russian MoD: The people's militia of the DPR and LPR have launched a counteroffensive with fire support from the Russian armed forces

❗️ Russian MoD: Ukraine's intelligence preparing, already implementing provocations according to well-known templates of ‘White Helmets'

⚡️ EU may discuss personal sanctions against Vladimir Putin, reports say

❗️ Film crew of RT Arabic came under fire from the Ukrainian armed forces in Yelenovka - RT

⚡️ Moscow: Ukraine uses provocations to accuse Russia of 'disproportionate strikes' to scare civilians

⚡️ DPR and LPR forces launch counterattack against Ukrainian military in Donbass

❗️ UK PM Johnson calls for an immediate meeting of NATO leaders

⚡️ White House says it will offer price preferences, raise domestic content threshold for critical products under ‘Buy American' Act

⚡️ White House says it plans 10 specific actions to increase resilience of critical supply chains, boost role of small businesses

⚡️ LPR says Ukrainian soldiers from 57th motorised infantry brigade have surrendered

⚡️ Two Russian civilian cargo ships hit by Ukrainian missile strike in Sea of Azov

🗣 Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian forces are not targeting Ukrainian cities.

"Russia's armed forces are not carrying out missile, air, or artillery strikes against Ukrainian cities", he said during a press briefing.

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⚡️ Kremlin: Russia launched operation with aim of clearing Ukraine of Nazis

⚡️ Kremlin spokesman Peskov: The word "occupation" cannot be applied to a special military operation to demilitarise Ukraine

⚡️ Peskov: Russia cannot be closed by the "iron curtain"; there may be problems with a number of countries, but there were problems before the conflict

⚡️ Russian FM Lavrov and China's Wang say that Ukrainian crisis is caused by Kiev's refusal to implement Minsk agreements

⚡️ Peskov on the possibility of negotiations between Putin and Zelensky: Why not - if Ukraine is ready to talk about Moscow's security concerns

⚡️ Press group including RIA correspondents comes under fire in DPR