❗️ Russian MoD: Units of the Russian military have blockaded Chernigov

⚡️ Russian MoD: For the most part, units of the Ukrainian military are not participating in combat action, but Nazi batallions provide fierce resistance

⚡️ The success of the landing in the area of the Gostomel airfield near Kiev was ensured by the suppression of air defences, and the isolation of the combat area from the air, Russian MoD says

⚡️ Ukrainian nationalists blow up bridges in separate directions, preventing the retreat of troops – Russian MoD

‼️ The Russian Defence Ministry has appealed to Ukrainian citizens:

"Your nationalist leadership uses the same methods as terrorists. They want to use you as a human shield. The Russian armed forces will not inflict any strikes on residential areas of the Ukrainian capital"

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry: Intelligence data shows that "Grad" multiple rocket launchers have been deployed on Shevchenko Square in Kiev to strike at the Gostomel airfield.

▪️ According to the ministry, Pentagon and CIA advisers taught the Ukrainian military leadership how to place rocket-propelled artillery systems in residential areas to provoke return fire on local residents.

▪️ "The use by the Kiev regime of residential areas to cover the firing positions of its artillery is a war crime. We are familiar with this underline. These methods are actively used by terrorists supervised by the CIA in the Middle East and other countries"

‼️ Putin, in response to Zelensky's proposal, is ready to send a delegation to Minsk at the level of representatives of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Presidential Administration for negotiations with Kiev, Peskov says

⚡️ Polish PM Morawiecki says gov't preparing order to close country's airspace to Russian airlines

⚡️ Kishinev claims that ship with crew of Russian citizens hit by shell in Black Sea

❗️ Putin informed in detail the chairman of the People's Republic of China about the reasons for the decision to recognise DPR and LPR, the Kremlin says

⚡️ The purpose of Moscow's operation is to hold the puppet regime in Kiev accountable for the crimes committed, the Russian MFA says

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⚡️ Russia yesterday received a note from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry with a notification of the severance of diplomatic relations, the Russian MFA says

⚡️ The Russian MFA: Russia regrets that Kiev broke off diplomatic relations with Moscow, but hopes that "history will put everything in its place"

⚡️ Moscow reserves right to retaliate against foreign media in light of attacks on Russian media abroad - MFA

⚡️ Russian MFA: Moscow is ready for dialogue with Ukraine despite everything done by Kiev regime; a decision to maintain contact has been made

⚡️ Russian MFA: Possible acceptance of Sweden and Finland into NATO would require response from Russia

⚡️ International Olympic Committee urges international federations to relocate or cancel sports events currently planned in Russia or Belarus

⚡️ Finnish telecom operator Elisa takes RT channel off air

⚡️ Work on Russia-Ukraine negotiations could begin at any time - Russian MFA

📹: Russian President Putin is holding a meeting with members of the Security Council of Russia, dedicated to the situation in Ukraine.

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