⚡️ Zelensky has fled Kiev for Lvov, Russian State Duma Speaker says

The Lugansk People’s Militia have taken control of Stanitsa Lugansk, located on the contact line with the Ukrainian forces, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports

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⚡️ Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have crashed in Russia

⚡️ Three mortar shells launched from Ukraine have landed in Russia’s Rostov region, causing no casualties, FSB

❗️Australia has suspended RT’s broadcast in the country

⚡️Russia bans airlines from Poland, Bulgaria and Czech Republic from flying to and over Russia

❗️ Lukashenko confirms he's ready to provide Russia, Ukraine with platform for negotiations

⚡️Use of Tochka-U missiles in Donetsk violates Geneva Convention, data on incident will be sent to international organisations – DPR Ombudsman

❗️While "suppressing the provocation of Ukrainian nationalists," an employee of the border guard of the FSB in Russia's Belgorod and Voronezh regions was wounded – FSB

⚡️Putin ordered troops to stop Ukraine op but it resumed after Kiev refused to negotiate, Peskov says

⚡️Moscow: Strasbourg ignored killing of civilians by Ukrainian death squads in Donbass for 8 years

❗️Lavrov tells Turkey Russia ready to work with all constructive forces to resolve Ukraine crisis

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry: The Kiev regime is uncontrollably distributing automatic small arms, grenade launchers, and ammunition to its residents.

The involvement of the civilian population in the hostilities by the nationalists will inevitably lead to accidents and casualties, the ministry said.

"We call on the people of Ukraine to be conscious, not to succumb to these provocations of the Kiev regime and not to expose themselves and their loved ones to unnecessary suffering," it added.

⚡️⚡️US drones were in the air during Ukrainian attack on Russian ships, Russian MoD says

❗️Sputnik International, Sputnik Czech Republic face mass DDoS attacks

❗️Another round of heavy artillery heard in Donetsk

❗️Turkish straits are open for the passage of Russian ships - Coastal Security Department in Istanbul

The Russian military released first footage from the recently captured Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are currently guarding the facility together.

Radiation levels remain within norm and civilian employees continue their work as usual, the military said.

Nina Rothschild, 57, a senior health scientist for the NYC Health Department, was beaten in the head with a hammer in a brutal robbery as she walked into a subway in Long Island City. Police think that the suspect is homeless

❗️Additional anti-Russia sanctions may be imposed if Kiev falls, US media claims

⚡️Moscow considers NATO's claims about Russian 'aggression' in Ukraine groundless