⚡️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

❗️ DPR takes 12 more towns under control, militia says

❗️ Website of RIA Novosti news agency under massive DDoS attack following Anonymous declaring cyber war against Russia

⚡️ Biden says alternative to large-scale sanctions against Russia over Ukraine would be the start of 'Third World War'

⚡️⚡️The civil initiative for Finland's accession to NATO received more than 50,000 signatures and has been submitted to Parliament for consideration

Footage of military engineers from the Russian Black Sea Fleet blowing up a concrete dam that has been blocking the North Crimean Canal since 2014

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Footage after an explosion at an oil depot in Rovenki. The LPR reports that there are victims

⚡️A residential building came under shelling by Ukrainian forces in the center of Donetsk. There is no information yet on possible injuries

❗️🎥 New footage of the explosion in Rovenki

🔹Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard calls for Biden to meet with Putin

“As leaders you have to be willing to have a dialogue and conversation to address the real issues at hand,” Gabbard said. “There is always a path for diplomacy. What is the alternative? The alternative then is continued escalation.

“Putin has said for years his security concerns are about NATO increasingly approaching and surrounding Russia on all sides,” Gabbard continued. “The Biden administration has failed to outline for the American people how does this serve your best interests? What will the costs be?”

She was invited to the annual gathering by longtime CPAC boss Matt Schlaap and given a coveted speaking spot during the event’s Ronald Reagan dinner on Friday.

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