Ukrainian nationalists in Severodonetsk are acting as anti-retreat forces, trying to stop retreating Ukrainian Armed Forces under the threat of shooting, four officers killed – Russian Defence Ministry

❗️LPR troops with fire support of Russian Armed Forces advanced 56 kilometres and are developing offensive rapidly - MoD

❗️ Spain and Canada close their airspace to Russian aircraft

❗️ White House says Putin's order on high alert is part of a pattern of manufacturing threats that don't exist to justify aggression

❗️ White House: Impact on global economy stops US from imposing energy sanctions on Russia

❗️ Ukraine's FM Kuleba said the negotiations with Russia could result in peace but stated that Kiev won't "surrender"

⚡️NATO increases supply of anti-aircraft and anti-tank systems, as well as ammunition, to Ukraine – Stoltenberg

⚡️NATO supports Ukraine's desire to join alliance, but it requires the consensus of all member countries - Stoltenberg

❗️ Stoltenberg stated that NATO does not consider Russia as the "inevitable" threat to its security, but believes that its actions have become more aggressive

❗️Advisor to the head of Zelensky's office stated that "a foreign legion" is already being formed in Ukraine

⚡️Chairman of Russia's Investigative Committee Bastrykin instructed to investigate reports of prohibited ammunition used by Ukrainian military

❗️ The Russian side reports that negotiations between Moscow and Kiev have not yet begun

❗️ With Japan on board, all G7 countries agree to sanctions against Russia's Central Bank, exclusion of some Russian banks from SWIFT - White House

⚡️Telegram CEO: Messenger may restrict work in Ukraine, Russia if situation escalates

❗️ Portugal closes its airspace to Russian aircraft

❗️ EU's Von der Leyen says "state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, as well as their subsidiaries will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin's war and to saw division in our union"

❗️EU сompletely сloses its airspace to Russian airlines

❗️ Russian MoD: Our losses are many times less than those of nationalists and Ukraine's army

Recap – Russia held strategic deterrence forces drills with ballistic missile tests a week ago

❗️ Russian MoD: The tortures committed by Ukrainian Nazis are the same as those carried out by German Nazis during WWII

Russia will continue to treat all Ukrainian soldiers who have surrendered with dignity – Russian Ministry of Defence