⚡️ LPR establishes full control over 54 settlements, People's Militia says

Ukrainian nationalists are shelling settlements from which they are retreating. The video shows the consequences of an artillery strike in the liberated settlement of Donskoye

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The Russian Defense Ministry holds a briefing on the special military op in Ukraine:

▪️ Units of the Russian Armed Forces took control of a number of settlements, advancing 11 kilometers;

▪️ As a result of a massive strike, 61 military infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit;

▪️ The airfield of the Ukrainian Air Force in Starokonstantinovo was disabled in a long-range high-precision weapon strike;

▪️ Over the past 24 hours, fighter aircraft and air defense of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down four Su-27 and one MiG-29 aircraft, as well as one Su-25, two Mi-8 helicopters, and six drones, including "Bayraktar TB-2";

▪️ 3 Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile systems and 3 radar stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by bomber and ground attack aircraft, as well as a S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed by missile forces

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⚡️ Russian MoD: Su-34 fighter-bomber destroys military facility of Ukrainian nationalists in high-precision strike

⚡️ Ukrainian military is firing BM-21 Grad rockets at north of Donetsk, DPR says

⚡️ Ukrainian shelling of Dokuchajevsk town injures 2 civilians, including child, DPR says

⚡️ Ukrainian authorities of Mariupol announce evacuation via humanitarian corridor

⚡️ UK PM says situation in Ukraine is not a NATO conflict

⚡️ ️DPR evacuated more than 300 people from Mariupol and its suburbs, despite the provocations of Ukrainian nationalists, DPR territorial defense headquarters says

⚡️ Erdogan begins phone talks with Putin, situation in Ukraine is discussed, reports say

⚡️ Israel's Bennett speaks to Ukraine's Zelensky for third time since Saturday, spokesperson says

⚡️ DPR head says Mariupol on verge of humanitarian catastrophe with no water, power, food

⚡️ US to create $2.5 billion fund to help Ukraine and refugees - Blinken

❗ DPR People's Militia spokesman says Ukraine refused to guarantee ceasefire in Mariupol and Volnovakha

❗ Macron will speak to Putin in next few minutes, reports say

⚡️ Putin stressed in conversation with Erdogan that the special operation was proceeding as planned, Kremlin

⚡️ Putin tells Erdogan halt in Russia's Ukraine op possible if Kiev halts fighting, implements demands

LPR's People Militia: Ukrainian troops have left equipment, weapons, and combat docs while retreating

Due to the shelling of the Ukrainian army near Donetsk, a gas pipeline was pierced

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Putin's phone call with Erdogan – highlights:

🔸 Russia's president informed his Turkish counterpart about the course of the special military operation to protect Donbass, explained the main goals and objectives, stressing that it is going according to plan;

🔸 The Russian side is ready for dialogue with the Ukrainian authorities and with foreign partners to resolve the conflict, Putin said;

🔸 Putin: Russia will not tolerate any attempts to drag out the negotiation process used by the Ukrainian security forces to regroup their forces;

🔸 Putin said that suspending the special operation is only possible if Kiev ceases hostilities and fulfils Russia's requirements;

🔸 Russia's president hopes that representatives of Ukraine will show a more constructive approach during the next round of negotiations

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