⚡️ Lavrov, Kuleba plan to meet on sidelines of Antalya forum, Turkish counterpart to partake in talks - Russian Foreign Ministry

⚡️ Russian Embassy in Paris sent note to French Foreign Ministry after attack on building of Russian cooperation agency

⚡️ Kiev's delegation says 3rd round of Russia-Ukraine talks will begin at 14:00 GMT

Putin spoke on the phone with Chairman of the
European Council Charles Michel:

🔸 They discussed the humanitarian situation in the country;

🔸 Russia's president outlined the position of Moscow on the special operation to protect the Donbass republics;

🔸 Putin stressed that the Russian military is taking all possible measures to save the lives of civilians;

🔸 The main threat in Ukraine comes from nationalists who use terrorist tactics, such as using human shields, Putin said;

🔸 Putin has reiterated Russia's demands in talk with Michel;

🔸 Putin called on the EU to make Kiev respect humanitarian law

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A girl who managed to flee Mariupol says the Ukrainian Forces are shooting at evacuees. She stresses the Ukrainian troops violated the ceasefire two hours after it started

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⚡️ Political, humanitarian aspects and military settelment to be discussed at negotiations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine - Vladimir Medinsky

⚡️ UK Foreign Office says gov't can no longer provide in-person consular assistance in Ukraine due to deteriorating security situation

⚡️ U.S. President Biden to hold video call with France's Macron, Germany's Scholz and Britain's Johnson at 10:30 A.M./15:30 GMT

⚡️ The Ukrainian delegation has arrived at the venue for negotiations with Russia in Belarus

❗ No-fly zone over Ukraine will trigger direct Russia-NATO conflict - Warsaw

❗ Several EU countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, oppose granting Ukraine candidate status for membership this week - Bloomberg

⚡⚡ 30 biolabs whose activities were commissioned by Pentagon were formed in Ukraine - Russian MoD

❗ NATO and US have always considered Ukraine a foothold against Russia, Moscow says

⚡ Evacuation route in Ukraine's Mariupol was mined - International Committee of the Red Cross

⚡⚡ US funding for biological laboratories in Ukraine exceeded $200 million, Russian Defense Ministry says

⚡ Latvia's foreign minister asked Blinken for the permanent deployment of US troops in the country

Russian MoD on biological laboratories in Ukraine:

🔸 The work of biolabs in Ukraine since 2014 and the country's health care reform led to an uncontrolled growth of very dangerous infections incidence rate;

🔸 30 biolabs whose activities were commissioned by Pentagon were formed in Ukraine;

🔸 Biological programmes are being urgently shut down in Ukraine;

🔸 Several thousand serum samples of Slavic patients have been taken from Ukraine to the US

⚡ Moldovan opposition prepares bill securing country's permanent neutrality

❗ African swine fever strain was created in Georgia in 2007 with Pentagon's help - Russian MoD

⚡ Blinken on probability of imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine: We don't want the conflict to expand into NATO countries