Highlights from Russian Foreign Ministry briefing:

▪ Moscow says US experts instructed Ukrainian specialists how to develop bioprograms;

▪ Russia is wondering if these biomaterials have fallen into the hands of extremists or nationalists;

▪ About 2 mln people from Ukraine have applied for evacuation to Russia;

▪ Russia would prefer to ensure Ukraine's neutral status via talks;

▪ Russia's military operation is going to plan

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⚡ RT reports that Telegram blocked previews of its posts without warning

❗ The decision to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets from Poland to Ukraine is up the United States and NATO, the Polish prime minister says

❗ KFC suspends operation of 70 restaurants in Russia

⚡⚡The whole world would like to know what exactly the American biolaboratories in Ukraine were doing, Kremlin spokesman Peskov says

❗ Kamala Harris is set to travel to Poland and Romania on Wednesday to demonstrate "the strength and unity of the NATO alliance," officials say

⚡ US ambassador to American citizens: Leave Russia now or think of plan to do it without help of embassy

Check out some news you may have missed:

▪️ Russia's MoD published documents confirming that Kiev was preparing offensive operations in Donbass on March;

▪️ Russia has minimized the use of the US dollar in its reserves and external settlements against a backdrop of sanctions and has switched to non-western capital markets;

▪️ Moscow intends to develop targeted trade and financial restrictions in response to western sanctions;

▪️ The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the President of the United Arab Emirates both reportedly ignored Joe Biden when the US president tried to contact them on surging petrol prices;

▪️ According to Maria Zakharova, Ukrainian biolabs near Russia's borders are engaged in developing components for biological weapons;

▪️ Florida evacuates 1,100 residents as massive wildfires consume about 35,000 acres

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▪️ Kamala Harris will visit Eastern Europe amid Washington's attempts to isolate Russia over its special military operation in Ukraine;

▪️ Harris is expected to visit Poland and Romania and will meet Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, who will be in Poland;

▪️ The US VP is said to discuss how to guarantee "strategic defeat" for Moscow through sanctions among other things

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⚡⚡ The head of the Ukrainian "Energoatom" admits that until 2012 there was highly enriched uranium in Ukraine

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⚡ Georgia, Ukraine, Finland to take part in NATO defence ministers’ meeting on 16 March

⚡️ Benjamin Netanyahu tests positive for COVID-19

❗ UK to consider delivering Starstreak man-portable air-defense systems to Ukraine free of charge - Defence Minister

🇨🇳 Chinese Foreign Ministry on a US' near total ban on Russian energy supplies: “China strongly opposes unilateral sanctions which have no basis in international law. China and Russia have always maintained good cooperation in the energy sector and will continue to carry out normal trade cooperation, including oil and gas trade, based on the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.”

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❗️ German Chancellor says Berlin will continue financial support for Ukraine, but "no military aircraft" will be delivered

⚡ Russian MoD: 90% of Ukraine's military airports containing majority of its air force knocked out

Highlights of the new Russian MoD briefing:

▪ At the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian armed forces had up to 250 serviceable combat aircraft and helicopters;

▪ Russian forces destroyed 89 combat aircraft and 57 helicopters;

▪ Some Ukrainian aircraft have flown in the direction of Romania and are not participating in battles;

▪ During the operation in Ukraine, the Russian armed forces destroyed 137 S-300, Buk M-1 and S-125 anti-aircraft missile systems: this is more than 90% of the Ukraine's long-range and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems in service;

▪ 81 Ukrainian air defense radar posts have been destroyed, this led to the loss of combat control of aviation and air defense of Ukraine, now the air defense system is not capable of providing significant resistance to Russian aviation;

▪ E-3A aircraft of the NATO AWACS system are on 24/7 duty in the airspace of Poland, providing the Ukrainian armed forces with information about the air situation

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💬🇧🇴 Bolivia's ex-president Evo Morales in an interview with Sputnik: The reason for the current situation in Ukraine is US-led NATO's expansion policy

❗ Trudeau: Canada sending additional $50mln worth of defence aid to Ukraine

⚡ Evo Morales told Sputnik he wants to initiate an international public campaign against NATO as a threat to peace

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❗ Zelensky is ready for direct talks with Putin, deputy head of Ukrainian presidential office says