Lavrov's news conference starting. Hundreds of journalists in attendance. Lavrov shares the outcome of trilateral Russi-Turkey-Ukraine FM meeting.

❗️ Russia wants Ukraine to be neutral, ready to discuss security guarantees, Lavrov says

⚡️ Lavrov on possible Putin-Zelensky talks: Russian president never against contacts but this should not be meeting for the sake of meeting

❗️ Russia sent request, will demand response from United States regarding creation of biological laboratories in Ukraine, Lavrov says

⚡️ Russia wants to see Ukraine as a friendly state without a ban on the Russian language, Russian culture, Lavrov says

⚡️ The West needs only one thing from Ukraine - to work against Russia, Lavrov says

Ukrainian public television reporter trying to "steal the show" at the news conference with a series of accusations. Lavrov: "You've been already filmed on video, it will be glorified while shown in your country, you have reached your goal." Turkish security guard shows the journo his seat.

❗️ Lavrov said that they were not going to negotiate a ceasefire with Kuleba in Antalya

⚡️ Russia will no longer depend on Western companies, Lavrov says

📸 Europe is trying to silence the media telling the truth about the events in Ukraine - Former Bolivian President Morales

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❗️Russian FM Lavrov's statements after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart:

🔸 Russia-Ukraine talks in Belarus have no alternatives, there were no plans to negotiate a ceasefire with Kuleba in Antalya;

🔸 Russia wants Ukraine to be neutral and is ready to discuss security guarantees;

🔸 Moscow wants to see Ukraine as a friendly state without a ban on the Russian language and culture;

🔸 Russia sent a request and will demand a response from the US regarding the creation of biological laboratories in Ukraine;

🔸 Russia will no longer depend on Western companies;

🔸 The West needs only one thing from Ukraine - to work against Russia;

🔸 Russia has never talked about the possibility of nuclear war;

🔸 Russia never wanted a war and doesn't want it now.

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❗️ Chinese FM on Moscow-Kiev talks: There are differences, but every point of agreement is strengthening hope for peace

❗️ Turkey ready to host next meeting between Russia and Ukraine — foreign minister

📈 The German company Gasag has announced an increase in gas prices for customers starting 1 May.

The rise for an "average Berlin apartment" will be 26 percent, according to the company

⚡️ The US has delivered Patriot missile systems to Poland - Vice President Kamala Harris

"We have directed Patriot missile systems to Poland this week and today I can announce that we have delivered those Patriot systems to Poland, we do this as a reminder and demonstration of our commitment to Poland," Harris said during a visit to Warsaw.

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Sergey Lavrov meeting with Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

❗️ Russian MoD on US biolabs: One goal was to create bioagents that can target certain ethnic groups

🤔 Footage, allegedly showing Ukrainian civilians protesting against the installation of Ukrainian artillery near their houses, has emerged online.

"Put your guns in the field, there are two schools and a kindergarten here!", the people are heard demanding in the video.

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🔔 Check out some news you may have missed:

▪️ The European Union has reached the limit of its capabilities to impose financial sanctions on Russia, Josep Borrell said.

▪️ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that anyone who attacks the Russian military in Ukraine will become a target.

▪️ The Russian Defence Ministry has announced that US-funded biological labs in Ukraine were conducting experiments with bat coronavirus samples.

▪️ The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that Moscow will no longer participate in Council of Europe sessions.

▪️ Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has claimed that Ukrainian troops committed a crime against humanity by killing 14,000 pro-Russian civilians in the country's east since 2014.

▪️ Russia has said a Ukrainian claim that it bombed a children's hospital in Mariupol is "fake news" because the building was a former maternity hospital that had long been taken over by Ukrainian nationalists.

▪️ Russian FM Lavrov met with his Ukrainian counterpart Kuleba in Antalya, Turkey today. There were no plans to negotiate a ceasefire, Lavrov said, adding that the Russia-Ukraine talks in Belarus have no alternatives.

▪️ The US has delivered Patriot missile systems to Poland, said US Vice President Harris.

▪️ Gas prices in Berlin will rise 26%, the German company Gasag has announced.

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📹: Vladimir Putin holds government meeting to discuss Russia's response to economic sanctions

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⚡️ Putin: US trying to deceive its population by blaming Russia for rising energy prices