US must fully clarify its military-biological activities on territory of Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Ministry says

🧑‍🚀 Russian space agency Roscosmos has denied rumors that it would abandon an American astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) in light of the escalating tensions with the US. Russia will fulfill its obligations, and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei will return to Earth on the Soyuz spacecraft on 30 March, as planned, the agency's press service stressed.

Western media have been spinning a story that Russia was threatening the US with the termination of cooperation on the ISS, which could see the American astronaut "stranded" in space

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A video has emerged on social media allegedly showing the Antonov aircraft plant in Kiev on fire

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⚡️Ukrainian forces shell kindergarten building in Yasinovataya, DPR says

⚡️ Girl wounded in face and shoulder due to shelling by Ukrainian forces in Novokrasnyanka settlement, DPR says

⚡️ Russian Su-25 pilot managed to land aircraft after being hit by Ukrainian missile, MoD says

⚡️ Zelensky's aide says Kiev plans to discuss security guarantees, withdrawal of Russian troops during fourth round of negotiations with Moscow

⚡️ Several people injured as Ukrainian Tochka-U missile destroyed in central Donetsk

20 people were killed and 9 were injured when Ukrainian troops attacked Donetsk using a Tochka-u rocket, DPR headquarters says

⚡️ Air bomb of UAV that fell in Croatia contained 88 pounds of explosives, Senior Defence Ministry Official says

⚡️ DPR's militia сonsiders Tochka-U rocket attack on Donetsk as terrorist act

A rally in support of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine is being held in Yerevan, with people waiving Russian and Armenian flags near the Russian embassy:

▪️ Participants of the rally view the Russian op in Ukraine as liberation of people from neo-fascists and Nazis. Some of the activists expressed a readiness to go to Donbass as volunteers;

▪️Ex-MP Aragats Akhoyan stresses that it is essential to support Russia, given the age-old ties, friendship, and common victory in World War II;

🗣 "I support all the actions of the Russian Federation... I don't call it a war, as this is the liberation of the Ukrainian people from neo-fascism, those forces that have been diligently destroying the post-Soviet countries over the years and trying to dictate their agenda to the peoples," Akhoyan says;

▪️Military expert David Jamalyan believes that the military special operation will be successfully completed in the coming weeks. He emphasises that the slow but steady advance of the Russian troops was caused by the armed forces' desire to avoid casualties among the civilian population and their own personnel

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