Russian flag being raised over Mariupol's city administration. Among those raising the flag was Olga Seletskaya - pro-Russian activist from Donbass who was abducted & tortured by Azov. In 2014, the Antimaidan movement in Mariupol began at this very building.

"Russia considers U.S. and NATO vehicles carrying weapons to Ukraine as legitimate military targets", says Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ryabkov.

"Attempts by the U.S. and Western countries to slow down the Russian special operation in Ukraine will be thwarted" - Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov

Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov: "Medvedchuk has never had any behind-the-scenes relations with Russia. Regarding the exchange that figures in Kiev have been talking about so heatedly - he is not a Russian citizen and has nothing to do with the military operation, he is a foreign political figure. We don't know if he even wants Russian participation in resolving this situation."

Also, please be wary of potential imposters. We will not be creating a new Twitter account for now.

Russian Foreign Ministry on Zelensky's proposal to exchange Medvedchuk for Ukrainian POWs: "We consider this trend extremely dangerous, given that there are many opposition politicians in Ukraine."

Yeah, that would be a bad precedent. Zelensky could take as many of his own citizens hostage as he wants if Moscow accepted these terms.

"If strikes on Russian territory continue, the Russian Armed Forces will strike decision-making centers, including those in Kiev" - Russian Ministry of Defense

This is in response to a Ukrainian recon team shooting at a border checkpoint in Kursk oblast. I have no idea why the Ukrainians even do this - the team was destroyed and all they achieved was shoot a mortar at some building without hurting anyone.

Latest round of "military aid" the US will be sending to Ukraine:

Ukrainian sources, including official ones, are claiming that they've hit the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser "Moskva", with R-360 "Neptun" missiles. No proof so far.

Ukrainian Telegram channel "Всевидящее ОКО" (over 1 million subscribers) briefly posted and then deleted a pic of the Iranian IRIS Kharg that caught on fire & sank in the Gulf of Oman last year as proof. No other confirmation so far.

I believe the war is about to heat up, for four reasons:

1) The siege of Mariupol is almost over; its end will free up a ton of Russian & Donbass troops for other major operations.

2) Strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces have reportedly been put on high alert.

3) The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that NATO vehicles transporting weapons for Ukraine are considered legitimate military targets.

4) The Russian Ministry of Defense has threatened to bomb "decision-making centers" in Ukraine, including Kiev, if the Ukrainians fire at Russian territory again.

Reports coming in that the AFU fired at the small town of Klimovo in Bryansk Oblast (~10km north of the Ukrainian border)