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🔹 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Kyiv FM Kuleba discussed preparations for ZSU counteroffensive; 🔹 G7 countries expressed willingness to aid Kyiv "as long as it takes"; 🔹 Russian strikes damaged infrastructure facilities in Khmelnitsky and Mikolaiv Oblasts; 🔹 Authorities in Russian Zaporizha Oblast report increase in terrorist actions guided by Kyiv; 🔹 Russian Investigative Committee going to verify information on ZSU use of chemical weapons in Donbas; 🔹 Russian forces destroyed ZSU positions with US-supplied howitzer in Kherson front; 🔹 Russian Duma Cossack deputy Viktor Vodolatsky wounded in ZSU missile strike on Luhansk; 🔹 ZSU Commander in Chief Zaluzhny calls his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov "a formidable enemy".
🔹 Crimea started distributing land plots among veterans of special military operation; 🔹 Farmers in Poland plan to block border crossings with Ukraine to stop unregulated grain imports; 🔹 RuMOD: Kyiv regime plots a provocation in Sumy Oblast, planning to accuse Russia of using chemical projectiles; 🔹 Russian forces with tanks attempt offensive through forests north and south of Maryinka; 🔹 US State Secretary Anthony Blinken rules out any ceasefire between Russian and Kyiv forces in current situation; 🔹 Emercom reports ZSU fired around 100 shells on civilian infrastructure in Kherson Oblast.
🔹 Zelensky discussed ZSU leaks with Kyiv forces Chief of Staff; 🔹 Blinken says ZSU to start counteroffensive in next weeks; 🔹 Wagner Group engaged in fierce combat for Bakhmut railway station; 🔹 Cyprus refused to send weapons to Ukraine; 🔹 RuFM Lavrov discussed conflict in Ukraine with Turkey foreign minister; 🔹 RuMOD: US restarted construction of biolaboratories in Ukraine; 🔹 Kyiv agrees to stop grain exports to Poland, retaining transit; 🔹 Xi Jinping: prolongation of conflict in Ukraine will hurt all sides; 🔹 Russia and IAEA identify measures required to improve communication of Zaporizha NPP.
🔹 North Macedonia gives Kyiv 4 Su-25 attack aircraft; 🔹 State Secretary Antony Blinken voiced against attempts to freeze conflict in Ukraine; 🔹 US to kickstart ZSU spring offensive with a new 350 mln dollar aid package; 🔹 Russian Air Defense shot down Ukrainian UAV in Kuibyshev district of Donetsk; 🔹 RuFM announced that grain deal shall expire in 60 days; 🔹 ZSU moves reserves to Avdiivka to push back Russian advancement to the north and south-west sectors of the city.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ситуация на Украине и в Донбассе к этому часу:
🔹 Blinken: US acknowledge sovereign right of any country to send tanks to Ukraine; 🔹 NYT: Pentagon sends munitions to Ukraine from storage in Israel; 🔹 RIA source: ZSU reported positions of Polish mercenaries in Soledar on radio; 🔹 President of Switzerland says Bern won't allow re-export of arms to Ukraine from Germany and Spain; 🔹 Large hidden stash with weapons and munitions for ZSU found in LPR; 🔹 Emergency power shutdowns reported in three regions of Ukraine; 🔹 Ursula von der Leyen: Kyiv should get any weapons it could make use of.
🔹 Putin says US prolongs conflict in Ukraine by sending "Patriot" SAM complex; 🔹 Putin: Kyiv brands Russia as "aggressor" but still ready to charge Russian Gazprom for gas transit; 🔹 Putin: we want not to fuel conflict in Ukraine, but to end this war as soon as possible; 🔹 Shoigu inspected positions of Russian forces in special operation area; 🔹 Blinken says more weapons for Kyiv ensures prospects for meaningful diplomacy; 🔹 Russian politician and military advisor Dmitry Rogozin wounded after ZSU attack on Donetsk, his aide Mikhail Bridasov killed; 🔹 TASS: Mayor of Lyubimovka (Kherson Oblast) killed by car bomb; 🔹 Russian Chief of Staff reminds that "Kinzhal" hypersonic missile can't be intercepted by Ukrainian Air Defense.
🔹 Blinken: US to give Kyiv 1,85 billion dollar military aid package, that includes Patriot SAM systems; 🔹 Military Times: Pentagon to audit military aid to Kyiv, fearing fraud; 🔹 Putin: Conflict in Ukraine was inevitable, West uses Neonazi groups to fight Russia; 🔹 Shoigu: West attempts to extend conflict in Ukraine to weaken Russia; 🔹 Poland MOD Chief of Staff visits Ukraine and meets with ZSU commander Zaluzhny; 🔹 Head of SBU threatens to cut Crimea Bridge; 🔹 CBS: After US, Zelensky is going to UK, France and Germany.
🔹 Politico: NATO divided over accession of Ukraine into Alliance, some countries prefer to ignore this topic so not to provoke Russia; 🔹 Blinken: US did not approve or aid Kyiv to strike Russian territory; 🔹 Russian war reporter identifies ZSU commander responsible for shelling of Donetsk; 🔹 The Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Ukraine support in US falls to 47%; 🔹 Hungary PM: EU may fall to debt trap because of aid to Ukraine; 🔹 Italy MOD: No more weapons for Kyiv in 2022; 🔹 Envoy to UN: Russia acknowledges urge for safe zone around Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 US defense budget funding includes 800 mln dollars for Ukraine aid.
🔹 Blinken says Russia does not intend for diplomatic resolution on Ukraine; 🔹 Erdogan's spokesman: Conflict in Ukraine dragged Russia and West to a new Cold War; 🔹 ZSU comman: last batch of Ukrainian servicemen in 2022 finished training course in UK; 🔹 Zelensky's advisor Yermak confirmed reports that Georgian mercenaries got surrounded near Bakhmut; 🔹 Power generators from foreign technical aid sold around Ukraine; 🔹 ZSU shelled Guyevo and Kucherovo in Russian Kursk Oblast.
🔹 Blinken says US evaluates resuming production of Soviet-type munitions to supply ZSU; 🔹 US will pay Raytheon 1,2 billion USD to produce NASAMS air defense systems for Kyiv; 🔹 LPR People's Militia: ZSU moves elite brigades to Lyman and Kupyansk fronts fearing their defenses will be breached; 🔹 Zelensky invited Elon Musk to visit Ukraine; 🔹 Authorities in Czechia open 49 criminal proceedings for support of Russia in social media; 🔹 LPR and DPR removed all restrictions for moving of citizens in Russian territory.