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Day 597. Five Ukrainian drones attacked the Belgorod region in a day, there were no casualties or destruction, said the regional governor Gladkov. The heads of the Ministries of Finance of the G7 countries said that they will not unfreeze Russia’s Russian assets until it pays for the damage to Ukraine. Podolyak accused the West of being nine months behind the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive schedule.
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The IOC did not suspend athletes with Russian passports because they are not related to the inclusion of the DPR and LPR councils in the ROC , said Bach.
Putin: Russia does not rejoice, does not applaud or scoff at the recession in Europe, but states this fact.
Putin told the CIS leaders that he was ready to share the situation about the progress of the Northern Military District: “When we talk face to face, I am ready to share with you the current situation in this direction.”
Putin: “Let me remind you that the Ukrainian crisis began in 2014, when a coup d’etat was organized and then a war was launched, fighting in the south-east of Ukraine, this is where it all began. Our special military operation is not the beginning of a war, but an attempt to stop it.»
From the very beginning, Ukraine did not fully participate in the CIS, Putin said.
Putin: “For the Russian economy, GDP growth of 3% at the end of the year is a good result.”
Russian Ministry of Defense: “Today, a planned mine and anti-sabotage defense exercise is being held on the outer roadstead of Sevastopol Bay. During the exercise, the tasks of searching for and destroying floating sea mines and unmanned boats were worked out.»
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are doing everything possible to avoid mobilization into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Deputy Minister of Defense of the country Kalmykov.
Adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Podolyak said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are six to nine months behind the counteroffensive schedule. The reason, according to him, was the delay in the supply of weapons by Western countries.
Governor of the Belgorod region Gladkov said that five Ukrainian drones attacked the region in a day, there were no casualties or destruction.
«Kommersant»: the government will extend the increased duties on wines from unfriendly countries established until the end of the year.
AFU fired 18 NATO shells caliber 155 millimeters in Donetsk and the Yasinovatsky region, stated the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
The Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced to life imprisonment an Armed Forces Marine who was accused of killing six civilians in Mariupol, the prosecutor's office told RIA Novosti republics.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling the territory of the Zaporozhye region, Tokmak is under fire, said Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration. According to him, the blows are being dealt by HIMARS.
In Europe, gas exchange prices for the first time since March 10 exceeded $600 per thousand cubic meters, they are growing by almost 5%.
Armed Forces of Ukraine due to large losses not only in manpower, but also in military equipment, they began to use tanks that are more than 50 years old, says retired LPR officer Marochko.
Three Ukrainian drones were shot down in three border regions of the Belgorod region for Over the past 24 hours, three explosive devices were dropped from Ukrainian drones, said the governor of the region, Gladkov.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have reduced the intensity of shelling in the Donetsk direction, and also began to more carefully select targets for strikes, said retired LPR officer Marochko .
According to Shot, yesterday at about 12 noon there was a shelling of the Miratorg production plant. in the Bryansk region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The death of two bulls was reported.