⚡️ An Azerbaijani nationalist fighting against the Russian military in Ukraine tells Italian journalist Claudio Locatelli that "Christians and Muslims are all brothers", yet says that "Armenians are worse than animals".

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😳 Polish social media users are surprised by such a “peaceful refugee“ from Ukraine

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🤔 Ukrainian social media users have been asked not to post videos of military equipment so as not to disclose its location. Yet, the fact that this very equipment is located in residential areas is always hushed up.

The video appears to show a Ukrainian military MLRS near the Retroville shopping centre in Kiev, the target of a strike tonight.

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⚡️ UK Defence Ministry summons Russian military attache over situation in Ukraine

❗️ Russian court bans Facebook and Instagram for extremism - Sputnik correspondent

⚡️ Moscow: Biden's remarks about Putin put US-Russia ties on verge of being severed

Volnovakha will have to be completely rebuilt: 85% of the houses cannot be restored after the fighting, during which Ukrainian forces placed firing points in residential areas, Mayor of Dokuchaevsk (DPR) Alexander Kachanov told Sputnik.

Shortly before the liberation of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region, a Ukrainian tank opened fire on a residential building, a local resident says.

❗️Shopping malls on outskirts of Kiev were used by nationalists to store ammunition, Russian MoD says

❗️ Catch up with the latest updates on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️High-precision weapons destroyed a Ukrainian MLRS battery and ammunition depot stored in a shopping centre in a Kiev suburb - Russian Defence ministry

▪️US is still testing Ukraine deconfliction line with Russia every day, but no information has passed via the line yet - senior US defence official

▪️None of the new $800 mln US military aid package has arrived in Ukraine yet, but will arrive very soon - senior US defence official

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The Russian Defence Ministry has showed a video of Ukrainian "Grads" firing from the city limits of Kiev and their destruction

US Federal Reserve to raise rates by more than 25 basis points if needed - chairman

"We will take the necessary steps to ensure a return to price stability", Jerome Powell said in prepared remarks for the National Association for Business Economics. "In particular, if we conclude that it is appropriate to move more aggressively by raising the federal funds rate by more than 25 basis points at a meeting or meetings, we will do so".

US likely to have six rate hikes this year, two more in 2023 - Atlanta fed chief

"I predict six rate hikes this year and two more next year", Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Fed, told a live-streamed event. "I am comfortable with more aggressive rate hikes if the data suggests that's appropriate".

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 The United States is sending some of the Soviet-made air defense systems, which it acquired as part of a clandestine program decades ago, to Ukraine to help it fight Russia, The Wall Street Journal reports.

❗️The weapons are decades old and include the SA-8. The US obtained them to “examine” the technology used by the Russian military and help with training American forces.

❗️🇺🇸🇨🇳✈️ The Boeing Company said it was in contact with the US National Transportation Safety Board after the 737 crash in China. "Our technical experts are prepared to assist with the investigation led by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Boeing said.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ukrainian nationalists have attacked a children's hospital in Donetsk, destroying it, the famous Donbass volunteer of the first wave, and now a military commissar who tied his fate with Donbass, former US soldier Russell Bentley tells Sputnik.

👀 Joe Biden says there is “evolving intelligence” that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks against the US

❗️ DPR air defence systems intercepted two Tochka-U missiles over Makeevka, DPR authorities report

US condemns Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia over weekend

"We condemn the weekend attacks on Saudi Arabia by the Iran-supported Houthis and will continue to help Saudi Arabia defend its territory", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

⚡️ Russian MoD: Kiev ordered nationalist battalions to disguise as civilians to leave Mariupol

US believes it is important to maintain channels of communication with Russia - US State Department