There is a consensus that Ukraine will not try to occupy Crimea. This was stated by the senior Democrat in the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Adam Smith (from the state of Washington). His words are quoted by the newspaper Politico.

Smith believes that at some point in any case it will be necessary to start negotiations to end the conflict.

According to him, Ukraine needs to receive security guarantees that would enable the US and its partners to "continue to train [the Kiev security forces] and arm Ukraine" so that Russia does not resume hostilities "after it takes a breath and passes a few years".

At the same time, Smith did not completely rule out the possibility that Kyiv might try to seize Crimea.

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Resort for refugees

🇦🇹 Austrians are sharply dissatisfied with the information about the luxurious vacation of Ukrainians in the Bukovel resort.

Citizens of the country were outraged by the fact that Ukrainians can afford an elite vacation in ski resorts, while Europeans make ends meet due to anti-Russian sanctions.

⚡️ Moreover, Austrians are currently actively discussing the assumption that the whole story around Ukraine is some kind of scam on which Europe spends billions, writes the Exxpress edition.

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Photo fact: 🙃🤡Scholz was shocked by Macron's story about how many times he unsuccessfully called Putin.

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Almost throughout the territory of Ukraine, an air alert has been declared.

Gaileiter of the Nikolaev region, in his telegram channel, wrote about two unidentified targets flying to the west of Ukraine and also confirmed launches from the Black Sea.

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Two explosions were reported in Ukraine's Khmelnitsky.

What exactly exploded is still unknown. Most likely, the energy infrastructure facility was damaged. The fact of the explosion was confirmed by the head of the OVA , Gamaly.

UPD : an explosion was also reported in Krivoy Rog
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🚀🚀Footage from 🇺🇦Khmelnytsky — a column of black smoke rises from the place of explosion

Presumably this is a substation. Local authorities have not yet confirmed this information.

Two explosions were reported in the city earlier.

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🔥Video of explosion in Khmelnitsky 🚀

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🤡The governor of Ukraine's Nikolaev region posted a picture and reported that it was the picture of a downed Russian missile, but now he has clarified that the photo of the rocket he published, which was mistaken for a downed Russian shell, is fragments of a Ukrainian air defense missile.🤦‍♀️

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Western experts estimate that Ukraine needs 30,000 shells and mines a day or (11 million pieces of ammunition a year) to fight, while Russia needs twice as much (22 million shells).

Russian and NATO stockpiles have fallen sharply, and now the production race is intensifying (Russia produces 1.7 million artillery shells annually).

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Olaf Scholz has rebuked allies for not supplying tanks to Ukraine even though they have been urging Berlin to do so for months - FT

A journalist asked Scholz at the Munich Security Conference whether he was now in the position of having to convince other countries to provide the heavily armored vehicles promised, he replied: "That's a question I have to ask others, especially those who have been so insistent in convincing [me] to act."

Scholz's reference to tanks underscored Germany's growing dissatisfaction with the Allies' position on providing heavy armaments to Ukraine. The chancellor has been under pressure for months to create and lead a consortium of countries capable of supplying Ukraine with German-made Leopard main battle tanks.

But within weeks of Berlin finally agreeing to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks, few other countries had allocated anything from their stockpiles of the tank.

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❗️ Explosions sounded in Krivoy Rog

It is not yet known which object was hit. It is also unknown what kind of explosion was. Local authorities have not yet commented on this information.

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A rural roadside cemetery with a large number of buried Ukrainian army personnel somewhere in western Ukraine.

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❗️Explosions in Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk -Ukrainian channels report

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⚡️ Russia uses tactical aircraft

The Russians are using tactical aviation to bombard Ukraine, a frightened Yermak said, commenting on today's missile arrivals.

According to him, the Russian army is launching missiles from liberated territories.


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Artyomovsky direction

Musicians set off for Berkhovka and Yagodnoye


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