Russia is bringing more tanks and rocket launchers into Ukraine. Alarm sirens this morning in two cities in the northwest, Rivne and Lutsk. There is street fighting in Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city. US, EU, UK and Canada exclude “selected Russian banks” from the Swift system. Sanctions also against the Russian Central Bank. Today new EU meeting on sanctions in Moscow and to evaluate funds and equipment for Kiev
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Kremlin: delegation to Belarus to negotiate with Kiev
A Russian delegation arrived in Gomel, Belarus for talks with Ukraine. This was stated by the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov. “A delegation made up of representatives from the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Defense and other agencies, including the presidential administration, arrived in Belarus for talks with the Ukrainians,” Peskov said. “We will be ready to start these talks in Gomel,” he added.
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There is fighting in the streets of Kharkiv
Russian forces have entered Kharkiv, the second largest Ukrainian city a few kilometers from the Russian border. There is fighting in the streets. Videos posted on social media, writes BBC, show some Russian units in the city and at least two Russian Tiger armored vehicles in flames. During the night, a Russian missile hit a nine-story building in the city, killing a woman. A gas pipeline in the city was also destroyed.
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Trump: Putin is smart, our leaders are stupid
Vladimir Putin decided on his “ruthless invasion” after seeing the withdrawal from Afghanistan: “Putin is smart”, intelligent, and “our leaders are stupid”. Donald Trump said this when speaking at the conservative conference and calling Russia’s attack on Ukraine an assault on humanity. “It would have been easy for me to put an end to what is happening, to this farce,” adds Trump, speaking of his “affinity” with Putin.