Separatist forces in Lugansk capture British NLAW missiles in overrun Ukrainian military positions.
Over the past month, Britain has supplied cargo-jet after cargo-het of such weapons to Ukrainian troops (VID)
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Scientists Claim to Have Cracked the Mystery of King Tutankhamun’s Dagger 'From Space'
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Zelensky Invites Putin to Negotiation Table
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⚡️Zelensky invites Putin to the negotiation table
The Ukrainian president made the appeal to Vladimir Putin to sit down at the negotiating table during a new video message posted on Facebook.
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Putin Ready to Send Delegation for Talks With Kiev – Kremlin
On Thursday, Russia began a special operation in Ukraine, which President Putin said is aimed at protecting the residents of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics from the "genocide" being waged by Ukrainian authorities. Moscow said the military operation does not pose a threat to civilians and only targets the military infrastructure.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to send a delegation of high-ranking officials to Minsk to hold talks with Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. "In response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's request we're ready to send representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry and presidential administration for negotiations", he said.
Earlier on Friday, in a video message Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to Putin to sit down for talks in order to stop people's deaths. Responding to his statement Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow will begin negotiations at any moment as soon as Ukrainian military lay down their arms.
Responding to his statement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow will begin negotiations at any moment as soon as the Ukrainian military lays down their arms.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Minsk will provide all the necessary conditions for talks between the two sides.On Thursday, he emphasised that it is important to avoid a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine.
According to Lukashenko, for the talks to proceed successfully Kiev has to refuse to join NATO and cease hostilities in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, who announced their independence from Ukraine in 2014.
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Russia ready to start talks on Ukraine
Kremlin can dispatch a delegation representing military and civilian sections of government
Demilitarization and “denazification” of Ukraine, as demanded by Russian President Putin, are inherent to Ukraine’s neutral status, Moscow said. The Russian government is ready to send a delegation to negotiate this, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
Ukraine's President Vlolodymyr Zelensky said he is "ready to discuss the neutral status of Ukraine,” Peskov said. Peskov said. Putin had “said from the start that the goal of the military operation was helping [breakaway regions] LNR and DNR, including by demilitarizing and denazifying Ukraine. Those are essential parts of a neutral status,” he also pointed out.
The Russian delegation would include military and civilian officials representing various branches of the government, the spokesman said.
Belarus, a military ally of Russia, earlier said it was prepared to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Moscow launched a full-scale military attack against Ukraine on Thursday morning. The stated goal of the operation is to demilitarize the country and to quash radical forces, which had infiltrated some parts of the Ukrainian military and law enforcement.
Putin claimed military action was necessary to ensure that Russia is not put under threat by NATO from Ukrainian territory, and to stop Ukrainian attacks on the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which Peskov called by their acronyms, DPR and LPR. Moscow recognized their independence from Ukraine on Monday.
https://www.rt.com/russia/550617-response-to-negotiations-ukraine/
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Russia comments on capture of Ukraine’s Black Sea island outpost
Ukrainian soldiers pronounced by their president as killed while defending an island were actually taken prisoner, Russia claims
The Russian military has taken prisoner 82 Ukrainian troops who were deployed on Snake Island in the Black Sea, the Russian defense ministry claimed on Friday. They “laid down arms” and will be set free after pledging not to take part in military action against Russia, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
The claim contradicted statements by Ukrainian officials. Border guards on Thursday confirmed that Russia was attacking the island and reported losing contact with troops deployed there overnight.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry, claimed on Thursday that Russian troops killed 13 Ukrainian soldiers after they refused to surrender. Footage accessible on social media shows what appears to be a Russian warship blasting through loudspeakers a demand to lay down arms to Ukrainian soldiers on the island. The message was promising them safety and freedom if they comply.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pronounced all the border guards dead. The troops “died heroically” while defending Snake Island, the Ukrainian leader said in an address to the nation. He vowed to posthumously award them highest Ukrainian military merits.
Snake Island, or Zmiini Island, is a small cross-shaped mass of land measuring just over 600 meters across. It is located some 35 kilometers off the coast of Ukraine’s Odessa region, close to the border with Romania. Ukrainian border guards maintained a small outpost there.
Russia launched a military attack against Ukraine on Thursday. President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia needed to demilitarize the country to put an end to NATO’s creeping expansion into its territory and to stop Ukrainian attacks on the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. Western nations condemned the move and imposed sanctions against Russia’s financial sector and imports.
https://www.rt.com/russia/550603-snake-island-border-guards/
Moscow: Ukrainian Troops Deploy MRLS 'Grad' in Kiev to Provoke Casualties Among Civilians
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday that Ukrainian soldiers had deployed multiple rocket launcher systems "Grad" in residential areas of Kiev to provoke casualties among civilians.
"At the moment, the intelligence shows that multiple rocket launcher systems 'Grad' have been deployed on Shevchenko Square in Kiev to shell the area of the Gostomel airfield [seized by Russia]", Konashenkov told reporters.
He added that the Pentagon and the US Central Intelligence Agency had taught the Ukrainian authorities to deploy this sort of weaponry in populated areas to inflict casualties among the civilian population.
"The Pentagon and CIA advisers taught the Ukrainian military leadership to deploy multiple rocket launcher systems in populated areas to provoke retaliatory fire on local residents", the spokesman said.
The statement comes after the MoD confirmed Russian forces have successfully conducted a landing operation at the Gostomel airfield located on the outskirts of Kiev.
The deployment of Russian troops comes as part of the special military operation launched by Moscow on Thursday, 24 February. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia can no longer stand aside while Ukrainian forces are killing the people of Donbass, which he labelled "genocide". He also stressed that the goal of the op is the complete demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.
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