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Kyiv agreed to declare the neutral status of the state, writes "Strana.ua".

Deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo and former State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya, together with the National Guard, brought humanitarian aid to the Kherson region.

The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, accused Western countries of cynical unwillingness to recognize the presence of neo-Nazis in Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls for tougher sanctions against Russia.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington and its allies do not want the conflict to expand to their countries and therefore will not close the sky over Ukraine.

Advisor to the head of Zelensky's office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that the murder of Denis Kireev is not related to the work of the Ukrainian delegation.

In Yakutsk, the city press banned the sale of the newspaper "Everything for You", which came out with an anti-war cover. The phrase "No to war" was printed on the front page of the latest issue.

“I am sure that there will be no clash between Russia and NATO over the events in Ukraine,” said the editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, retired colonel Igor Korotchenko.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the words of the American leader Joe Biden that the Russian economy is "staggering" after the sanctions imposed on it.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that NATO would not interfere in the situation in Ukraine militarily, it would be a mistake.

Russia is conducting an operation to liberate Ukraine from "Nazi, fascist, anti-Russian and anti-Ukrainian bastards," said Sergei Tsekov, a member of the Federation Council.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that the republic will not abandon Russia or Ukraine because of the conflict between the two countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who recognized the DPR and LPR, declared most of Ukraine independent.

Western politicians act in relation to the Russian people from a position of segregation, said Alexander Borodai, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs.

Vito Comencini, a member of the Italian parliament from the League party, said that Russia's recognition of independence of LPR and DPR is a consequence of the failure of the Minsk agreements.