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43% of Ukrainian citizens supported the idea of ​​the country's joining NATO. This is evidenced by the data of a sociological study on the attitude of the Ukrainian society to the escalation of the conflict in Donbass.

A long reconnaissance flight off the coast of the Crimean peninsula, near which restrictions on aircraft flights were introduced until April 24, 2021, conducted the RQ-4B Global Hawk strategic unmanned aerial vehicle, which belongs to the United States Air Force.

The Joe Biden administration may mandate tobacco companies to reduce the nicotine content of cigarettes to a level where smoking is not addictive. At the same time, menthol cigarettes can be completely banned.

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made a phone call to George Floyd's family after a jury found former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin guilty of his murder.

Queen Elizabeth II turns 95 on Wednesday 21 April. She will celebrate her birthday in mourning in connection with the death of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, Philip, who died on April 9 at the age of 99.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US had not received official information about Russia's retaliatory sanctions.

More than 500 thousand residents of Donbass have received Russian citizenship under a simplified scheme.

The Ukrainian military told how the Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to act in the event of a war with Russia.

The head of the US diplomatic mission in Russia, John Sullivan, will meet in America with the staff of the new US administration and will soon return to Moscow.

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek plans to appeal to partners in the European Union and NATO with a request to expel Russian diplomats.

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer questioned the use of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

The Belarusian parliament, against the background of preventing an attempted rebellion in the republic, calls on the international community to refuse to support the forces that are destabilizing the situation in the country.

Chadian President Idris Deby died of front-line injuries in clashes with insurgents.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for medical assistance to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

In India, the furnaces of local crematoria began to melt. This is due to the amount of corpses being burned.