Maria Zakharova

Following days of uncertainty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia was cancelled on Monday after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft - a move that that Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described as "another closed channel of communication"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Serbia, scheduled for June 6th and 7th, has been canceled due to the refusal of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro to open their airspace to the Russian diplomat's plane, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Konstantin Kosachev, stated today that the reaction of Moscow and Belgrade to the closure of the airspace to the plane of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov must be joint and extremely harsh.

Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration summoned the Russian ambassador, Oleg Vasnetsov, on Thursday after Moldova received a series of threats from Moscow officials following its decision to ban Russian symbols of the invasion in Ukraine.

Ukrainian authorities say they have agreed with Russia to create a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol. This is the first such agreement since Saturday, AFP quoted Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk as saying.

Here are the highlights from recent events related to the war in Ukraine:

Russia has warned the United States of "unpredictable consequences" over its weapons for Ukraine

This was stated today by the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, after Moldova banned the broadcasting of Russian television channels, but also that the Russian St. George's Ribbon is banned from showing publicly.

“Who are the masters of provocation? Of course, the United States and NATO,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

Information is coming from Lugansk that two more civilians were killed in last night's shelling. The United States believes that Vladimir Putin has broken through and plans to invade his neighbor.
Zelensky and his government honestly do not believe that Russia will attack.
Western intelligence services warn that Russian commanders have been ordered to attack Ukraine.

The time period that really needs to be addressed is the one that follows shortly after February 20th.
Pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine have accused Ukrainian government forces of today's artillery and mortar attacks in three separate incidents, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.