Day 415 of the Invasion of Ukraine: China claims it doesn't Provide Weapons to Russia and “Will Not Do so in the Future”

Day 415 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Russia is checking the readiness of its Pacific fleet
• Moscow is targeting Girkin, according to whom Putin will end up like Gaddafi, and Russia will collapse
• Ukrainian forces withdraw from Bakhmut following a fierce Russian offensive
• PMC "Wagner" and media group RIA FAN are on the sanctions list of the EU
• Lavrov will visit Latin America. According to Cuba, the US is responsible for the crisis in Ukraine
• The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old Guardsman for the massive leak of classified documents from the Pentagon
• "China does not provide weapons to Russia and will not do so in the future"
• "The EU cannot trust China if it does not seek peace in Ukraine", Borrell said

Russia is checking the readiness of its Pacific fleet

The entire composition of the Russian Pacific Fleet was put on sudden alert this morning, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced. Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has ordered to check the readiness of strategic submarines to use weapons.

The aim is to check the readiness of the armed forces to prevent the landing of the conditional adversary on the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, which have been the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan since the Second World War.

Aircraft of the long-range aviation and the aviation of the Eastern Military District were activated in the inspection. According to Gerasimov, "a learning environment will be created as...