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Shoigu stated that peaceful life is being established on the territories of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics (LNR / DNR) and Ukraine, which are under the control of Russian forces.
He pointed out that the Russian forces, together with the units of the self-proclaimed LNR and DNR, are expanding their control over those territories, RIA Novosti reports.

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Russia bombs Lviv

There are power outages in the city after a Russian air strike, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy said on Telegram.

"As a result of the missile strike, two power substations were damaged - there is no electricity in part of the city," he said.

He also believes that the West should not be afraid of Russia's threat of nuclear or other retaliation.
"If we want to achieve any success in our relations with Russia, in this situation when Russia invaded Ukraine, we can only succeed if we use brutal force, because only brutal force, brutal power is able to stop Russia," Duda said for the Wall Street Journal.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this morning that the Russian forces carried out missile strikes on targets in many regions of Ukraine, with the goal of destroying the transport infrastructure.

Berlin – President Borut Pahor argued in an interview for Der Spiegel in favour of continued arms supplies to Ukraine and warned of the unpredictability of Vladmir Putin, saying it could lead to a nuclear conflict. He warned against underestimating the Russian military and noted the risk of the conflict spreading to Moldova, Georgia and the Western Balkans.

Speaking to MPs in the Albanian parliament via a video link on Tuesday, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky asked for the closure of Albania ports to Russian ships and for limits to be put on the number of Russian holidaymakers arriving in the country.

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The attacks on the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant have resumed, a Ukrainian official was quoted as saying by BTA.

Civilians were evacuated yesterday, but hundreds remain trapped in the besieged Azovstal.

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The head of the military administration in Kharkiv confirmed that four settlements were recaptured by Kyiv from the Russians: Kutuzivka, Verkhina Rohanka, Slobidske and Prelensne.

Scholz defended his policy for Ukraine

The evacuation of residents of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, who have been hiding in the Azovstal plant in recent weeks, has begun with the assistance of the United Nations, confirmed by Ukraine and Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the first group is expected in the morning in Zaporizhzhia.

New shelling, more bodies of tortured civilians, Jolie in Lviv. Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Russian attack destroyed the runway at Odessa airport