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American officials asked their Russian colleagues not to publicly distribute written responses to Russian initiatives on security guarantees that are currently being prepared in the United States, The Washington Post reported.

The United States does not rule out military involvement in the conflict over Ukraine, the US Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said in an interview with the Moldovan Jurnal TV channel.

19FortyFive: reconnaissance planes of the United States and its allies are watching Russia

The United States and its allies only last Wednesday took ten spy planes into the air to monitor Russian troops, says the American publication 19FortyFive.

The head of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schoenbach, said that the next continental war may be in the next few decades.

Popular Mechanics: the "arsenal of democracy" for Ukraine from the USA may include ATGM and MLRS

The composition of the "arsenal of democracy", which can be sent by the United States to Ukraine as part of military assistance in the amount of $ 200 million, includes a portable anti-tank missile system (ATGM) AGM-148 Javelin and a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), writes Popular Mechanics.

The Osa anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) was deployed by Ukrainian security forces near the Kiev-controlled village of Dmitrovka in the Donbass.

Ukraine continues to violate agreements providing for a ban on the installation of weapons near settlements, the press service of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) reported.

Germany blocked the transfer of German-made artillery from Estonia to Ukraine.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to German and Estonian officials. According to the article of the American edition, unlike the United States, Great Britain, Poland and other allies, Berlin decided to ban the export of deadly weapons directly to Ukraine.

Roscosmos: non-issuance of a US visa to a Russian cosmonaut may threaten the safety of the ISS

Refusal to issue an American visa to cosmonaut Nikolai Chub may threaten the security of the International Space Station (ISS). Roscosmos called the possible consequences of the incident with the United States. This is reported by TASS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan the situation in Karabakh and the progress of negotiations with the United States on security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reported.

Shoigu invited Wallace to Moscow

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation from his British counterpart Ben Wallace to hold talks on topical security issues, The Independent wrote on Saturday, citing a source in the British Ministry of Defense.

The State Department, according to media reports, is going to urge Americans to leave Ukraine if possible

The US State Department has decided to begin the evacuation of the families of its embassy staff in Ukraine in the near future, Fox News reported on Saturday, citing unnamed American officials.

The German authorities are preparing a plan to evacuate the families of diplomats from the territory of Ukraine in case of escalation of tension, the Bild newspaper reports.

Kiev has concentrated about 120 thousand troops at the contact line in the Donbass

Donetsk is not preparing for an offensive, despite the statements of the Western media, said the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin.

Russia's policy towards Ukraine became the main topic of discussion at the meeting of US President Joe Biden with members of the National Security Council (NSC), the White House said.

A photo of a manual for the Ukrainian military on the use of the British NLAW ATGM appeared on the Web. The manual is written in a lively syllable and provided with illustrations, and the Ukrainian language gives the document a unique charm.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to instruct Defense Minister Ben Wallace to accept the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to hold talks in Moscow, Sky News channel reported on Sunday, citing sources.

London declares the UK's readiness to support Ukraine, but considers it extremely unlikely that it will be possible to send its military to the border in the event of a suspected Russian invasion, Sky News channel reported on Sunday.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk considers the resignation of Kai-Achim Schoenbach from the post of commander of the German Naval Forces an insufficient step to restore full confidence in Berlin.

Former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hop Scheffer said that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO in the near future. "In the foreseeable and unforeseen future, they (Ukraine) will not become a member of NATO. And I think the whole group at the table in Bucharest (in 2008) knew that. It was already clear that for the opponents (of Ukraine's membership in NATO), this (delay in joining the alliance) will last until hell freezes over," the Financial Times newspaper quotes the ex-Secretary General.

Russia will not wait indefinitely for a response from the United States and NATO on security guarantees and will protect its security by other methods, Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said on the Izolenta live YouTube channel.