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The Belarusian Defense Ministry has officially stated that the Belarusian military is not taking part in a special military operation in the Donbass.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the transfer of the deterrence forces of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty.

White House spokesperson Jen Psaki claims that NATO and Ukraine do not pose a threat to Russia. "In no way was Russia under threat from NATO, it was not under threat from Ukraine," she told ABC television on Sunday.

Since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian army has destroyed more than a thousand military facilities in Ukraine. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that there are dead and wounded among Russian servicemen in Ukraine, but the losses of the Ukrainian army and nationalist formations are higher.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that the EU will impose additional sanctions on Belarus, they will affect, in particular, exports.

At an emergency meeting of the State Council of Finland on the issue of providing additional assistance to Ukraine, it was decided to allow Estonia to supply Kiev with 122-mm howitzers, Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen told Yle portal.

Denmark will transfer 2.7 thousand units of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine free of charge

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Sunday announced the supply of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, as well as helmets and body armor, Western media reported.

The world's largest cargo plane An-125 "Mriya" was destroyed at Gostomel airport

The Ukrainian transport aircraft of the AN-225 "Mriya" extra-large payload was destroyed at the Gostomel airfield in the Kiev region. This is reported by TASS with reference to Ukroboronprom.

It's time for Washington to abandon this "muscle memory" and finally recognize the limitations of its strength

The US reaction to Russia's actions in Ukraine is reflexive and full of stereotypes of the past. This leads Washington off the right path and harms the interests of America itself, said Stephen M. Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, from the pages of Foreign Policy.

The Russian Defense Ministry commented on the absolutely ignorant from a historical point of view of history and frankly boorish statements of the head of the British military department, Ben Wallace.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Ukrainian crisis called for restraint and de-escalation of the situation in Ukraine, and also said that Russia's recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR contradicts the principles of the UN Charter.

The Estonian Parliament has called for Ukraine to be provided with a roadmap to achieve the status of a candidate for EU membership and membership in NATO.

The United States does not yet see Russia as a bona fide negotiating partner, but believes that progress in the dialogue on security issues is possible, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declares the need to strengthen the protection of the western border of Belarus.

The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, held a briefing on the progress of a special military operation to protect the DPR and LPR.

Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the goals of the military operation in Ukraine are denazification and demilitarization.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is preparing and already implementing provocations according to the well-known patterns of "White Helmets" with staged videos with "victims" among the civilian population, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Thursday.

Dmitry Litovkin, editor-in-chief of the Independent Military Review:

- To solve the tasks of a special military operation in Ukraine, our Armed Forces used high-precision weapons. It is no coincidence that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stressed in its very first message that nothing threatens the civilian population. That is, the operation is planned in such a way as to avoid mass loss of life and large destruction of civilian infrastructure.

Due to the war in Ukraine, Lithuania introduces a state of emergency and appeals to NATO

In connection with the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine on Thursday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced the introduction of a state of emergency in the country. After the meeting of the State Council on Defense, he said that this decision will be approved by the Seimas at an extraordinary session, Delfi reports.