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2022-02-26 15:03:51 Australia suspended RT from air, the broadcaster says. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 14:13:03 A residential building in Kiev was accidentally hit by a Ukrainian Buk missile system, not a Russian missile, according to a source in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The type of damage, which can be seen in the video shared on social media, is consistent with Buk-type missiles, the source said.

A Buk guidance unit may have malfunctioned while it was repelling fire on Ukrainian military infrastructure. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 13:16:06 A cargo ship, suspected of belonging to a Russian company and en route to St. Petersbourg, was intercepted in the English Channel, AFP reports citing French officials. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 09:53:23 Russian space agency Roscosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on launches from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, the head of the agency Dmitry Rogozin, says. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 06:20:52 The UK Foreign Office has told British citizens to refrain from visiting Russian areas bordering Ukraine as well as several regions in North Caucasus. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 04:15:09 Bulgaria has decided to close the national airspace for Russian aircraft over the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the country's Transport Ministry says. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 04:05:09 Ukraine and Russia are currently discussing a date and a place of possible negotiations, with Kiev being ready to speak about the cessation of hostilities and peace, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's press secretary Sergii Nykyforov says. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 03:55:09 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to serve as a mediator in possible talks with Russia, Ukraine's UNIAN news agency reports. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 03:45:39 The Russian troops have entered the Ukrainian city of Melitopol without resistance, the Russian Defense Ministry says. Open / Comment

2022-02-26 02:56:48 Twitter is temporarily pausing advertisements in Ukraine and Russia. Additionally, some Tweet recommendations will be paused to reduce the spread of abusive content. Open / Comment