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2022-02-25 23:07:41 Zelenskyy said in a video call with EU leaders on Thursday that this "may be the last time he is seen alive," Axios and the FT report. After that, Zelenskyy posted several video messages on Friday. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 22:44:55 The United States will not sanction Russia's crude exports, so that Washington and its allies do not "suffer the consequences" of a spike in global energy prices, Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein tells Bloomberg. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 22:17:04 The Russian Foreign Ministry outlined paths to resolution in Ukraine:

The Russian military operation seeks to ensure the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine and bring the puppet regime in Kiev to justice for crimes committed;

Russia hopes that Ukrainians will be freed from the nationalist government’s oppression and will be able to freely determine their future;

The territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics will be expanded to the size of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions;

There is a possibility that new authorities come to power in Ukraine, so that the DPR and the LPR will find common ground for negotiations therewith;

Russia does not intend to retain its military presence in Ukraine and will withdraw its troops after the operation;

Russia does not need the territory of Ukraine and will not occupy it. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 21:58:53 Zelenskyy said in a video call with EU leaders on Thursday that this "may be the last time he is seen alive," Axios and the FT report.

After that, Zelenskyy posted several video messages on Friday. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 21:31:23 The Russian Defense Ministry states that during the military operation in Ukraine, Russian troops:

have disabled 211 Ukrainian military facilities, including 17 command posts and communication centers, 19 air defense systems, and 39 radar stations;

shot down six combat aircraft, one helicopter, five drones, destroyed 67 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, as well as 16 multiple rocket systems;

seized a large number of weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine, including US Javelin and British NLAW anti-tank missiles. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 10:52:47 Russia House, a popular Russian restaurant in Washington, DC, has been vandalized. According to reports on social media, the Russian flag at the dining lounge was taken down and an American one was posted instead; windows in the building were broken.

photo credit: Eleanor Watson/CBS News; Kristina Wong/Breitbart News Open / Comment

2022-02-25 10:48:21 France will be able to help Volodymyr Zelenskyy if there is a threat to his security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Inter, without specifying whether this entails getting Zelenskyy out of Ukraine. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 10:34:03 Two teachers were killed as a result of shelling that targeted a school building in Horlivka, located in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), local authorities say. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 10:23:06 The couple are not fleeing from law enforcement, their lawyers say. The Crumbleys left the town on the night of the shooting for their own safety and are returning to the area to be arraigned, according to the statement. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 06:16:40 The European Union has made a political decision to impose additional sanctions on Russia over the latter's military operation in Ukraine, President of the European Council Charles Michel says.

The new EU sanctions against Russia will hit 70 percent of the Russian banking sector, key state-run corporations and deprive Russia of access to modern technologies, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stresses. Open / Comment