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Kiev's statements about its desire to de-escalate the situation in Donbass sound false, the authorities are sabotaging the Minsk agreements, said Maria Zakharova.

The Russian side will not tolerate any preconditions imposed by the United States to further formalise the security guarantees offered by Russia.

Before discussing a face-to-face meeting between Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, it is necessary to understand what the US and EU response will be to the draft security guarantee agreement that Russia sent them in December.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in which he assessed the actions of the Ukrainian authorities.

The defense ministers of the five states fear the destabilizing impact of the Russian Federation on the «general security atmosphere».

At the board of the Ministry of Defense, the President of Russia said that this is not thousands of kilometers from the border of the country, it is «at the threshold of our house».

During the day, the price increased by about $200, the last time it rose to this level was in early October of this year.

Marco Buschmann noted that only together they managed to remove the channels of the IS from Telegram.

Recently, the Lithuanian police detained criminals who wanted to take eight people across the border.

Ukraine has additional transit capacities, but Gazprom does not want to use them, Kiev said.

Relations between Moscow and Washington resemble those of the Cold War, with the US continuing to perceive Russia as an "evil empire".

New sanctions against Russia over the situation around Ukraine should be aimed at the countries' immediate leaders.

Moscow has unveiled its draft agreements with NATO and the United States that exclude further expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance.

Brussels demands that Moscow «proceed to the implementation of the Minsk agreements».

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram to Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev on the occasion of Independence Day.