🇷🇺 - A regional state of emergency has been declared in Sevastopol due to the contamination of beach areas with petroleum products, the Governor announced

🇷🇺 - Engines failed on two Russian airline flights, forcing both planes to return shortly after takeoff. An Airbus A321neo en route from Sharm El Sheikh to Yekaterinburg experienced a left engine failure at 4,500 meters. A Boeing 737 flying from Volgograd to Yekaterinburg also reported a left engine failure at 11,300 meters, returning to Volgograd.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russian forces struck a high-rise building in the Shostka district of the Sumy region with a KAB, according to the regional military administration.

Three people have been reported injured so far, with others possibly trapped under the rubble. Emergency rescue operations are ongoing.

Earlier, there were reports of Russian airstrikes targeting Ukrainian armed forces in the region.

🇷🇺 - Yevgeny Fyodorov, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy in the Duma and leader of NOD, says that “the issue of separation between nationalities in Russia has arisen.” He says that the state security services should do more to catch Russian “fascists” in response

🇺🇦🇺🇸 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged that Washington began arming Kyiv well in advance of the war.

"We made sure that well before the Russian aggression happened, starting in September and then again December, we quietly got a lot of weapons to Ukraine to make sure that they had in hand what they needed to defend themselves, things like Stingers, Javelins that were instrumental in preventing Russia from taking Kyiv." Blinken stated in an interview with The New York Times.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 - In Voronezh, emergency services evacuated about 100 residents from a building due to the discovery of parts of downed UAVs, reported Governor Alexander Gusev.

The area has been cordoned off, and the issue of disposal of the UAV parts is being addressed. Earlier reports indicated the suppression of at least five Ukrainian UAVs.

There are no casualties, but windows in several apartments were damaged.

🇷🇺🇺🇸 - Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, responded to Antony Blinken's statement, saying, "Russia has been warning about this for years, from the U.S. and Britain's arms supplies to Ukraine, to endless NATO drills in the Black Sea violating our borders, and the dangerous proximity of Western military aircraft to civilian planes in our airspace. This is why one goal of the SMO is the demilitarization of Ukraine and ensuring our country's security."

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukraine has lost 8 villages in the Pokrovsk sector since the start of the new year

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukraine is losing 20km2 of territory per day

🇷🇺 - A state of emergency was declared in the Levoberezhny district of Voronezh following a drone attack, announced the city's head, Petrin.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukrainian monitoring channels have detected activity from Russian strategic aviation. Airstrikes may occur tonight.

🇺🇦 - According to preliminary polls: Zelensky, General Zaluzhny and leader of the nationalist opposition Yulia Tymoshenko would be the 3 favourites to win a 2025 presidential election. However, it is not clear if Zaluzhny would run.

🇺🇦 - Lex Friedman announced he will have a 3 hour interview with Zelensky on Monday