Lavrov will not represent Russia at the negotiations on Ukraine in Istanbul — Kommersant.

Not even Lavrov is going to go.

Russian forces have closed the pocket southwest of Zorya and have reached the outskirts of the village.

43 sqkm

⚡️Two Ukrainian reconnaissance drones reportedly shot down in the Tokaj region.

⚡️The Hungarian AeroSpace forces have deployed fighter wings in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, close to the Ukraine Border, its reported that it was the Aerospace Forces that detected and intercepted the drones.

⚡️Ukraine launched an unprecedented intelligence attack on the Hungarian Defense Forces.

— 🇪🇺/🇷🇺 NEW: European Union leaders have reportedly approved the 17th sanctions package against Russia.

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LFG!!!!

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇨🇳 NEW: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions targeting individuals and entities in Iran and China, allegedly linked to 'Iranian oil trade.'

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Frontline adjustment near Novo Poltavka.

Russia has captured over 150 sqkm this week.

Putin is send the C team to Istanbul.

Slap in the face to Zelensky who required Putin to be present. The Ukrainian delegation is very high profile as well. Putin has created the conditions for a Zelensky rejection although I think Ukraine will go and then tank the talks on site.

Also it’s still illegal to negotiate with Russia on Ukraine so I fully expect these men will be executed without trial.

i dont think calling them the C team is fair to the delegation but i fully get your point!! hehhehhe

Composition of the delegation of the Russian Federation for negotiations with Ukraine:

Medinsky V.R. - Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation (head of the delegation);

Galuzin M. Yu. - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (member of the delegation);

Kostyukov I. O. - Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (member of the delegation);

Fomin A.V. - Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation

Zorin A.S. - First Deputy Chief of Information of the Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation;

Podobreevskaya EC - Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation for State Policy in the Humanitarian Sphere;

Polischuk A.A. - Director of the Second Department of the CIS countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia;

Shevtsov V. I. - Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Show me the ringer here who should be on Varsity or even JV.

They’re almost all deputies.

Meanwhile Ukraines delegation is everyone but Zelensky.

Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak

Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Sybiga.

Adviser to the President Igor Zhovkva.

By the way, I think Russia’s C team is going to absolutely handle Ukraine’s A-Team.