📞 Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that he held first phone call with Sergey Lavrov.

He stressed during the conversation that the way of multilateralism is a strategic choice of Iran and Russia.

❗️ Russia’s armed forces have liberated the Arkhangelskoye settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Defense Ministry said.

📞 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov offered condolences over Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a telephone conversation with the country's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Iranian acting Foreign Minister thanked the Russian leadership for attention and support after Raisi’s death.

Sergey Lavrov and Bagheri Kani confirmed the intention to continue strategic partnership between the two countries.

❗️Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the town of Korolev, outside Moscow, to chair a meeting with heads of defense enterprises at the Tactical Missile Corporation’s parent company.

❗️Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing on progress of the special military operation over the past 24 hours:

▪️Battlegroup North units hit troops and equipment of two Ukrainian army’s brigades

▪️Battlegroup East units secured more advantageous lines

▪️ The Russian military forces hit a temporary deployment site of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine

▪️ Battlegroup West units secured more advantageous lines

▪️ The Ukrainian army lost up to 210 troops in the area of Battlegroup West’s responsibility

▪️The Ukrainian army lost up to 220 troops in the area of the Battlegroup North’s responsibility

▪️ Russian air defense systems downed 25 drones, a Hammer aerial bomb, three HARM anti-radar missiles

▪️ The Ukrainian army lost over 475 troops in Battlegroup Center’s responsibility area

▪️ Battlegroup South units destroyed two Ukrainian army’s armament depots

▪️ The Ukrainian army lost up to 410 troops in the area of the Russian Battlegroup Center’s responsibility

❗️Key takeaways from statements by President Vladimir Putin at his meeting with top managers of defense enterprises:

▪️Russia’s production of munitions has grown 14 times, drones - 4 times, armored weapons - 3.5 times over the past two years

▪️Most defense industry enterprises execute the state defense order in a timely and high-quality manner, some do so ahead of schedule

▪️The Russian Armed Forces must be further provided with advanced weapons and equipment, including drones and electronic warfare systems

▪️Russia must always be a step ahead of the enemy regarding weapons, and then victory will be secured

▪️Putin asked to be briefed on what is being done to improve the efficiency of military equipment repairs to have it back in service quickly

Those invited to the allegedly peace conference in Switzerland should be aware of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s urge to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s strikes on Russian territory, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

❗️A Ukrainian military warehouse stationed in a shopping mall has been destroyed in Kharkov, top brass reported.

❗️Russian air defense systems have shot down 15 missiles, fired from the Vampire multiple rocket launchers (MLRS), over the borderline Belgorod Region, the Defense Ministry said.

The number of civilians killed in shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces on the borderline Belgorod Region has climbed to three, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

According to the governor, four more people were injured in Dubovoye and Tavrovo as a result of shelling.