Satellite images show S-400 air defense systems stationed in Crimea.

USAF ISR aircraft Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint (62-4134) with callsign JAKE12 conducted a reconnaissance south of Kaliningrad, south of Belarus, south-west of Russia and west of Donbass, from RAF Mildenhall Air Base, UK. Info at 22:16 Moscow time (MSK) today.

Germany warns of Russian gas retaliation if war breaks out.

Source: Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/b23082f5-030d-42df-be8b-3d55ef613b1a

Chinese FM Wang Yi calls for diplomatic solution, not hyping war over Ukraine issued.

Source: Global Times
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202202/1252641.shtml

Putin agrees to talks with Ukraine, European security organization: report

https://nypost.com/2022/02/20/putin-agrees-to-talks-with-ukraine-european-security-org/

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French President Macron has charted out a summit "aimed at de-escalating the Ukraine crisis" to which Biden and Putin have "agreed in principle".

Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/20/putin-and-macron-agree-to-try-and-secure-ceasefire-in-eastern-ukraine

Footage of the shelling of the positions of the People's Militia of the DPR by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the incident occurred on the night of February 21 near Novoazovsk. In total, the Ukrainian military fired about 50 mortars of 120 mm caliber.

Source:Telegram Donbass channel

New SMS to all people in DPR.
"Military Commissariat of the DPR: Kiev has decided to attack our Republic. It is the duty of every man to arrive at the assembly point and join the ranks of the defenders of the Republic."

President Biden has agreed "in principle" to a meeting with Vladimir Putin as long as Russia does not further invade Ukraine, the White House says.
https://t.co/NjJFFzCcfN

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue massive shelling of the city. Among other objects, the buildings of school No. 105 in the Petrovsky district and school No. 56 in the Kievsky district were seriously damaged.

Source: Telegram Donbass channel

"Very soon, literally in 10-15 minutes, President Putin will convene a meeting of the Russian Security Council," - press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

The Kremlin says that there are "no concrete plans yet" for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden.
Source: Sky News

President Biden has tentatively accepted a summit meeting with Putin next week, White House confirms.

The meeting will only go forward if Russia holds off on an invasion of Ukraine. Says Putin still continuing plans for “full scale assault.”

A man who died as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. At the moment, the shelling of this area has resumed.

Source: Telegram Donbass channel

US troops movement in Poland reportedly aims to reinforce border with Belarus.

Armed Forces of Ukraine are deliberately hitting an electrical substation in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.

As a result of today's shelling of the village. mine "Trudovskaya" there was a shutdown of 6 transformer substations. Residents of 814 houses of the private sector, an outpatient clinic on the street were left without electricity.

Source: Telegram Donbass channel

Footage from the scene of the shelling of the territory of the Russian Federation by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A Ukrainian grenade destroyed a Russian border crossing: to launch the accusation are the security services of Moscow.

Source: Telegram Donbass channel

DRG APU went to the border of the Russian Federation

According to local sources, the Ukrainian DRG, which had been attacking the positions of the NM DPR in the morning, reached the border of the Russian Federation. The Ministry of State Security of the DPR conducts a counter-terrorist operation. We are waiting for details.

Source: Telegram Donbass channel

President Putin to President Macron: NATO supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine encourages Kiev to pursue military solution to Donbass problem. This results in sufferings of civilians in Donetsk and Lugansk who are forced to seek safety in Russia.

Source: UK Russian Embassy
https://t.co/FrHKHcOuyo

According to sources in Kiev, the regime is preparing to introduce a state of emergency and martial law in Ukraine in the coming hours. Intensive consultations are being held with advisers from the US and the UK, Zelensky is preparing a speech.