#Russia State outlets say pyrotechnics exploded near boiler room and criminal investigation launched

But some observers questioning the official explanation

#Zagorsk plant involved in development of next-generation #Russia stealth bomber

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#Russia officials claim 13 #Ukraine drones downed --- 11 near Sevastopol in Russian-occupied #Crimea and two aimed at #Moscow

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#Russia drones destroy fuel depot in Rivne region in western #Ukraine

No casualties from attack

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#Ukraine military claims further "gradual" advance in #UkraineCounterOffensive in east and south

On eastern front, gains south of #Bakhmut city

On southern front, "partial success" in advance towards #Melitopol and #Berdyansk

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#Russia-occupied #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
again disconnected from its last remaining main external power line overnight

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#Russia missile strike kills 3 civilians --- 2 young women and a man --- and wounds 9 in #Zaporizhzhia region late Wednesday

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Co-founder of "#Russia's Google" #Yandex, Arkady Volozh, condemns #Putin's "special military operation"

"Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it. I am horrified about the fate of people in Ukraine"

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#Ukraine Navy: We have established a temporary Black Sea “humanitarian corridor”, with 1st ships using it within days to move grain and agricultural products

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Video: Svitlana Semeykina and Khrystyna Spitsyna, 21 and 19 years old, singing in the street in #Zaporizhzhia city just before they were killed by a #Russia missile strike

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Central Bank of #Russia halting purchases of foreign currency on domestic market for the rest of 2023, after roubles sinks to lowest point in 16 months

Rouble currently trading at 97.6:1 v. the US dollar

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