🇷🇺🇺🇦 Hihglights of the statement by Russian Defence Ministry:

▪️The neo-Nazis booby-trapped storage facilities containing toxic chemicals at the plant in Avdeevka, which they plan to blow up when Donetsk People's Republic formations approach the city;

▪️ 77 foreign vessels from 18 countries remain blocked in seaports by Ukrainian authorities;

▪️The Russian side handed over the rescue vessel Sapphire to Ukraine without any conditions;

▪️Kharkov residents are intimidated by militant nationalist groups who open fire on civilians who have fled their shelters in search of food;

▪️Russia is ready to deploy humanitarian corridors in Ukraine in any other directions as soon as possible;

▪️In Mariupol, 133,214 people have been rescued through the humanitarian corridor in the eastern direction, including 758 in the past 24 hours;

▪️Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 6,362 foreign nationals from 13 countries hostage as human shields;

▪️In Kramatorsk, the Ukrainian armed forces set up firing positions in schools and playgroups, local residents were forced under threat of being shot to build fortifications;

▪️Over the past day, 19,612 people were evacuated from the DPR and the LPR, as well as from dangerous areas of Ukraine, including 3,356 children.