Russian Defense Minister Serhiy Shoigu said on Monday during a military forum in Beijing that Russia is ready for discussions on the post-conflict solution to the Ukrainian crisis. On the front, on Sunday, Ukrainian troops advanced near Bakhmut, continued their offensive in the west of the Zaporizhzhia region. Moscow troops also continued offensive actions in several directions and advanced west of Donetsk.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 614, LIVETEXT:

07:31 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Moscow is ready to negotiate a post-conflict settlement of the Ukrainian crisis on continued “coexistence” with the West, but Western countries should stop seeking to achieve a strategic defeat for Russia.

Stating that the conditions for such discussions have not yet been created, Shoigu said: “It is also important to ensure equal relations between all nuclear powers and the permanent members of the UN Security Council, who have a special responsibility for maintaining peace and global stability. “.

07:27 Sixty people were detained after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed an airport in Russia’s predominantly Muslim Dagestan on Sunday, RIA reported on Monday.

The news agency reported that 150 of the most active protesters have been identified and that nine police officers were injured in the incident, two of whom are in hospital.

Synthesis of the last 24 hours of the war:

• Dmytro Medvedev’s sharp message after the EU dramatically reduced its dependence on Russian fossil fuels. “Europe castrated itself bloody and without anesthesia”
• The Naftogaz company will not extend the contract for the transit of Russian gas to Europe through the territory of Ukraine, which expires in 2024, said Oleksiy Chernyshev, president of the board of directors.
• The Speaker of the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) Vyacheslav Volodin, a key close ally of President Vladimir Putin, threatened on Sunday to confiscate assets belonging to EU states that Moscow considers unfriendly.
• Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022, is beginning to increase revenues for defense contractors as clients such as the US government replenish stocks depleted by shipments to Ukraine and European countries arm themselves.
• Hundreds of people stormed Makhachkala Airport in Russia after learning that a flight from Tel Aviv was about to land. Passengers were asked to stay on the plane after landing and police were called to the scene
• A kamikaze drone struck the Afip oil refinery in the Krasnodar region of Russia on Sunday evening, the Russian Telegram channel Baza reported, adding that a fire broke out at the plant after the strike.
• Fighters of the State Border Service of Ukraine (SPSU), who are fighting on the side of the country’s Armed Forces, shot down a suspected Su-25 plane near Avdiivka, Donetsk region.
• The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that on the night from Saturday to Sunday over the waters of the Black Sea and the Crimean Peninsula, its air defense systems shot down 36 Ukrainian drones.

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• Sunday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro