1744. Explosions in Odessa.

🇪🇺💵A number of EU countries propose, as part of new sanctions, to ban the transfer of dollar bills to Russia and tighten restrictions on transactions with cryptocurrency (Bloomberg)

🇺🇦🇷🇺 There are reports of several rocket arrivals in Alchevsk. Shelling of Donetsk also continues. Apart from death and terror, Ukraine has nothing to offer the outgoing territories.

Dnepropetrovsk, hello there 🌚

Hope you’re ready for some cringe

https://twitter.com/ragnars/status/1573194530739953664

These referenda are the culmination of nearly 9 years of pain. Donbass has earned them with blood, sweat, and tears.

Never forget. Never forgive.

Donbass is Russia.

Something to keep in mind.

The Russian military has probably already Started the staging additional force to move into the new territories for weeks now. Expect things to start moving very quickly post referendum. These force do not include the additional 300,000 reserves that will arrive in December/January. It will be Russia proper and it will be defended.

🇷🇺🇲🇽Mexico is not going to impose unilateral sanctions against the Russian Federation, the head of the Foreign Ministry said.

A sabotage and reconnaissance group consisting of five people was detained in the Kherson region, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

🇷🇺 Russian servicemen from the Caucasus recorded a video message to Ukrainian nationalists:

"It doesn't matter who we are: Avars, Lezgins, Ossetians or Chechens. We are all Russian soldiers. Our sacred duty is to protect the interests of the country. If you crests think that the war began on February 24, you are mistaken. The war will start now. Now we are going to Kyiv".

Wagner employee enjoying his time off next to his T-72B and commenting on the lack of accuracy of Ukrainian artillery.

🇷🇺🗳 Patrick Lancaster reporting from Kherson where referendum votes are being deposited.

An interesting fact: In five days, France will become the second largest country in Europe