🇹🇼 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit waters off northeastern Taiwan late Saturday night, the Central Weather Administration reported.

The quake occurred at 11:05 p.m. local time. Its epicenter was at sea, roughly 32 kilometers east of Yilan County Hall, with a focal depth of about 73 kilometers.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Footage of Putin visiting one of the command centers of the Joint Grouping of Forces.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 All objectives assigned to the Russian Armed Forces in the special military operation are being carried out in line with the plan, Putin said.

He added that the creation of a security buffer zone along the Russia–Ukraine border is progressing at a good pace.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Gulyaypole is the second-largest city in Zaporozhye Oblast, and its liberation opens up strong prospects for further offensive operations, Putin said.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Given the pace of the advance, Putin said Russia has virtually no interest in negotiating the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from their positions, adding that if Kiev refuses a peaceful settlement, Moscow will achieve all objectives of the Special Military Operation by military means.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Kremlin reported that Putin has been briefed on the liberation of Dimitrov in the DPR.

The liberation of Dimitrov is a major step toward the full liberation of the DPR, Putin said.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Gerasimov said that operations to bring Donbass, Zaporozhye Oblast, and Kherson Oblast under control will continue.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Russian Chief of the General Staff said that after the capture of Seversk, Russian forces are advancing toward Slavyansk at an accelerated pace.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Putin said the West is offering Ukraine favorable terms on security, postwar reconstruction, and relations with Russia, but Kiev has no desire for a peaceful settlement.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 ‘Leaders of the Kiev regime are in no hurry to resolve this conflict by peaceful means' — President Putin

Due to the pace of the Russian advance 'our interest in the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territory they occupy is reduced virtually to zero'

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Ukrainian servicemen surrender in Dmitrov/Mirnograd.

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