• Russian forces in the area of Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk had not advanced into the city’s south, according to the British Defence Ministry.
• “Intense street-to-street fighting continues, with both sides likely sustaining significant losses,” the ministry said in a Twitter intelligence report.

Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that Moscow’s response to a build-up of NATO forces in Poland will be proportionate, Interfax news agency reported citing a Russian diplomat.

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“A response, as always, will be proportionate and appropriate, intended to neutralise potential threats to the security of the Russian Federation,” Interfax quoted Oleg Tyapkin, the head of a foreign ministry department in charge of Russian relations with Europe.

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