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1. Various of boat sailing on Neva River, Grand Kremlin Palace, traffic

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2. Various of Saint Basil's Cathedral

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3. Facade of Russian Defense Ministry building

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4. Russian national flag on building

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5. Running tanks
6. Missile being launched
7. Various of tank firing
8. Various of cannon firing
9. Various of battlefield images
10. Various of missiles being fired

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11. Various of cityscape

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12. Various of Ukrainian parliament building

The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a battle report on Saturday that the Russian army destroyed a U.S.-made high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) and an ammunition depot in the Donetsk region, as well as two Mi-24 helicopters at a parking apron in Mykolaiv.

Russian air defense forces also destroyed four Ukrainian drones and intercepted four HIMARS rockets in their special operation in Ukraine, according to the ministry.

The ministry said that Russian army and Donbas armed forces have taken full control of the Pisky area north of the city of Donetsk.

On Saturday, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Chief of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said in an interview that Ukraine has no willingness to resume negotiations with Russia. At present, the dialogue between Ukraine and Russia is limited to the exchange of prisoners of war and the remains of the deceased, he said.