12:28 (09:28)⇢Kremlin Talks and Crimean Flames
⌨The newspapers report on ongoing military operations in Ukraine, with Russian forces claiming liberation of Zolotaya Niva and Zoryanoye Pervoye in the DPR (NTV.ru, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, TASS). Putin and Aliyev's meeting in the Kremlin is widely covered (Izvestia, RIA Novosti, Vesti). The aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on an oil terminal in Feodosia, Crimea, resulting in mass evacuations, is also discussed (Interfax, The Moscow Times).