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The proposed air defence systems are expected to be able to counter drones.

The ministry said that in the past several days media and social networks have been spreading false information that the Belarusian paratroopers were near the Ukrainian cities of Zhitomir and Kharkov, Kiev and Chernigov.

"According to the available information, the work on both the dirty bomb production and the plutonium extraction were conducted there. The elevated radiation background in the Chernobyl zone concealed such work," the source said.

The Canadian government is advising its citizens to refrain from visiting Russia and to leave the country as soon as possible amid the impacts of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

"Avoid all travel to Russia due to the impacts of the armed conflict with Ukraine, including limited flight options and restrictions on financial transactions. If you are in Russia, you should leave while commercial means are still available," the Canadian government said in a Saturday travel advisory.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has talked with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for over one hour, discussing the latter’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said.

Bennett discussed the situation in Ukraine with President Putin on Saturday, during a meeting in the Kremlin. The Israeli prime minister then headed to Germany.

"Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the evening [on Saturday]. The focus of the 90-minute conversation was the results of the talks that the Prime Minister had with Russian President Putin in Moscow on Saturday," Hebestreit said in a Sunday statement.

According to the German government, Scholz and Bennett agreed to remain in close contact and pledged to work on ending the Ukraine conflict "as quickly as possible."

"God willing, a corridor will work out in Kharkiv tomorrow," Arakhamia said on Facebook on Saturday.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told the Strana.ua outlet on Saturday that Ukraine was preparing humanitarian corridors from Sumy, Kharkov, and Kherson, as well as an evacuation from the suburbs of Kiev.

The third round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations is expected to take place within the next few days, according to adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office Mykhailo Podolyak.

Royal Flight airlines is suspending flights from Russia amid the latter’s military operation in Ukraine.

"We regret to inform you that due to restrictive measures, introduced by the European Union, air transportation of passengers from Russia is stopped starting from 00:00 LT 05.03.22y. ROYAL FLIGHT Airlines continues the exportation of its tourists from foreign airports," the air carrier said on its website.

On Tuesday, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) recommended people to refrain from non-official trips to foreign countries in the near future as Russia's special military operation in Ukraine continues.

The European Union agreed to completely close its airspace to all Russian planes, including private jets, last Sunday. Rosaviatsiya said that Russia was introducing restrictions on flights operated by airlines of 36 countries in a reciprocal move.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry confirmed on Saturday the death of a member of the first Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with Russia, Denis Kireev, who was previously reported to have allegedly been killed by the Ukrainian armed forces.

"While performing special missions, three intelligence officers have died — the officers of the main directorate of the Defense Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry ... Kireev Denis Borisovich," the intelligence agency said on Telegram.