Six member states of the #EU sent representatives to the inauguration ceremony of Russian President Vladimir #Putin today. They include #France, #Hungary and #Slovakia, Radio Liberty reported.

The presidential inauguration is standard in #Russia, despite this being Putin's third consecutive term in office. 20 EU countries did not send officials, showing splits in the bloc over relations with #Moscow.

https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-inavhuratsiya-putina-uchast-yes/32936115.html

Стали відомі країни ЄС, які візьмуть участь в інавгурації Путіна – їх шість

За даними Радіо Свобода, у церемонії інавгурації візьмуть участь Франція, Угорщина, Словаччина, Греція, Мальта і Кіпр

^{Радіо Свобода}

#Russia is no longer using the Crimean Kerch bridge to supply its front line troops, reports The Independent.

Instead, recent satellite images show the Russians are relying on land routes through occupied eastern #Ukraine. This shift comes after Ukraine's attacks on the bridge.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-crimea-bridge-russia-land-routes-b2540140.html

Russia using land routes rather than Crimean bridge to supply troops in Ukraine, analysts say

Exclusive: After repeated Ukranian attacks on Kerch Bridge, Putin’s forces are relying on land routes through annexed eastern Ukraine to supply front lines

^{Arpan Rai (The Independent)}