[HIGHLIGHTS] Progress of the situation in Russia and Ukraine: Russian Foreign Minister will attend Security Council meeting The first "Patriot" missile battalion is ready in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in New York, and he will attend a meeting of the UN Security Council on 24 and 24 April local time. Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson: The first "Patriot" air defense missile battalion has entered combat readiness duty in Ukraine.

Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenja, said that the Russian side has accumulated a considerable number of discussion topics. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: No plans to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at present.