Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron. File photoMOSCOW, May 3.On the 69th day of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Russian air defense systems shot down one Ukrainian drone, a Tochka-U missile and nine Smerch MLRS shells. Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with French leader Emmanuel Macron and discussed the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal » in Mariupol. Pope Francis said he was ready to come to Moscow to meet with Putin and discuss the situation in Ukraine. The course of the operation On Tuesday, Russian air defense systems shot down one Ukrainian drone, a Tochka-U missile and nine Smerch MLRS shells, said On Tuesday, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov. In addition, Russian air defense intercepted nine rockets of the Smerch multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandrovka, Kamenka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as Semenovskaya, Donetskoe, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Chervony Shakhtar, Kharkiv region .
“Safari on Russians” turns out to be deplorable for its participantsRussian aviation with high-precision missiles destroyed a number of military facilities in Ukraine, including a US-made counter-battery radar, Konashenkov said. Volcheyarovka and Lisichansk, three Ukrainian radar stations for illumination and guidance of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, the Tochka-U tactical missile system, the OSA-AKM anti-aircraft missile system, and three BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed. Russian troops in the course of a special operation in Ukraine have already destroyed 146 aircraft, 112 helicopters and 697 drones, as well as 2,793 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 319 multiple rocket launchers, 1,267 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 2,598 units of special military vehicles. Russian artillery hit 11 command posts on Tuesday Ukrainian troops, while Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft hit 39 Ukrainian military facilities, including two command posts and 36 areas of concentrations of forces and equipment.In Ukraine, Russia is changing tactics, but not strategyEvacuation from AzovstalAlmost 150 people were evacuated on Tuesday from Mariupol to Bezymennoe in the DPR, the territorial defense headquarters of the republic reports. Azovstal arrived in Zaporozhye today. She added that the UN is ready to repeat the operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. positions, Vadim Astafyev, a spokesman for the RF Ministry of Defense, told reporters. The Russian military and the army of the DPR began to destroy the firing positions of Azov (against whose fighters a criminal case was initiated in the Russian Federation) and security officials at Azovstal when they violated the silence regime, Astafyev stressed. Putin held talks with MacronRussian President Vladimir Putin held talks with the president France by Emmanuel Macron for the first time since his re-election. During a telephone conversation that lasted more than two hours, Putin informed Macron about the progress of the special operation to protect Donbass and the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal, and also outlined the fundamental approaches to negotiations with Kyiv, despite his unwillingness , stated that the Russian Federation is open to dialogue.The West is very scared: Russia is winning Putin, in a conversation with Macron, also drew attention to the ignoring by the EU member states of the war crimes of the Ukrainian security forces and noted that the West could help stop their atrocities. In turn, Macron urged Putin to allow further evacuation from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. The Pope is ready to come to MoscowPope Francis said he was ready to go to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to help resolve the conflict in Ukraine. He also said that he was not going to Kyiv yet. The Pope added that the reason for the aggravation of the crisis in Ukraine could be the actions of NATO near the borders of Russia. He explained why the meeting with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill was canceled: in the current conditions that arose in connection with the situation in Ukraine, this meeting could an ambiguous signal, so it was decided not to hold it. In any international situation, dialogue with the Pope is important for Moscow, Russian Ambassador to the Vatican Alexander Avdeev told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
«That was the last straw.» What sparked the civil war in UkraineMedvedev about ZelenskyDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Vladimir Zelensky will not change his behavior and will continue to ask for money and weapons from the West, as well as imitate concern for Ukrainians, proving that he is the hope of the liberal world.He is also added that Vladimir Zelensky does not need any peace treaty, as it will mean the end for his regime in Ukraine. visit by the Ukrainian authorities to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In mid-April, Steinmeier was going to go to Kyiv with colleagues from Poland and the Baltic states, but at the last moment his trip was canceled at the insistence of Kyiv, Scholz called this decision «remarkable.» Ambassador Ukraine in Germany, Andriy Melnyk, because of this decision, called the German Chancellor «an offended liver colleague» bass.» Scholz also said that Berlin is ready to support Finland and Sweden if the countries decide to join NATO. In addition, it is reported that Berlin will supply Ukraine with 7 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers from the stocks of the Bundeswehr.
The West is preparing for eternal war
