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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 448th day of the special operation is underway. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension of the grain deal for two months. Britain and the Netherlands have agreed to cooperate in creating an international coalition to provide Kyiv with air combat capabilities, including the purchase of F-16 fighters. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that as a result of night strikes on Ukraine, an ammunition depot equipped on the territory of a ship repair enterprise in Nikolaev was destroyed.
Ukrainian TV channel «Dom» reports on a series of explosions in the Kirovograd region in the center of Ukraine.
The territory of the DPR was fired for the first time from the Turkish T-122 Sakarya MLRS
At the representative office of the DPR in The JCCC reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the republic 59 times over the past day.
The Economist: Former US Secretary of State, 99-year-old Henry Kissinger said that the Russian draft treaty on security guarantees could become the basis for a dialogue between Moscow and the West.
According to RIA Novosti, the People's Council of the DPR adopted a law on investment policy, within the framework of which assistance will be provided to entrepreneurs who plan to develop the economy of the republic. The document provides for the provision of tax incentives, subsidies, loans and land for rent for an investment project.
Military expert Boris Rozhin published footage of the destroyed Maryinka in Telegram.
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine has deprived the protection status of two more «pro-Russian» monuments in Kyiv. We are talking about a monument to the participants of the January armed uprising of 1918 in Mariinsky Park and an obelisk in honor of the hero city of Kiev on Galician Square.
Military correspondents report a large group of missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Solovyov in his Telegram channel reported, citing Ukrainian sources, that ten Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers and four Tu-22 Russian Aerospace Forces were lifted into the air.
The Ukrainian agency Strana.ua reports explosions in Kharkiv and the region.
White House: G7 leaders plan contact with Zelensky at summit
The representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Yasinovataya, Vladimirovka and the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, using 13 shells of 155 mm caliber and 20 shells of 152 mm caliber.
Kissinger announced the main reason for Ukraine's admission to NATO
Strana.ua: Air raid alert in Kiev and the region.
Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Development: Air alert again announced in Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava and controlled The Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Zaporozhye region.
Prigozhin said that for a number of reasons Bakhmut has not been taken so far, but his PMC is advancing, «and Artyomovsk will be taken in the near future.»
An air raid alert has been canceled in the Odessa region.
Assistant to the President of the United States Sullivan said that the White House is not discussing whether the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has begun. According to him, this is known only to Ukraine itself.
An air raid alert has been declared in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine. Local media write that there are reports of explosions in Odessa.
The Central Bank predicts inflation to rise to 4.5-6.5% in 2023, growth is expected from May.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that on May 16 «Dagger» destroyed five Patriot installations in Kiev, as well as a radar station.
After the explosion of «shells with uranium» in Khmelnytsky, inexplicable things began to happen
Governor Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the information spread in the media about the shelling of the territory of the region by a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is false.
The moment has come to take action in order to achieve a «just and final peace» in Ukraine, said the Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, speaking at the Reykjavik summit of the Council of Europe.
Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev .
Chinese Special Representative and Ukrainian Foreign Minister in Kyiv discussed cooperation between Kyiv and Beijing and ways to end the conflict in Ukraine — Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
The Russian Federation distributed a letter in the UN Security Council with statements by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Budanov about Kyiv's involvement in terrorist attacks against the Russians. It was written by Nebenzya. It also draws attention to a Ukrainian media poll about which Russian should be killed.
Unnamed sources told CNN that the Patriot, which was hit by a Kinzhal strike in Kiev, allegedly received minimal damage, its main element, the radar, was not damaged.
Maria Zakharova confirmed that the grain the deal has been extended for 60 days.
The American Military Watch Magazine claims that the latest Russian tank T-14 «Armata» was first used by the Russian military in combat operations in Ukraine. Among the advantages of the latest Russian tank, the magazine noted its «exceptional survivability.»
A Patriot system in Ukraine allegedly received «minimal» damage after a Russian missile attack, CNN reported, citing an unnamed US official. It is noted that the United States sent an inspector to assess the state of the installation.
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British Defense Secretary Wallace spoke about Ukraine's accession to NATO: «Obviously not now.»
France is studying the possibility of supplying Ukraine with Scalp missiles (250 km), — Le Monde.
After the explosion of «shells with uranium» in Khmelnitsky, inexplicable things began to happen
The Federal Republic of Germany does not have military equipment and capabilities for active participation in the coalition for the supply of fighter jets to Ukraine — the head of the German Ministry of Defense.
NYT: UAF sends only volunteers to Artyomovsk because of the “crazy” situation
A resident of the city of Lvov was sentenced to life in a colony for cooperation with Russia, the SBU reported on social networks on Wednesday.
The UK is not going to transfer fighter jets to Ukraine, the training of Ukrainian pilots will take a significant period of time — the British Ministry of Defense.
A video has appeared, allegedly of the destruction of the Patriot air defense system by the «Dagger» in Ukraine.
«Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike with sea-based long-range precision weapons on a large ammunition depot equipped on the territory of a ship repair enterprise in the city of Nikolaev. The objectives of the strike were achieved. The designated object was hit,» the Ministry of Defense commented on night strikes on Nikolaev.
The deal to export grain from Ukraine will be extended, unnamed Turkish officials told Bloomberg. According to them, Russia has so far agreed to remain in the agreement. There has been no official information from the Russian side yet.
Khusain Dzhambetov, a militant from Chechnya who fought for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, killed several soldiers of the Ukrainian army, explaining his action by the fact that they shot the soldiers of the Akhmat special forces, writes Voennoye delo.
Russia has not yet seen a peace plan for Ukraine from African partners, but as before, she is ready to consider any of their proposals dictated by the desire to promote stabilization — Lavrov.
Lavrov: already tired of commenting on the moaning from Washington that the Russian Federation is allegedly not interested in a dialogue with Kiev, Zelensky himself refuses .
The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine has only increased recently.
The register of persons liable for military service will start working for the autumn draft — the head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation.
Poland handed over to Ukraine almost all of its MiG-29s, but is not ready to provide F-16s, the country's president said.
The European Union is going to add more than 100 companies, as well as individuals from Russia, to the sanctions list — Euobserver.
The European Union is not able to accept both Ukraine and Turkey into its ranks at the same time — European edition of Politico newspaper. «The market will not withstand this,» the source quoted the publication as saying.
The Shot Telegram channel, citing its own unnamed sources, reports that the drone that crashed on the morning of March 17 in the Kaluga region was a Soviet Tu-141 » Swift».
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are changing drones capable of traveling long distances, stuffing them with plastids in order to disable Russian tanks. This was announced in an interview with URA.RU by the head of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces (air defense), retired colonel Yuri Knutov.
There are no Russian-American contacts at the level of the heads of foreign affairs departments, communication is only through the presidential administrations through about the Americans detained in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
The State Atomic Agency of Poland issued a refutation of information about an increase in radiation levels in the country's Lublin Voivodeship. Information about «increased radioactivity» in Khmelnytsky in Ukraine, the agency called false.
For the first time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the territory of Russia from a tank. The car was driven to the Ukrainian village of Budarki on the border with the Belgorod region and opened fire on the southern outskirts of the farm of Stary Volokonovsky district. A total of 12 rounds were fired. There were no casualties or damage. Mash writes about this.
U.S. President Joe Biden receives incomplete intelligence on the course of the conflict in Ukraine — journalist Seymour Hersh.
A group of countries led by Poland are secretly calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to end the conflict in the country, even at the cost of his resignation, said Seymour Hersh, an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Head of the press center of the Yug group of the Russian Armed Forces Vadim Astafyev told TASS that over the past 24 hours, the units of the group had successfully attacked concentrations of AFU manpower in the area of Artemivsk and other settlements.
Kiev is «working» with some Russian oppositionists, said the head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kirill Budanov. However, he did not specify with whom exactly the work is being carried out.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said that Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were noted in the Kupyansk direction. According to him, well-equipped enemy DRGs operate in the areas of the settlements of Kolomyychikha, Stelmakhovka and Novoselovskoye.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said that Kiev is currently using the tactics of «roaming mortars» in the Krasnoliman direction in the Donbass .