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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 456th day of the special operation is underway. Sergei Shoigu said that the West had already pumped more than $65 billion worth of weapons into Ukraine. Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, said that the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began a few days ago, «separate operations» are already underway. Dmitry Peskov called statements from Kiev that «Putin is the number one target» as terrorist.
Ukraine's strategic goal of regaining all lost territories does not look militarily achievable in the short term, says U.S. Chief of Staff Mark Millie.
The Saeima of Latvia supported the amendments to the law on the electricity market. They fix the ban on electricity trade deals with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was being prepared for about five months. This was announced by the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland during the 15th annual Kyiv Security Forum.
Russian Su-35 and Su-27 fighters escorted two US Air Force B-1B strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. It is noted that violations of the state border of the Russian Federation were not allowed.
At the last appearance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzny, problems with his right hand were noticed in public
Hungary plans to increase defense spending in the budget for 2024, since expects that the conflict in Ukraine may drag on, said Hungarian Finance Minister Mihaly Varga.
Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolay Patrushev: Everyone in the West says that Russia and Ukraine are at war. Nothing like this. The United States is fighting against Russia, and at the same time, the United States is using the potential of NATO, using the potential of the European Union.
Ukrainian media have published another video with the living Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to replace: candidates for the place of Zaluzhny named
Deputy Head of the Office of the Ukrainian President Igor Zhovkva said in an interview with Bloomberg TV that Volodymyr Zelensky would find an opportunity to personally meet with his Brazilian counterpart da Silva after their meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima did not take place.
One of the saboteurs who were preparing to blow up a nuclear power plant in Russia, put on the wanted list-FSB. This is a citizen of Ukraine and Russia, Yuriy Kishchak, born in 1963 (pseudonym «South Coast»). He is currently in Belgium. Two of his accomplices have already been detained
The West expects to begin training Ukrainian military pilots to use F-16 fighter-bombers in the coming weeks. This was announced by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
An air defense system worked over the Belgorod region. As a result, the UAV was shot down on approach to Belgorod — Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The United States, together with its allies, provided Ukraine with military assistance in the amount of $65 billion — Chief of the Pentagon.
Finland sent Ukraine the 16th military aid package worth 109 million euros. This is reported by the Finnish Ministry of Defense.
The head of Zelensky's office, Yermak, said that Russia returned 106 people, 8 officers and 98 soldiers and sergeants «from the Bakhmut direction» to Ukraine.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported that part of the consumers in the Kiev region and also in seven regions of the country were deprived of energy due to damage to the energy system of various origins.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky fired the head of the Security Service of Ukraine for the Khmelnytsky region Taras Tsyutsiura, the press service of the Ukrainian leader reports.
The ambassadors of Germany, Denmark, Sweden were summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 25. They were protested in connection with the lack of results of investigations on the Nord Stream by the Russian Federation, the Foreign Ministry said. to which capitals «will it reach» nuclear weapons from Belarus
Deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive when they receive all the necessary weapons.
Kyiv may be preparing a provocation with the detonation of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Kharkov in order to blame Moscow for this, a media source reports. It is noted that the damage after a possible provocation by Kiev in Kharkiv will be inflicted not only on the east of Ukraine, but also on Russia, Belarus and the EU.
Advisor to the head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian troops would not become "isolated event», it will be dozens of «different actions» that are already happening and will continue.
From May 20 to June 2, the air defense units of Great Britain, Romania, the United States and France will hold the «Air Bastion» exercises in Moldova for the first time, their goal is to prepare for the security of the summit of the European Political Community, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported.
The Ukrainian authorities are preparing a bill to punish men who illegally left the country during the hostilities. This will be a joint initiative of the parliament and the government, said Interior Minister Igor Klymenko.
An undeclared war has been unleashed against the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus by the West. This statement was made by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin in Minsk.
The European Commission approved amendments to the agreements between Russia and Hungary on the construction of new units of the Paks nuclear power plant. This was announced by the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjártó.
Soldier of the private military company «Wagner» was shot dead, marking his return from a special military operation, writes Baza.
The Russian Federation is inflicting airstrikes on Ukraine to create a cumulative effect from the destruction, as well as to disrupt offensive operations, said on the air of the radio station «Moskva Speaks» military correspondent Alexander Sladkov.
Prigozhin: the withdrawal of PMCs from Bakhmut will be completed on June 1, the positions will be handed over to the military.
Control over non-strategic nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus remains with Russia, the decision to use the same, said Shoigu.
PMC "Wagner" began to withdraw units from Artemovsk (Bakhmut). This was reported by the press service of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Minsk, where a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CSTO member states will be held, at which regional challenges and threats will be discussed. < /p>
The FSB prevented the nuclear attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve of May 9th. Saboteurs tried to organize a terrorist attack against two Russian nuclear power plants. The suspects were detained by FSB officers.
Six drones were hit by air defense forces (air defense) or planted by means of electronic warfare (EW) in different regions of Crimea, said the head of the region Sergey Aksenov.
Governor of the Bryansk region Oleksandr Bogomaz said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Kurkovichi, located in the Starodubsky municipal district. He specified in his Telegram channel that no one was injured as a result of the shelling.