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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 405th day of the special operation is underway. NATO will not be able to offer membership to Ukraine in the near future, the Western press writes. Politico writes about the alleged increase in the work of Russian spies in Europe, where they are interested in data on the production and supply of weapons for Ukraine. The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Naryshkin, arrived in Minsk. Putin said that «sanctions are for a long time.» The KGB of Belarus announced the arrest of a Russian citizen suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Grodno.
ZN.ua reports that in the suburbs there was an explosion on the Ukrainian Dnieper.
Anadolu: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed confidence in the possibility of establishing a just peace between Russia and Ukraine.
TASS: The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation has developed a textbook on the classical Ukrainian language for primary school students. It is also planned to develop a similar manual for high school students.
The battle for Bakhmut continues: military commander Rozhin spoke about the situation in the city
Telegram channel «Resident»: a source in the Office of the President of Ukraine claims that there will be no UAF counteroffensive in April.
The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the republic 17 times over the past day, firing 96 ammunition.
Clinton regrets that he «forced» Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons in 1994
TASR: The Ministry of Agriculture of Slovakia will tighten control over the import of grain crops from Ukraine and their transit through the territory of the republic.
Zelensky, in another video message, spoke about a new US $2.6 billion military aid package, which will include ammunition for HIMARS, air defense and artillery.
RIVA News: A protest against EU arms supplies to Ukraine took place in Brussels .
Erdogan: «I am in contact with Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelensky almost every week.»
The FSB announced the detention of a married couple at a military-industrial complex enterprise in Nizhny Tagil for espionage in the interests of Ukraine, they were arrested under the article «treason». According to the FSB, for a monetary reward, the spouses handed over to the secret services of Ukraine information of a military-technical nature that could be used against the RF Armed Forces. It is also stated that during a search at the place of residence of the suspects, «objects of espionage activity» were seized.
Ombudsman Moskalkova appealed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and international organizations in connection with the situation around the Kiev-Pechersk laurels.
Charge d'Affaires of France was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was protested because of the publication about the actions of the Russian military in Bucha.
Ukraine will receive another $73 million for demining, said Prime Minister Shmyhal.
The court in Krasnoyarsk will consider the case under the article «on discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation» against a local deputy from the Communist Party. Igor Grinev is suspected of discrediting the army. The deputy himself said that last year's post on the social network about Kherson was the reason, but «the denunciation for this was written only now.»
Bloomberg: Chinese yuan has displaced the US dollar, becoming the most traded currency in Russia amid sanctions.
In Cheboksary, they announced the cancellation of Diana Arbenina's concert «due to SVO»
State Duma Deputy Matveychev said that the draft on the recognition of feminism as an extremist ideology had already been submitted to the commission of the lower house of parliament to investigate the facts of foreign interference in the internal affairs of Russia.
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Governor of Sevastopol Razvozhaev: “The sounds in the center of the city are on the Northern Mole, shooting practice from small arms near the fleet. Loud noises in the area of Karantinnaya Bay are preventive work within the framework of EITI".
The Pentagon revealed the contents of a new military assistance package to Ukraine: ammunition for Patriot and HIMARS, air defense radars, grenade launchers, anti-drone weapons and 23 million rounds of ammunition . The total cost of the package is $2.6 billion.
The judge of the Basmanny Court of Moscow closed the process as Darya Trepova was suppressed, journalists were removed from the hall.
Reuters: the state-owned Indian bank Bank of Baroda has stopped making payments for Russian oil since April, sold at prices above the ceiling set by Western countries.
Ukrainian media report explosions in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka.
Drones have been banned in the Tver region until May 15, then an extension is possible. Emergency services for scheduled events will also be required to give three hours' notice.
RIA Novosti: in Chebarkul, after a complaint, a woman repainted a yellow-blue fence near a residential building.
"Izvestia" they write that in 2023, 25–30 banks may leave the Russian market this year.
Kremlin: Putin and Lukashenko will hold talks tomorrow, the day after tomorrow a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State will be held in Moscow.
< p>Russian State Duma Deputy Matveychev called for the recognition of feminism as an extremist ideology. According to the deputy, almost all the leaders of the Russian feminist movement opposed the SVO, and they are also destroying traditional values.
Prigogine called for «drilling a hole in Trepova's head»
Kremlin: Putin will hold a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, where they will discuss security issues in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
Medvedev's latest post: «Dumb-headed perpetrators of terrorist attacks today whiningly lament: «I was used.» This is probably true. The semi-debilitating expendable material used by our non-systemic opposition was lucky to survive <…> Don't negotiate with terrorists. They are exterminated like mad dogs with poisonous saliva flowing from their mouths.
The ICR has filed charges and demands the arrest of Daria Trepova, who is accused in the case of the terrorist attack in which Vladlen Tatarsky died.
The son of Krasnoyarsk Governor Uss, who is accused in the United States, including bypassing anti-Russian sanctions, arrived in Russia after escaping from arrest in Italy.
The FSB announced the capture of a radio amateur from the Moscow region, who made a handicraft radio transmitter and relayed «Radio Liberty» (recognized as a foreign agent). The man was brought under the Code of Administrative Offenses, but now a criminal case is being prepared about «fakes about the army».
, the Yle television and radio company reports.
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Daria Trepova, a suspect in the case of the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg, in which Vladlen Tatarsky died, was taken to Moscow.
The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to temporarily close the office of the Consulate General in Petrozavodsk.
Putin: «sanctions are for a long time.»
Peskov: «Finland has never become anti-Russia — unlike Ukraine», but its entry into NATO «forces us to take strategic and tactical countermeasures.»
Peskov said that before closing the «Wikipedia» you need to create an analogue: "There are a lot of inaccuracies, historical and factual errors, therefore, it is imperative to create an analogue.
Lithuania banned Russians from buying real estate
Shoigu: information about conscripts began to be received by military registration and enlistment offices in electronic form, which made it possible to update databases and «ensure high efficiency call".
An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
State Duma deputies observed a minute of silence in memory of Vladlen Tatarsky, who died in an explosion in St. Petersburg — Speaker Volodin made such a proposal.
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Shoigu: Russia handed over Iskander to Belarus under nuclear missiles
Children's Ombudsman of Lvov-Belova said that children evacuated from Ukraine can learn the Ukrainian language if they wish, if the educational institution can provide such an opportunity.
The head of the HRC Fadeev called for closing » «Wikipedia» due to «distortions» and create an alternative.
Putin during a conversation with the workers of the Tulazheldormash plant said that real wages in Russia this year should grow by 3-5%, real disposable income — by 2-3%. Inflation in March «most likely» will be at the level of 4%.
Two explosive devices were dropped from a drone on the Belgorod village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, shells hit the gardens, Governor Gladkov said.
Also Naryshkin: The West in the struggle for a new world order destroys canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine, the situation in Ukraine has acquired the features of a religious war; the leadership of Poland is waiting for a good moment to gain control over the territories of Ukraine.
Naryshkin in Minsk: the SVR learned about the attempts of the West to convince Georgia to enter into a military conflict with Russia, they intend to incite Tbilisi to an adventure to return control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Inspection of cargo on the administrative border between Crimea and Kherson region is planned to be canceled, leaving only passport control for drivers, Aksyonov said.
President of Belarus Lukashenko met with Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Naryshkin, who arrived in Minsk.
The Chinese authorities are ready for dialogue with the EU to resolve the situation in Ukraine and hope for the strategic independence of the EU on this issue, said the official representative of the Foreign Ministry China Mao Ning. She stressed that China is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was visiting Kiev.
Russian artillerymen destroyed Ukrainian Gvozdika howitzers in Kherson region and D-30 on the right bank of the Dnieper, RIA Novosti reported, citing a source. The message says that as a result of the strike, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 11 people, two were injured.
In the days of the Soviet Union, correspondents of publications were drafted into the army, they received an officer rank and wrote about events at the front, being with the unit. About this radio «Moscow Speaks» recalled the military commander Alexander Sladkov. He believes that this practice should be resumed during the Great Patriotic War.
NATO will not be able to offer membership to Ukraine in the near future, the Financial Times reports, citing an unnamed diplomat from one of the alliance's member countries. According to him, there is a letter with an application from Kiev, but they «just ignore it.»
The United States will soon run out of funds to help the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) around September, — such a statement was made by a senior an American official, writes the NYT.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proposed to fight corruption on the territory of Ukraine by annually sending aid to Kiev in the total amount of 500 million euros.
Another 200 Ukrainians completed their training at the Toledo Infantry Academy. During intensive 10-hour classes, they received basic shooting skills, worked with explosives and learned first aid six days a week.