At a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Goa, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said the Chinese side was ready to make a real contribution to the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis through cooperation with Russia. 

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Berlin police began investigating a "leak of state secrets" due to an article about Zelensky's visit to the German capital.
According to a press release, the police analyzed the article and found "classified information" that a "police source" told the publication. According to local media, the story was in the Badische Zeitung, which quoted sources in the security services as saying that Zelensky's arrival was imminent. They said that in the region where the president would arrive in the middle of May, there would be the first level of security, and the guest himself would be accommodated in the Ritz-Carlton hotel. According to journalists, Zelensky's office was very unhappy with the leak and was even considering canceling his trip.

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A court in Berlin rejected former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's attempt to restore his parliamentary privileges, which he was deprived of last May after he refused to distance himself from Putin,in connection with the SMO. Schroeder had previously announced that he would sue the Bundestag to restore his privileges, but the Berlin Administrative Court ruled against him.The court's ruling read:"The plaintiff is not entitled to an office with clerical staff either by common law or by equal treatment."Schroeder's lawyer argued that the decision to close his office was illegal. Nevertheless, he was found incapable of performing any lasting official duties in Germany, and therefore ineligible to hold office.Schröder was accused of making unwanted comments during the Ukraine crisis and of continuing to cooperate with Russian state-owned energy companies. Schröder is still chairman of the supervisory board of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline,but in May 2022 he resigned as chairman of the oil company Rosneft

The Ukrainian armed forces had to shoot down their own drone above Kiev.

Presumably, the loss of control occurred "as a result of a technical malfunction."
 
Air defense units of the Ukrainian armed forces had to shoot down a Ukrainian drone above the capital Kiev late on Thursday, the Command of the Ukrainian Air Force said on social networks.

"At around 8:00 p.m. [Moscow time] on May 4, control was lost over a Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle performing a scheduled flight in the Kiev Region," the Air Force Command said in a statement on its Facebook page (Facebook is prohibited in Russia due to its ownership by Meta, which has been designated as extremist).

"The drone’s uncontrollable flight in the capital’s airspace could have led to undesirable consequences, so a decision was made to refer the matter to mobile groups." "Target destroyed!" the statement says.
Presumably, the loss of control occurred "as a result of a technical malfunction." Its causes will be investigated.
No casualties were reported as a result of the air defense engagement and subsequent fall of debris.

An air raid warning was issued in Kiev earlier on Thursday.

Eyewitnesses told TASS that several drones were spotted over Kiev, and air defense forces tried to shoot them down. The air raid warning was later cancelled. Later, city authorities reported falling debris, an explosion, and two fires on the ground.

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Argentine President Alberto Fernández arrived at Brazil’s presidential residence to meet his counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as officials from both countries study how to eschew the dollar in trade between the neighboring nations.

Lula intends to propose a line of credit to finance Brazilian companies that export to Argentina with the intention of avoiding use of the dollar, said the finance ministry’s executive secretary, Gabriel Galípolo.

Argentina struck a deal with China that allows its companies to pay for Chinese imports with yuan. Lula, for his part, hailed an agreement between Brazil and China to use the yuan in their bilateral commerce while in Shanghai last month, while also taking swipes at the dominance of the dollar in international trade and at the IMF.

In addition to economic issues, Fernández and Lula are also likely to discuss the possibility of restarting the Union of South American Nations as part of a broader agenda of South American integration.

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🇮🇷 🇮🇱 Iran is on the cusp of making multiple nuclear warheads, according to the Israeli Defense Minister

 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galand said Iran could have enough enriched uranium for five nuclear warheads.

 📝  "Make no mistake, Iran will not be satisfied with one nuclear bomb," he said during a visit to Athens.

Enrichment of uranium for use in nuclear power plants is typically less than 20%, and enrichment up to 90% is considered weapons-grade.

 📝  "At the moment, Iran has received materials enriched up to 20% and 60% for five nuclear weapons." "Enrichment up to 90% would be a serious mistake on the part of Iran and could ignite the region," the Israeli minister said.

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An attack on the Kremlin could cause serious consequences and an escalation of conflict — Qatari MFA

The State of Qatar renews its call to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian crisis through dialogue and diplomatic means and to settle international disputes by peaceful means

The attack on the Kremlin carried out with two drones could have serious consequences and escalate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

"The State of Qatar renews its call to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian crisis through dialogue and diplomatic means and to settle international disputes by peaceful means," the ministry said on Twitter.

"Escalatory measures such as the recent targeting of the Kremlin building in the Russian capital, Moscow, will result in an escalation of violence and a prolongation and widening of the crisis. In this context, the State of Qatar warns of the dangerous repercussions of these hostilities on efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully.".
 
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Wagner Chief Prigozhin showed the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in the fighting for Artemovsk (Bakhmut) in the last 24 hours and also reported on the severe shortage of ammunition (18+).

Evgeny Prigozhin displayed the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in the battle for Artemovsk (Bakhmut) in the last 24 hours. Fighters of the Wagner PMC, as Yevgeny pointed out, are having serious problems with the supply of shells.

"These are somebody's fucking fathers, somebody's sons. And those scum who don't give ammunition, bitch, will be in hell eating their giblets, p****. We're 70% short of ammunition," the head of the "PMC Wagner" said.

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Fierce battles for the western part of Artemovsk. View from space. May 4, 2023.

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🇷🇺 have continued their gradual advance west in the city and have also advanced closer to the Khromove road.

-Pro Ukrainian Warmapper channel

🇬🇧 🇺🇦 The British Ministry of Defense admitted cases of arms resale by Ukrainians.

📝 "Weapons supplied by Britain to Ukraine fell into "the wrong hands' before reaching the front lines," Deputy Chief of Staff James Hippy said.

✅But, he said, Britain has established "robust procedures" to ensure that all weapons going through the International Donor Coordination Center go to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

📝 "Despite isolated reports, cases of weapons donated to Ukraine being diverted from the front lines are extremely rare," Hippy said.

✖️In separate reports... For almost a year, Russia has been warning everyone that Kiev has become the world's center of arms smuggling. But the main thing is to cut the military budget, and it doesn't matter where the weapons will go next...😠

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Former chief of Roscosmos, Rogozin, on the use of nuclear weapons against the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive: According to our doctrine, we have every right to use tactical nuclear weapons. Because that is precisely why they exist—this great equalizer. For that moment, when there is a clear mismatch in the forces and means of conventional weapons in favor of the enemy, the best method to destroy his offensive would be to use tactical nuclear weapons. With understandable consequences, of course, but I don't think there is any other option at the moment. We are waiting for the offensive, we are ready for it, and we understand that it will be very difficult because they will have a lot of power on their side. But no one is going to give up positions on our side.

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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel I express our opposition to the drone attack on the Kremlin. Cuba reaffirms its position of condemnation of all acts, methods, and practices of terrorism in all their forms and manifestations.

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