"A month-and-a-half in the basement": A DPR soldier tells how the evacuation of civilians from the Ilyich plant in Mariupol was conducted

❗Germany to reduce its dependence on Russian energy resources to 'zero', German foreign minister says

German foreign minister: There will be no lifting of sanctions against Russia behind Ukraine's back

❗Lavrov calls Borrell’s proposal to transfer Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine ‘theft’

🎞 📹 A Mariupol veteran couldn't help crying while talking to DPR head Denis Pushilin. He said that people have been waiting to be liberated for so long and thanked Pushilin for fighting.

He's wearing his St. George's ribbon, which he has kept all these years despite it being banned in Ukraine

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⚡The US does not currently see a "viable negotiating path" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines says

❗Ankara hopes for success in F-16 deal with US, Turkish defence minister says

🛢Brazilian oil giant Petrobras declined a US request in March to boost crude output after the US’ embargo on Russian oil sent prices up, Reuters reports

Germany to supply Ukraine with modern tanks, howitzers - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock

⚡US does not see reason to be concerned about Russian tactical nuclear weapons use, senior intel official says

Before their retreat, Ukrainian servicemen mined the streets and roads in the vicinity of the village of Kamenka, Kharkov region. Russian sappers have carried out demining, safely destroying several artillery and tank shells, as well as anti-tank mines (some of them were foreign-made)

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⚡⚡UN has 'credible information' on Ukrainian troops torturing Russian prisoners - rights monitoring mission

⚡First Lady Jill Biden, others "not entirely safe" on Ukraine visits - US intel official

❗Ukraine’s GTS operator says gas transit to Europe via Sokhranovka station halted from May 11

Viktor, who was evacuated from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, spoke about how Ukrainian soldiers disrupted the evacuation of civilians several times.

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Biden says US inflation his 'top domestic priority'

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⚡Russian air defence systems destroyed another Ukrainian Bayraktar UAV on Tuesday in the area of Snake Island - Russian Defence Ministry

Over the past three days, the Kiev regime has lost 30 military drones in the area of Snake Island, 9 of which were Bayraktar UAVs - Russian Defence Ministry

Briefing of Russian Ministry of Defence on the operation in Ukraine:

▪Russian aviation hit 74 Ukrainian objects during the day, including 2 command posts, 20 areas of concentration of enemy forces and equipment, and 2 depots of rocket and artillery weapons

▪Missile troops and artillery hit 223 areas of concentration of forces and equipment, destroyed 3 command posts, 2 ammunition depots, and more than 100 neo-Nazis

▪Russian air defence systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the area of Shirokoe (Dnepropetrovsk region) and an Mi-8 helicopter in the area of Novodmitrovka (Kherson region)

▪4 Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the LPR, the Dnepropetrovsk region, and the Kharkov region

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