Germany’s Scholz:

Ukraine will not be able to become a member of NATO while there is a conflict on its territory.

The condition for membership is the absence of unresolved border conflicts.

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Volodin:

The USSR would not have collapsed if it had been led by people like Putin.

Russian Lancet kamikaze UAV strike on Ukrainian radar with anti-UAV net in Kharkiv region.

Channels associated with Wagner announce the suspension of the recruitment of mercenaries for a month.

Der Spiegel:

Germany and Poland cannot agree on repair of Leopard tanks transferred to Ukraine.

The repair plant in Poland was supposed to open a month ago, but negotiations between the countries are still ongoing.

One of the reasons is the difference in estimating the cost of the work.

Poland’s PGZ wants to charge more than €100,000 for the so-called “initial diagnosis” of tanks.

In Germany, this usually costs only about €12,000.

PGZ also doesn’t want to take on any guarantees.

Ukrainian MTLB with Turkish-made (ASELSAN) SARP-DUAL combat module.

Ukrainian Patriot air defense system killmark list including 2 Russian fighter jets & 3 helicopters shot down in Bryansk region on May 13.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Reznikov:

Leopard’s time will come.

Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Anna Malyar:

Over the past week, Ukrainian forces liberated 9 km² of Ukrainian territories in the east & 28.4 km² in the south of the country.

Chinese Defense Minister met in Beijing with the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.

They discussed military cooperation and a joint contribution to maintaining peace and stability in the region.

Today is Ukraine’s Air Force Anti-Aircraft Missile Forces Day.

Russian soldier loses his pants while fleeing and falls into a ditch.

Agents of the Israeli national intelligence service Mossad tracked the movement of foreigners in Türkiye for information.

Turkish Intelligence (MIT) have concluded that Mossad used a remote online routing technique to obtain intelligence on foreigners living in Türkiye.

In total, 56 individuals linked to 9 cells are considered to be working for the Mossad.

Russia’s FSB says it stopped an assassination attempt on Russian-installed head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov, organized by the Ukrainian special services.

“A Russian citizen was detained, who was recruited by the SBU and who was trained in Ukraine in mine-explosive business.”

The man planned to blow up Aksyonov's car, FSB says.

Medvedev:

For us, Finland is a hostile country, once created out of thoughtlessness by Lenin and today joined NATO.

Ukrainian Army’s 47th Separate Artillery Brigade destroyed Russian 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS with French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled howitzer.

Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Vitaliy Deynega:

Ukraine cannot buy Chinese Mavic drones, so as not to spoil relations with the U.S.

Russia now has an advantage in various inventions in the field of drones.

Russian T-62 tank drove directly into the line of anti-tank mines that they themselves laid.

The Telegraph:

About 50,000 LGBT soldiers are fighting for Ukraine.

The first open homosexual soldiers hope that Ukraine will become different and recognizes the military contribution of its LGBT soldiers.

NYT:

FSB has learned to track correspondence in encrypted instant messengers - Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal.

The secret service can track the location of phones, identify anonymous users and hack accounts. Messenger developers have little protection against this.

Ukrainian soldiers shot down Russian kamikaze UAV with automatic weapons.