🇷🇺💬🇺🇦 Russian air defense, while repelling massive attacks from the evening of May 20 to the morning of May 23, destroyed 1,177 Ukrainian drones, including 788 outside the special military operation zone, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 Three light aircraft used by Ukrainians to hunt Russian drones were targeted in a Russian strike.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 "Mash" reports that a massive prisoner exchange in the format of "1000 for 1000" is currently underway on the Ukrainian–Belarusian border.

Russia is bringing home nearly all of its servicemen captured over the three years of the Special Military Operation (SMO). Ukraine, in contrast, is recovering fewer than 10% of its POWs. Donald Trump has already congratulated both sides on the success—but he spoke too soon. The exchange is happening in multiple phases and is expected to continue from May 23 to 25.

According to Mash, Ukraine still holds around 1,300 Russian servicemen, while nearly 10,000 Ukrainian troops remain in Russian captivity. In 2024, the two sides officially carried out 12 exchanges, during which Russia recovered 535 servicemen. In 2025 so far, five exchanges have taken place, with 800 Russians returned home.

Those approved for exchange on the Russian side were held in a detention colony near the border in Sumy. Most of them are fighters from the Kursk and Kharkov fronts. Ukrainian media previously reported they were issued a monthly allowance equivalent to 5,000 rubles to buy food, medicine, and hygiene supplies.

Ukrainian prisoners in Russian custody are held in border colonies in Kursk Region and Novozybkov, Bryansk Region. According to locals, the Ukrainian troops start their mornings by singing the Russian wartime song "Katyusha" in chorus.

Before the swap, both Russia and Ukraine submitted lists of POWs they wanted returned. The FSB’s counterintelligence, along with the GRU and Ukraine’s GUR, vetted each candidate—a process that took about a week. The lists were exchanged shortly after negotiations in Istanbul.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian media circulated unverified reports that, in the days before the exchange, detainees charged with treason, separatism, and alleged collaboration were being hastily gathered from pre-trial detention centers and offered up for the swap. These reportedly included businessmen, minors who had filmed missile strikes or set fire to military recruitment offices, listened to Russian music, or simply sympathized with Russia.

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🇺🇦💥 Ukrainian channels report a ballistic missile strike in Odessa

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🇩🇪🇮🇳Rheinmetall has reached an agreement with an Indian company to produce ammunition.

Reliance Defence Ltd plans to build "one of South Asia's largest" manufacturing facilities in the western state of Maharashtra "to support collaboration" with the German concern.

The new plant will be able to produce up to 200 thousand artillery ammunition, 10 thousand tons of explosives and 2 thousand tons of fuel per year.

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🇺🇸 Trump threatens Apple

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🇺🇦 Ukrainian Official: “Our Children Must Prepare for War Because It Will Last a Long Time”

Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Head of Zelensky’s Office, openly declared that Ukrainian children should be trained for war, claiming the conflict with Russia will last for decades, “if not centuries.”

She dismissed the relevance of any future ceasefire or peace deal, insisting that Russia will remain Ukraine’s enemy indefinitely.

This kind of statement is unhinged. It reflects a regime that’s not interested in peace but is instead preparing the next generation for endless war.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺 Trump is in a good mood today

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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 More images from the strikes in Odessa. Ukrainian channels write that ambulances "just keep coming" to the site.

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🇷🇺🇸🇾 Militants Claim Responsibility for Attack on Russian Airbase in Syria

On May 20, the terrorist group calling itself “Saraya Burkan al-Furat” (Euphrates Volcano Brigades) claimed responsibility for an attack on the Russian Hmeimim meimim Airbase in Syria.

According to their public statement, two of their fighters were killed during the assault. Both were reportedly former members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s special unit known as the “Red Bands.”

The group issued a direct threat to Russia, demanding its withdrawal from Syria within one month. They vowed further attacks on Russian military positions if their ultimatum is ignored. “Russian occupiers must leave our land or we will send your headless bodies home,” the group declared.

Formed in November last year, Saraya Burkan al-Furat emerged with the stated goal of resisting Russian and Iranian influence in Syria. Following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, the group refused to submit to the new defense ministry led by Ahmad al-Shaar, rejecting integration into the new military structure.

Via: @milinfolive

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🇷🇺✈️🇺🇦 Air Raids across Ukraine, some channels report that a Kinzhal missile was launched.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 According to Bloomberg, the U.S. wants to keep Medinsky out of the talks—apparently, they prefer negotiators who don’t remind them they’re not running the show.

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