In Russia, the first members of Ukrainian nationalist groups are put on trial: a criminal case has been opened against Denis Muryga from Aidar.

In early 2015, Muryga, on his own initiative, joined the Aidar national battalion, and was subsequently appointed deputy commander of a unit in Lisichansk, Lugansk region. In 2019, he took part in the blowing up of the bridge, as a result of which sentries of the People's Militia of the LPR were killed.

And finally, the militant of the National Battalion is in the hands of justice. The election of a measure of restraint will take place on May 19 at 14:00 in the Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don.

@opersvodki

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - The head of President Joe Biden's administration's disinformation-fighting advisory group has resigned, she told Reuters on Wednesday and the Department of Homeland Security said it had paused the group's activities.

FLASH: Altogether, 4,000 Ukrainian military and Azov fighters have surrendered in Mariupol since the siege of the city began. [GB: THE PREVIOUS 1,600 that surrendered at Ilyich factory and Azovmash are included in this.]

ALSO: The three Allied POWs that were kept by Azov at Azovstal have also emerged, it appears unharmed.

“Max Fomin: "Azov" handed over the prisoners.

Maxim Fomin - blogger, military commissar, militia, fighter of the Vostok battalion (Vladlen Tatarsky) - talking about the Ukrainian POWs in the Mariupol cauldron at the Azovstal plant:

The surrender continues. In total, 4,000 members of Zelensky’s units stopped resisting in Mariupol.

Three Russian prisoners, together with the Azov people, came to the surface.

@voenkorKotenok”

Donbass. All that remains of one of the barracks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a result of recent strikes by the Russian forces.

Two settlements on the border of the Kursk region were fired again, the attack was repulsed, there were no casualties, the governor said.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced a new provocation that Kiev is preparing:

▪️The captured Ukrainian military reported that a provocation is being prepared in Konstantinovka in the DPR according to the "Buchinsky" scenario

▪️Ukrainian militants disguised in Russian uniforms with white armbands should shoot civilians on camera

▪️Provocation in Konstantinovka, video recorders of allegedly random cars will be removed. These shots are replicated by Western media

"Regarding the situation on the Izyum front, the most intense point of the war at the moment. Units and subunits of the heroic (this is not sarcasm) 20th army took the village of Dolgenkoye and are regrouping, preparing for further offensive operations.

The assault on the village was difficult and bloody. The forests in the immediate vicinity of this settlement were well fortified, and our arte and special forces had to work very hard, smoking the sushniks from the greenery. Now in Sherwood Forest there are a lot of corpses of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, most likely, like their unfortunate predecessors, will be buried in a common pit, Ukraine does not take the corpses of its soldiers, no matter how much we offer them.

The neighbors on the left continue their offensive along the left bank of the Seversky Donets River, the neighbors on the right approached the settlement of Kurulka, which will soon face the fate of Dolgenky. After the capture of Kurulka, the Slavic-Kramatorsk enemy grouping will be cut off from the supply routes for fuel and ammunition. Delivery will be possible only by forest and country roads, on single vehicles.

Russian troops are moving slowly but surely. They take care of the personnel and try to destroy the enemy with artillery, missiles and aircraft. In general, our offensive in this direction is similar to the movement of a road roller, which, although not fast, but reliably rolls the asphalt.

The equipment is put forward only after the sappers have carried out engineering reconnaissance of the area, since the mines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not regret and generously scattered them on the paths of a possible offensive by Russian troops. Russian artillery has been conducting an extremely successful counter-battery battle for several days, which forced quite sensible Ukrainian artillery to work from extreme distances, changing positions after each volley.

In general, everything remains as before. The Russian army is grinding the enemy, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are growing exponentially, and Ukraine is trying to shut up the front with fresh reinforcements, throwing them into battle directly from the wheels, which certainly further increases the number of dead and wounded in the ranks of the Ukrainian army."

Direct translation from: @vysokygovorit

ZeRada (Ukrainian) source with estimates on Ukrainian sources at risk of immediate encirclement. Amounts to 21,000 and, incredibly, it is claimed that instead of evacuations, the Ukrainian command is sending more troops in.
@snekotron

Pro-Ukraine western journalists on ground along the front lines are now reporting that Donbas defence is falling apart for the Ukrainians.

At the end of the day I'm an engineer, so I like to report technical stuff as real as possible.

About hating ukranians is stupid, and you don't see that much hate for ukranians when you hear and read official russian channels, ukranians are part of the Russian Federation and Russian lands, hating ukrainans is hating russians.
Slava Ukraine as part of Russia 💪

Ummm

🇷🇺 Russia wants closer ties with Latin America regardless of its status in the OAS

Russia wants to further deepen cooperation with Latin American and Caribbean countries regardless of their status in the Organization of American States (OAS), the Russian Embassy in the United States said.

Last month, the OAS voted to strip Russia of its permanent observer status in light of the military operation in Ukraine.

"Our country's cooperation with Latin American and Caribbean partners continues and will deepen. We believe that this is fully in line with the interests of these nations," the embassy said on Wednesday (18).

“The only thing I need is 5 grams of coke”

How true

Got some mail from my dad today.