Relations with Russia are really important for Israel - Ambassador to Moscow

Dialogue between Israel and Russia is important, including on those topics where the parties "absolutely disagree," Simona Halperin said.

The diplomat stressed that dialogue between Israel and Russia is important, including on those topics where the parties "absolutely disagree."

She was commenting on her summons to the Russian Foreign Ministry shortly after starting work in this position in connection with "unacceptable statements."

The ambassador added that her task is not only to identify existing differences, but also to develop relations between the countries in general. According to her, during the several months of her stay in Russia, this process proceeded "quite seriously."

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Belarus, Russia conduct tactical nuke drills amid current situation — Lukashenko

"Nuclear weapons are terrifying weapons. But it is a weapon. Therefore, in order to use such weapons, we must train, we must know how to handle them. An escalation is ongoing. What should we do in this situation? We need to keep powder dry, including these lethal weapons," Lukashenko said.

According to the Belarusian president, Minsk and Moscow have announced in public about the training drills in the wake of an escalation, which "first and foremost emanates from Ukraine."

"However, the escalation is not only in Ukraine, as the Middle East is already on fire, with Iran nearby, and further on into the Pacific region," Lukashenko added, assuming that the world is "closer than ever to a nuclear disaster."

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Storming of the Tesla plant in Germany

As Bild reports, demonstrators broke into the plant's territory, storming the plant under a red flag and the slogan 'Let's destroy capitalism, create the future!' The police are trying to stop the radicals.

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Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko's spitz was accused of pro-Russian propaganda

🇩🇪 The German Bild dedicated an article to Umka, who was present at the Victory Parade in Moscow. The article claims that the dog was brought to the event to cover up the "lack of high-ranking foreign guests."

If the article is to be trusted, Umka is an experienced propagandist. The President of Belarus has been “bragging about his white dog” since 2021.

Zelensky fires state security chief

The sacking of Major General Rud could be linked to an alleged plot to assassinate the Ukrainian leader, according to local media.

The move comes after two officers of the agency, tasked with protecting government bodies and senior officials, were detained over an alleged plot to assassinate the Ukrainian leader.

“Dismiss Sergey Rud from the post of head of the State Security Administration of Ukraine,” a decree by Zelensky, published on his website on Thursday, read. The reasons for the sacking of the guard chief, who had held the role since 2019, have not been announced.

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Russian troops launched an offensive operation along the Russian-Ukrainian border in the north of the Kharkov region and achieved tactically significant successes - ISW is preparing Ukrainians for the defense of Kharkov.

The Russian Armed Forces are likely conducting the initial phase of an offensive operation north of Kharkov. The operation has limited operational goals, but is designed to achieve a strategic effect in attracting Ukrainian manpower and equipment from other critical sectors of the front in eastern Ukraine.

In the coming days, Russian troops will likely use their tactical foothold in the north of the Kharkov region to intensify offensive operations and carry out the initial phase of the offensive, the goal of which is likely to push Ukrainian troops back from the border with the Belgorod region and advance to the city of Kharkov within range of artillery.

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Russian marines are preparing to cross the Dnieper - Ministry of Defense

Military personnel are practising overcoming water obstacles and landing troops on an unequipped shore. The training is as close to reality as possible; they use a mock-up of a log boat.

Earlier, the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were preparing Kherson for street fighting. Militants are building fortifications on the second and third street lines from the Dnieper.

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The loss of Chasovoy Yar in the Donetsk region would not have “decisive significance” , it is “an ordinary urban settlement,” - Commander of the UAF Ground Forces Pavlyuk

One 'symbolic' win after another for Russia as Ukraine continues to make 'advances' to rearward positions and Western economies experience 'negative growth'.

New Speak and Double Think.

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On the 10th anniversary of the Donetsk People's Republic, Ukrainian terrorists cynically launched a missile attack on the peaceful quarters of Donetsk.

As a result of a direct hit on the "Paradise" restaurant in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, three civilians were killed: a woman (a restaurant employee) and two men (visitors).

At the moment, eight victims are known:  a girl born in 2012, men born in 1979, 1984, 2003, 2005, women born in 1986, 1988, 1980 (minor and moderate injuries). The victims are now receiving all necessary medical care.

One of the American HIMARS missiles hit the restaurant directly (the outer wall, glazing around the perimeter of the building, street structures were damaged), the second – in a nearby unfinished building (the roof was damaged).

New US arms shipment to Ukraine a reaction to Russia’s success at frontline — envoy

Anatoly Antonov also castigated the US administration for shrugging off responsibility for Ukrainian attacks at civilian facilities in Russia with the use of weapons being supplied from the United States.

Antonov also castigated the US administration for shrugging off responsibility for Ukrainian attacks at civilian facilities in Russia with the use of weapons being supplied from the United States.

“The US Administration is not interested in the fact that American arms are destroying civilian objects on Russian territory,” the diplomat said in comments posted on the Telegram channel of the Russian embassy. “The White House is hypocritically shrugging off responsibility for these attacks,” he emphasized.

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EU agrees draft Ukraine security guarantees

Document reportedly envisages continued military and financial support for Kiev but rules out a deployment of EU troops.

Last July in Lithuania on the sidelines of a NATO summit, the leaders of G7 countries – the US, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – signed a joint declaration, each vowing to provide Ukraine with “bilateral security commitments and arrangements.”

In its article on Saturday, Welt am Sonntag cited a confidential document that has allegedly been approved by representatives of EU member states. According to its report on Saturday, terms are currently being discussed by EU diplomats and the Ukrainian government.

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Ukraine shells cafe in Russia’s Donetsk

Three people were killed in the attack on the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic, local authorities have said.

The Paradise cafe in the Kirovsky District suffered a “direct hit,” Denis Pushilin wrote on Telegram. A female employee and two customers lost their lives in the shelling, the regional leader added.

Eight others, including a child, suffered moderate injuries, Pushilin wrote.

According to the regional chief, Ukrainian forces used a US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket system to carry out the attack. One of the projectiles struck the cafe, damaging to its outer wall and blowing out the windows throughout the building, while another landed nearby, he said.

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Ukraine using British weapons for terror attacks

London is supporting Kiev in an attempt to boost its role in NATO, a high-ranking Russian diplomat has said.

London remains one of the largest donors of weaponry to Kiev, providing £7.1 billion ($8.9 billion) in assistance since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, Belyaev, who heads the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second European Department, said in an interview with TASS news agency, published on Saturday.

"UK-supplied weapons are being actively used by the Ukrainian military in terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure and the civilian population of Donbass, as well as other Russian regions,” he stated.

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Three EU nations persecuting Russian speakers — Moscow

The Baltic states have been displaying “extreme Russophobia,” harassing even Russian-speaking children, a senior diplomat says.

“Today, our diplomatic missions in the Baltic states operate in extremely difficult, effectively siege conditions,” the diplomat explained.

The Russian missions there have been repeatedly vandalized, with russophobic pickets held outside the facilities on an almost daily basis and employees attacked on several occasions. The hostile activities have been going on with the “connivance of local authorities” and no real action to stop them has been taken, Belyayev added.

Russian nationals and even locals who are speakers of Russian have been increasingly persecuted in the three Baltic states, under the “far-fetched pretext of being a threat to national security,” the diplomat said.

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Russia remaining second largest supplier of LNG to Spain

In the first four months of 2024, Madrid purchased 26,854 GWh of gas from Russia, according to data provided by Spanish energy company Enagas.

According to the report, Spain bought the equivalent of 5,342 GWh of LNG from Russia this April. As a result, Russia took the second position in terms of this fuel supply volumes to the country, behind only Algeria. In the first four months of 2024, Madrid purchased 26,854 GWh of gas from Russia.

Enagas earlier reported that Spain acquired 72,690 GWh of Russian LNG in 2023, up from 53,859 GWh in 2022. Thus, based on last year's data, Russia became the kingdom's third largest gas provider.

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Ukrainian government warns citizens of possible full mobilization

Defense Ministry spokesman Dmitry Lazutkin declares the end of “peaceful life”.

Kiev is overhauling its conscription system to boost troop numbers following a series of setbacks in its conflict with Moscow, with harsh reforms set to come into force next week.

“Globally speaking, starting on May 18, when the mobilization law comes into force, first of all, the approach to this war will change,” Lazutkin told Espresso TV on Saturday. “This situation, when some people are fighting at the front lines, while others are living their quiet lives, is obviously coming to an end.”

Life in Kiev is “strikingly different” from the situation in the east of the country, which is “abnormal.”

“It would be normal if our enemy was weak. But with such an enemy, the whole country and the whole of society need to mobilize,” Lazutkin added.

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Pro-Palestinian activists storm Harvard.

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