ALL-WEATHER FRIENDS: Strategic Russian and Chinese aircraft conduct joint patrols over Asia-Pacific a day after Biden states that the US will defend Taiwan.

GUARDING THE SKIES: Watch as Russian Buk-M3 air defense system works to destroy hostile targets in Ukraine.

DISAPPOINTED: Polish President Andrzej Duda accuses Germany of trying to DISRUPT the supply of Leopard tanks to replace those sent by Poland to Ukraine.

He added that "We had such a promise, [but now] we hear that Germany will not want to fulfill this promise. It is a big disappointment for us."

WRATH FROM ABOVE: Russian air force RAINS down rockets on Ukrainian military positions near the city of Severodonetsk, Donbass region.

NO CULTURE: Cancel culture to the extreme in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankovsk as a passerby punches a musician for SINGING a song in Russian.

Mayor says: “If there’s a charge filed against him, we need to help him and find him a lawyer!”

FUELING THE FIRE: Trailers with M777 howitzers headed for Ukraine are reportedly spotted at the Polish border as the West continues to pump billions of dollars and weapons into Ukraine.

Reports @new_militarycolumnist

ARTILLERY DUEL: Russian military publishes CLOSE-UP video of HURRICANE rockets pounding Ukrainian military positions.

⚔️SITREP May 25⚔️
Intense fighting around the city of Liman and strikes reported in the nearby cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk as Russian forces and their Donbass allies drive forward in an offensive in the north of the Donetsk region.

Attacks also reported in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, as Russian-led forces seek to take that strategic city.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree to enable residents of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to easily get Russian citizenship.

RESTORING PEACE: Local children getting on well with Donbass soldiers in Svetlodarsk, Donetsk region, as the peacekeepers look to restore civilian life in the war-torn city.

The Ukrainian government recently confirmed that Russian-led forces had taken full control of the city.

BYE-DEN? Biden’s approval rating has collapsed to just 36 percent, the lowest of his term so far.

It’s slumped another six percentage points since last week after he signed legislation to send $40 billion of American taxpayer money to Ukraine.

Source: Reuters/Ipsos nationwide opinion poll.

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“EXTREMELY BAD”: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba admits situation dire for his troops in Donbass.

📰 Intel Opinion - Mr. Kuleba's assessment is seen by many as another demand for weapons from the West as he speaks at the World Economic Forum, Davos

DOWN ARMS: Ukrainian battalion refuses to keep fighting in Donbass, says they’re ordered into battle without adequate weaponry:

“We are Ukrainian fighters from the Cherkasy territorial defense battalion. We are currently in the Donetsk region. We have been given orders. But we don't have any heavy weaponry. We were never provided any. After enduring our first battle, we have many wounded and dead. We refuse to fight under these conditions."

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One person reported severely wounded in Ukrainian military shelling of Russia's Belgorod region, near border.

Five houses damaged in village of Zhuravlyovka, young man suffered “deep shrapnel wound,” governor says.

CHANGE OF TUNE: President Zelensky’s spokesperson says Russian soldiers outnumber his SEVEN TO ONE in Eastern Ukraine, where fighting currently focused.

But recently Zelensky said he has 700,000 troops. So Russia has 5 MILLION soldiers there? 🧮 🤔

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NUCLEAR CONFLICT considered possible in Ukraine – UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.