🇺🇸🇿🇦🇺🇦"I called Zelensky, they said, 'He's in South Africa.' I said, 'What the hell is he doing in South Africa?'" — Trump at meeting with South African president

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺Trump made it clear to European leaders that he is confident of Russia's victory

Bloomberg reports this.

🇷🇺⚡️Hero of Russia Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev assumed the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, and Russian Defense Minister Belousov handed him the corresponding standard, the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper writes.

Mordvichev replaced Army General Oleg Salyukov in this position, who was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council by presidential decree.

🇷🇺🇺🇦FPV drones hunting for enemy transport in Kharkiv region.

🇺🇸🇮🇱Two employees of the Israeli embassy were shot dead in Washington. This happened near the Capital Jewish Museum.

The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was arrested. He chanted "Free Free Palestine" after being detained. Witnesses said he was posing as a witness while waiting for police to arrive.

The dead were a young diplomatic couple who were about to get engaged. Police said the gunman acted alone and there was no longer an active threat.

Trump expressed condolences to the families of the victims, saying that anti-Semitism and radicalism have no place in the United States.

💸❗️The price of Bitcoin has updated its historical maximum, rising to $110 thousand.

The price of cryptocurrency has increased by 3% in a day, according to data from trading platforms.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Russian troops began fighting to liberate the last section of the border between the Zaporizhia region and the DPR, which is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — RIA Novosti

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦Trump tells European leaders Putin isn't ready to end Ukraine conflict because he thinks he's winning — The Wall Street Journal

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️Trump rejected the proposal for an "unconditional" ceasefire as a result of the negotiations on Ukraine in the Vatican, which was put forward by EU leaders, writes WSJ.

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️The US Senate is awaiting instructions from the White House to tighten sanctions against Russia, Le Monde writes.

More than 80 out of 100 senators have already supported the bill on introducing new anti-Russian restrictions, the report says.

🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukraine does not intend to discuss a second round of negotiations with Russia until a "1000 for 1000" prisoner exchange takes place, Yermak said.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️During the repelling of a massive raid by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones from the evening of May 20 to the morning of May 22, 485 drones were shot down over Russian regions and the Black Sea — Russian Defense Ministry

🇷🇺⚡️Putin presented Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov with Russia's highest award, the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called

🇺🇸❗️The shooting took place near the CIA headquarters in Langley, CNBC reported. According to it, security personnel at the building wounded a person.

CBS News reported that the female driver was injured, but doctors say her injuries are not considered fatal.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺Russia hacked thousands of cameras in Ukraine and hundreds in Europe to monitor military aid supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

This was stated by British intelligence, The Guardian reports.

In total, about 10,000 cameras were used near military facilities and railway stations.

🇬🇧The UK Ministry of Justice will now stop sending people behind bars who have been sentenced to less than one year.

The reason is overcrowded prisons.

🇷🇺🇺🇦A decision has been made to create a security buffer zone along the border between Russia and Ukraine; the Russian Armed Forces are currently addressing this issue - Putin

The methods used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and foreign mercenaries are terrorist, Putin added.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Putin specified for which Russian regions a security buffer zone will be created.

We are talking about the Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions, the Russian leader stated.

These regions border on the Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine.

🇷🇺Russia is introducing a new guided air-launched missile with a tactical nuclear charge, which is installed on MiGs and Su-type fighters.

This was reported by The War Zone, citing a report from the US Department of Defense Intelligence Agency.

The report notes that Russia is expanding its nuclear forces, adding new capabilities, including nuclear air-to-air missiles and new nuclear systems.

According to U.S. intelligence, Russia stores approximately 1,550 deployed strategic warheads and up to 2,000 non-strategic warheads, and is expanding its nuclear forces in Belarus by creating and reconstructing nuclear weapons storage sites and training Belarusian crews to handle tactical nuclear weapons.

"However, Russia is very unlikely to use nuclear weapons in this conflict unless the Russian leadership decides that the regime is in existential danger," the document says.

According to the authors of The War Zone, the US intelligence report most likely refers to a special version of the R-37M long-range missile. This long-range interceptor missile was developed specifically for the MiG-31 and adapted for the Su-30SM, Su-35S and Su-57 multirole fighters.

🇺🇸The United States is considering the possibility of withdrawing about 4,500 of its troops from South Korea and redeploying them, including to Guam, the Wall Street Journal writes.