💬 Russia's Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova: More than 190,000 children had arrived in Russia from Donbass by early May, including about 1,200 coming from orphanages in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

We've also launched the In Children’s Hands campaign, which is aimed at providing targeted support. Three trucks carrying 20 tonnes of humanitarian aid are already on their way to Donbass, while the temporary shelters are getting what they need in order to set up children-friendly spaces.

Read the excerpt from Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova’s interview with Vedomosti newspaper

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💥 1 Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle is shot down in the air over Snake Island and 3 Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles are intercepted.

💥 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace have hit four command posts, 38 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, 4 ammunition depots near Soledar in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 1 US-made counter-battery radar station near Kharkov during the day.

⚠️ Ukrainian armed formations continue to use medical infrastructure facilities to equip strongholds and deploy heavy weapons there.

📹 Footage of combat operations of 152-mm Msta-S self-propelled howitzer units has been published. Video of the work of repair unitsduring the special military operation has been published.

🤝 Syrian artillerymen supported Russian soldiers participating in the special military operation.

🚛 More than 4,000 children have been evacuated to Russia from dangerous areas of Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. Over a day, 231 tonnes of essential goods and food were handed over to the population of Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions.

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🛡 A monument to the famous Russian Hero - distinguished fighter pilot Major Roman Filipov - was unveiled in 🇸🇾 Syria on the very spot of his demise, near the stone where he fought his last battle.

Back in 2018 his plane was shot down by terrorists when surrounded by them he chose to sacrifice himself but take out the murderous extremists. His last phrase - "This is for the boys" - became legendary, a symbol of courage and valour.

🕯 Roman Filipov was later posthumously awarded the title Hero of Russia.

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A French national who has been in Ukraine with a humanitarian mission gives a first-hand account of what is really going on there: free-reigning Neo-Nazis everywhere, crimes against civilians and Russian PoWs.

The truth that the mainstream media and Western establishment continue to ignore and sweep under the rug.

#See4Yourself & #Think4Yourself

Q: How is President Putin’s health?
#Fadeyev: There is an old joke from Odessa. An old man walks down the street. People ask him: “How is your health?” And he answers: “Keep dreaming!”

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📞🇷🇺🇺🇸On May 13, at the initiative of the American side, Russian Minister of Defence, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, held telephone conversation with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.

▫️They discussed topical international security issues, including the situation in Ukraine.

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🇷🇺🚛 Russian servicemen ensured the safe evacuation of 127 citizens from Russia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Ukraine from the territory of Kherson region.

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📞 At the initiative of the American side, Russian Minister of Defence, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, held telephone conversation with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.

💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 153 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment. 2 Ukrainian Grad multiple-launch rocket launchers and 1 US-made air defence warning and indication radar have also been destroyed near Kharkov.

💥 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed the headquarters of the territorial defence and battalion of the 24th Mechanized Brigade near Zolotoe and Vrubovka, Lugansk People's Republic. In addition, 32 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration and 1 ammunition depot near Krasnopavlovka, Kharkov Region, have been hit. The attacks have resulted in the elimination of more than 300 nationalists and up to 37 armoured and motor vehicles.

⚠️ Russian Defence Ministry continue to record the continuing egregious facts of the inhumane treatment of civilians by the authorities in Kiev, and use of social infrastructure for military purposes by Ukrainian armed formations.

⚠️ In Kharkov Region, against the backdrop of a growing fuel crisis, militants of nationalist battalions, confident of their impunity, cynically speculate on misappropriated fuel coupons intended for fueling ambulances and other emergency services. This kind of nationalist behaviour has long been the norm in Ukraine.

📹 Footage of the combat operation of Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance attack helicopter crews and Russian sappers demining Arabatskaya Strelka have been published.

🚌 Russian servicemen ensured the safe evacuation of 127 citizens from Russia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Ukraine from the territory of Kherson region.

🚛 More than 3,000 children have been evacuated to Russia from dangerous areas of Ukraine and the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics. More than 550 tonnes of basic necessities and food have been handed over to the population of Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions in 24 hours.

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🇷🇺🚛 Russian servicemen have delivered another humanitarian aid to Kharkov region.

▫️The military police of the Russian Armed Forces escorted humanitarian aid, which amounted to over 50 tonnes, to the civilians of the region.

▫️Food and basic necessities were delivered to the settlements. Families with children were provided with the necessary aid in the first instance.

🏥Military medics who arrived in Kharkov region's population centres have provided civilians with qualified medical assistance. Residents also received necessary medicines.

🛢The Russian servicemen also delivered diesel fuel to the settlements.

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🇷🇺🇫🇮📞 Russia's President Vladimir #Putin had a telephone conversation with Finland President Sauli #Niinistö at the Finnish side’s initiative.

Heads of the two counties had a sincere exchange of views over the announced decision by Finland’s leadership to apply for #NATO membership.

❗️ Vladimir Putin stressed that rejecting the traditional policy of military neutrality would be wrong since there are no threats to Finland’s security.

Such a change in the country’s foreign policy course could have a negative effect on Russia-Finland relations, which have been built over the course of many years in the spirit of neighbourliness and partnership cooperation.

The Presidents also discussed the situation in #Ukraine. In particular, Vladimir Putin shared his opinion of the state of the negotiating process between Russian and Ukrainian representatives. This process has been practically put on hold by #Kiev, which does not show any interest in a serious and constructive dialogue.

🚛 In the past weeks over 310 Russia's EMERCOM lorry convoys delivered nearly 20'000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the people of Donbass (DPR & LNR) and Ukraine: mainly food supplies and medicine.

📹 RIA Novosti

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💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 43 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.

💥 Russian air defence means have shot down 6 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the day near Russkaya Lozovaya, Pitomnik, and Izyum in Kharkov Region, including one over Snake Island.

📹 Footage of destruction of pontoon crossing and AFU units attempting to cross the Severskyi Donets has been published. Footage of Airborne Troop units and army aviation crews in action has been published.

🏳️ AFU soldier who laid down his arms spoke about the betrayal of his commanders and noted the good attitude of the Russian Armed Forces.

⚠️ Russian Joint Coordination Headquarters continue to record facts of the inhumane treatment of civilians by the authorities in Kiev, and use of social infrastructure for military purposes by Ukrainian armed formations.

🚛 More than 2,000 children have been evacuated to Russia from dangerous areas of Ukraine and the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics. Over the past day, 434 tonnes of essential goods and food were handed over to the population of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions.

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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

📑 The Collective Security Treaty was signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent. On May 14, 2002, at its session in Moscow, the Collective Security Council decided to transform the mechanisms and cooperation structures of the CST member states into an international regional organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization with the appropriate status. The CSTO Charter entered into force on September 18, 2003.

🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬🇷🇺🇹🇯The Collective Security Treaty Organization includes: Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation and Republic of Tajikistan.

#CSTO
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🇷🇺🚛 Russian servicemen delivered humanitarian aid to one of the settlements in the liberated LPR territory.

◽️ Women with children, elderly people and refugees were the first to receive aid from Russia.

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⚡️ On May 16, as a result of negotiations with representatives of Ukrainian servicemen blocked at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, an agreement was reached to evacuate the wounded.

▫️At present, ceasefire regime was established in the area of the enterprise and a humanitarian corridor was opened, through which wounded Ukrainian servicemen were transported to a medical facility in Novoazovsk, Donetsk People's Republic, to provide them with all necessary assistance.

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💥 Russian air defence mean overnight shot down 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Novotroitskoe, Vladimirovka, Petrovskoe, Luganskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Yepifanovka, Kudryashovka, Verkhnyaya Duvanka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Chkalovskoe, Velykie Prokhody, Vyshee Solenoe in Kharkov Region and over Snake Island.

💥 1 Tochka-U tactical missile was intercepted near Stepnoe, Kherson Region, and 11 Smerch multiple-launch rockets were intercepted near Kamenka, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Brazhkovka, Kharkov Region, and Chernobayevka, Kherson Region.

💥 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces have hit 2 command posts, 11 company strongpoints and 4 ammunition depots of AFU near Zaporozhye, Paraskovievka, Kostantinovka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

📹 The Ministry of Defence has published footage of army aviation fire support crew escorting military column.

🚛 Russian servicemen delivered humanitarian aid to one of the settlements in the liberated LPR territory.

🗓 On May 15, marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

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🏥 Injured by AFU shelling, a resident of the Luhansk People's Republic thanked Russian servicemen and doctors for their help.

◽️ The man came under fire of Ukrainian MLRS Grad and was wounded by shrapnel.

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🇷🇺🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯 The Kremlin hosted a meeting of the heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

On the agenda:
▫️ key issues of cooperation within the CSTO,
▫️ topical international and regional problems,
▫️ measures to further improve the collective security system.

💬 President of Russia Vladimir Putin:

▫️ Our current high-priority task is to further improve and streamline the work of the CSTO and its governing bodies. We will also provide the collective CSTO forces with modern weapons and equipment.

▫️ This autumn, there are plans to hold an entire series of joint CSTO exercises in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

▫️ During the special operation in Ukraine, documentary evidence was obtained that components of biological weapons were developed in close proximity to our borders. We count on our colleagues supporting the earliest possible implementation of Russia’s initiative to operationalise the designated CSTO council.

▫️ In this context, it is important to build up cooperation with our “natural” partners in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Commonwealth of Independent States. By the way, we think it would be appropriate and correct – we will discuss this – to grant the CIS observer status in the CSTO.

▫️ Unfortunately, in our neighbouring country, Ukraine, neo-Nazism has been on the rise for a long time now, to which some of our partners from the “collective West” turn a blind eye. Nowhere are Nazis being glorified at the state level. But unfortunately, this is happening in Ukraine.

▫️ Russia has no problems with Finland and Sweden. Therefore, there is no direct threat to Russia in connection with NATO’s expansion to these countries. But the expansion of its military infrastructure to these territories will certainly evoke a response on our part.

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​​🗓 Top News Today

❗️ As a result of negotiations with representatives of Ukrainian servicemen blocked at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, an agreement was reached to evacuate the wounded. At present, ceasefire regime was established in the area of the enterprise and a humanitarian corridor was opened, through which wounded Ukrainian servicemen were transported to a medical facility in Novoazovsk, Donetsk People's Republic, to provide them with all necessary assistance.

💥 Russian air defence means have shot down 2 Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Yevgenovka, Nikolaev Region and Velikaya Kamyshevakha. In addition, 1 Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft has been shot down near Snake Island.

💥 Missile troops and artillery have hit 325 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, 14 command posts and 24 artillery units at firing positions.

📹 Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of the Russian Armed Forces' mortar as well as missile and artillery crews in action. Video of Russian sappers demining the fortified area has been published, as well as a video of military medics of the Central Military District and civilian colleagues from the Lugansk People's Republic working together.

⚠️ Russian Joint Coordination Headquarters continue to record facts of use of social infrastructure for military purposes by Ukrainian armed formations.

🚛 Russian servicemen and Cossacks deliver 55 tonnes of humanitarian aid to residents of Zaporozhye region.

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On May 16, a group of legal and technical experts of the #SCO Regional Antiterrorist Structure began its work in #NewDelhi.

The event is attended by the Russian inter-ministerial delegation headed by Vasiliy Feoktistov, #Russia’s Permanent Representative to the RATS SCO.