300 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 40 thousand civilians died in Ukraine, said US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.

He actually placed the responsibility for their death on the United States.

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U.S. attorney general OKs transfer of forfeited funds from Russia oligarch for use in Ukraine

WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has authorized the first transfer of forfeited Russian assets for use in Ukraine, he said on Wednesday.

The Justice Department last year charged Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with violating sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, saying he provided financing for Russians promoting separatism in Crimea.

At that time, Garland said, he also announced "the seizure of millions of dollars from an account at a U.S. financial institution traceable to Malofeyev’s sanctions violations."

In February, Garland said he authorized the transfer of that money for use in Ukraine.

"While this represents the United States’ first transfer of forfeited Russian funds for the rebuilding of Ukraine," Garland said, "it will not be the last,” he said in a statement.

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The Russian military repulsed the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vodianoi area

The units of the RF Armed Forces worked on the advancing, after which they fled.

Tank T-72M1 and BMP-1 were destroyed.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on May 10.

▪️Two Ukrainian UAVs undertook the attack attempt at Pogonovo military range in Voronezh region.

As a result of the electronic warfare effects, one of the drones deflect from the course and fell, the second was destroyed by air defense.

▪️Russian Aerospace Forces delivered an airstrike series at AFU's military facilities in Chernihiv region.

According to some reports, warehouses with weapons and fuel for the needs of the AFU became the target of the attack.

▪️An Ukrainian UAV was shot down by air defence units near Kursk.

As a result of falling drone debris, a gas pipeline and a residential building in Tolmachevo were damaged.

▪️Ukrainian units have been attacking the border territories of Belgorod region for the last week.

In Ol'khovatka, the UAV damaged civilian objects. A civilian was killed in Shebekino during the shelling.

▪️The Wagner PMC's assault groups continue to press the Ukrainian units entrenched on the western outskirts of Bakhmut.

The post office building has come under the Russian forces control, intense fighting is going on in the area of the Olympic Reserve school.

▪️In response, the AFU are launching flanking counterattacks, trying to create a threat to the advancing group in Bakhmut.

In the direction of Klishchiivka, the enemy managed to push through the defense in a small area, but the breakthrough was stopped in time.

▪️Ukrainian units again used HIMARS MLRS to attack LPR civilian objects.

In Kadiivka, an apartment building came under attack. A woman was killed and three other people were wounded.
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The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, fell victim to deception by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and also passed off a BetAB-500ShP bomb as a "Dagger" in a conversation with German journalists

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Previously a spokesman for Ukrainian Airforce claimed, that Ukrainian side managed to shoot down a hypersonic missile Kinjal (Dagger) with American Patriot. It was confirmed by US. It is a disinformation. The object was identified by experts as guided bomb (much cheaper, than a Patriot missile).
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The usual Western rhetoric of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

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Democracy is under attack in Brazil. The Chamber of Deputies is expected to vote soon on PL 2630/2020, which was recently amended to include more than 20 completely new articles that have never been widely debated. Here's how this bill will kill the modern internet if it passes with the current wording.

Grants censorship powers to government
This bill allows the government to limit what can be said online by forcing apps to proactively remove facts or opinions it deems "unacceptable" [1] and suspend any internet service – without a court order. [2]

For example, the Minister of Justice recently requested sanctions against Telegram, claiming that the application “did not respond to a request” – even before the request was made. If PL 2630/2020 had been in force, the government could have immediately blocked the app as a “preventive measure” until Telegram proved that it had not violated any laws.

Transfers Judicial Powers To Applications
This bill makes digital platforms responsible for deciding what content is “illegal” rather than the courts – and provides overly broad definitions of illegal content. [3]

To avoid fines, platforms will choose to remove any opinions related to controversial topics, especially topics that are not aligned with the vision of any government currently in power, which puts democracy directly at risk.

Create a permanent surveillance system
The bill requires platforms to monitor communications and inform law enforcement authorities in case of suspicion that a crime has occurred or may occur in the future. [4]

This creates a permanent surveillance system, similar to that of countries with undemocratic regimes.

It's Unnecessary
Brazil already has laws to deal with the criminal activities this bill purports to cover (including attacks on democracy).

The new bill aims to circumvent this legal framework by allowing a single administrative entity to regulate speech without prior, independent judicial oversight. [5]

And More!
This only touches the surface of why this new bill is dangerous. That's why Google, Meta and others have teamed up to show Brazil's National Congress why the bill needs to be rewritten – but it won't be possible without their help.

What You Can Do To Change That
You can talk to your deputy here or on social media today. Brazilians deserve a free internet and a free future.

— So... The STF prohibited Telegram from disseminating this message and forced the application to delete this message, right?

So, subscribers of the channel, do not spread this message and under no circumstances disseminate the content of this message to more than 300 people. I trust you for this here. 🌞

RIA Novosti:
A court in Brazil demanded that Telegram delete a message criticizing the fake news bill and send an explanation to users that it was "blatant misinformation." Otherwise, the application will be blocked for 72 hours, local media reported.

Telegram has removed from its official Brazilian channel a post criticizing the bill on combating disinformation in social networks in Brazil, as required by the court.

A few hours ago, the post was still available, now it is not, the last message in the Telegram Brasil channel is dated May 4.


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Donald Trump:

“And within 24 hours this war would be over.
- Do you want Ukraine to win?
- I don’t think in terms of “win-lose”, I want everything to end, to stop killing there, to separate these people in different corners of the ring.
- Can I continue ... You made a very important statement. Can you directly say whose victory you want in this war - Ukraine or Russia?
- I don't want anyone else to die. They are dying there - both Russians and Ukrainians. I want this to stop. And I would put an end to it in 24 hours. But here we need a presidential will ...
- You never said that you would like Ukraine to win...

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Chess of war

Let us look at the main actors in the war unfolding in Ukraine. Here we can refer to the 'geopolitical chessboard' metaphor introduced by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Obviously, the territory of Ukraine, and to some extent Russia, is a 'chessboard' on which the global geopolitical confrontation is taking place. At the same time, Kiev itself, as everyone has long understood, has no independence or subjectivity: it is simply a tool that the main actors, primarily those playing against Russia, move at their discretion. Like any metaphor, the 'geopolitical chess' scheme we propose certainly has weaknesses and limitations, but if it helps to shed light on what is happening, this alone justifies its existence.

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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the abduction of journalist Gonzalo Lira Lopez by Ukraine security services.

💬 On May 5, we learned that the Security Service of Ukraine detained Chilean journalist and producer Gonzalo Angel Quintilio Lira Lopez. His lot remains unknown at this point.

The Latin American video blogger had been commenting on the events in Ukraine from the epicenter. He explained in detail the sources of the crisis and covered the atrocities of the Nazis, which was not to their taste once again.

This is not his first disappearance. A little more than a year ago (on April 15, 2022) he stopped contacting other people. It turned out that he was being held by Ukrainian secret services who had seized his notebooks and deprived him of access to his accounts. Then they had to release him because of the broad media coverage of his disappearance.

The Security Service of Ukraine is holding him once again, and we urge the journalist community to defend our colleague and demand his immediate release.

❗️ In the year of the 50th anniversary of the fascist state coup in Chile, we need to prevent a very similar repetition of those events in Ukraine. The coup led to the forced disappearance of thousands of Chileans, including journalists.

☝️ We hope for solidarity from the Chilean authorities that consider themselves Salvador Allende’s spiritual heirs.

Mobilization in Ukraine is proceeding calmly and according to plan. Men continue to be invited to serve in the army.

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Peskov (press secretary for the President of the Russian Federation) — about the Special Military Operation:

“In Ukraine, we are not waging war. Waging war is a completely different matter, it is the complete destruction of infrastructure, it is the complete destruction of cities. We don't do that. We are trying to save infrastructure and we are trying to save human lives. You see, with the help of high-precision Russian missiles, it was possible to destroy a lot of military production in Ukraine, to eliminate the stocks of weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and so on and so forth. This work will continue."

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Zelensky says Ukraine needs more time for counter-offensive
BBC

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country needs more time to launch a much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, as the military awaits the delivery of promised aid.

The expected attack could be decisive in the war, redrawing frontlines that, for months, have remained unchanged. It will also be a crucial test for Ukraine, eager to prove that the weapons and equipment it has received from the West can result in significant battlefield gains.

Speaking at his headquarters in Kyiv, President Zelensky described combat brigades, some of which were trained by Nato countries, as being "ready" but said the army still needed "some things", including armoured vehicles that were "arriving in batches".

"With [what we already have] we can go forward, and, I think, be successful," he said in an interview for public service broadcasters who are members of Eurovision News, like the BBC. "But we'd lose a lot of people. I think that's unacceptable. So we need to wait. We still need a bit more time."

When and where the Ukrainian push will happen is a secret. Russian forces, meanwhile, have fortified their defences along a frontline that runs for 900 miles (1,450km) from the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.

Ukrainian authorities have tried to lower expectations of a breakthrough, publicly and in private. Earlier this month, a senior government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the country's leaders "understood that [they] needed to be successful" but that the assault should not be seen as a "silver bullet" in a war now in its 15th month.
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Russia's actions in Ukraine are much more humane than the actions of the United States and Britain in Iraq, American philosopher and publicist Noam Chomsky said in an interview with The New Statesman. According to him, the number of civilian casualties in Iraq and Ukraine is simply incomparable.

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The enemy began an operation to encircle a group of troops in Bakhmut, inflicting flank attacks
▪️The idea of the enemy can be roughly understood — the selected areas where not where the most trained and well-armed units are stationed, and the most trained and highly motivated Nazis with tanks and other armoured vehicles rush at them.
▪️ The enemy is conducting 2 operations, intending to pincer the city.
▪️ Forces involved:
— 3rd assault brigade (former Nazi regiment "Azov")
— 92 brigade, which includes the "Foreign Legion" of mercenaries;
— other as yet unknown compounds.
▪️Today it became known about the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
— Our units left the territory to the south-west of Ivanovsky with an area of ​​up to 3.5 km.
— positions were also left at the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the north-west of Kleshcheevka, which were quickly occupied by the forces of the Wagner PMC.
The situation on the Bakhmut front is extremely difficult.
The enemy is likely to strike in other regions in the near future, military analysts suggest.
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Defence Ministry denied information about defence breakthroughs in the special operation zone
The Ministry of Defence denied reports of defence breakthroughs by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the lines of contact

MOSCOW, May 11 — RIA Novosti. The Russian Ministry of Defence denied reports of "breakthroughs" of Ukrainian troops in various directions in the special operation zone.

"Statements circulated by individual telegram channels about "defence breakthroughs" that took place in various parts of the contact line do not correspond to reality," the ministry stressed.

They noted that the situation in all sectors of the front is under control. In particular, activity is not observed in the Kupyansk direction. During the whole day, it was possible to stop the activities of three groups of Ukrainian saboteurs.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the grouping of troops "Center" repelled two attacks by company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya and Chervona Dibrova.
In the Donetsk direction, Ukrainian troops unsuccessfully tried three times to conduct reconnaissance in force. In addition, Russian units managed to repel eight enemy attacks on their positions. In turn, the assault detachments continued to advance in the west of Artemovsk with the support of aviation and artillery. At the same time, the fighters of the "South" group of troops are actively taking action to block Avdiivka and liberate Maryinka.

The ministry clarified that now Russian troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, are repelling an attack by a Ukrainian unit in the direction of Maloiliinovka. The enemy suffers significant losses.
In turn, active operations are also not being carried out in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the department stressed.
Earlier, journalists and Telegram channels reported on the activation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, military commander Yevgeny Poddubny announced the actions of Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk direction, as well as a possible increase in their efforts in the south.
The imminent counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army was repeatedly announced both in Kyiv and in the West. One of the strike directions is called the Zaporozhye region with the aim of reaching the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov in order to cut the land corridor to the Crimea.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Moscow carefully monitors any statements about the upcoming counteroffensive and takes them into account when planning a special operation.

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Russian Launches Largest Ever Strike on Ukraine’s Capital Kiev: Soviet Kh-22 Missiles and Iranian Shahed 136 Drones Play Central Role
The Military Watch
The Russian Military on May 9 launched major strikes on the Ukrainian Capital Kiev, coinciding with Victory Day celebrations held across Russia to mark 78 years since the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. The strikes are reportedly the largest to have been launched on the Ukrainian city since the Second World War, and involved deployments of Tu-22M3 heavy bombers using Kh-22 cruise missiles — a Soviet anti ship weapon which the Russian Military continued to store in very large numbers despite no longer producing it. The missiles have played a central role in Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities due to the sheer quantities which the Russian Air Force fields, as well as their age meaning they were set to be removed from service around 2025 and can thus be expended more freely than other newer missile classes. Ukrainian officials have frequently lamented that the missiles, which were designed to bypass the multi layered air defences surrounding American aircraft carrier groups during the Cold War, are effectively impossible to intercept, with their large 950kg warheads causing tremendous damage.

Alongside the Kh-22 missiles, Iranian supplied Shahed 136 drones played a major role in the May 9 strike with Ukrainian sources claiming that 26 of the aircraft were used for attacks on Kiev. The delta wing aircraft began to appear on the frontlines and play a major role in the war in September, striking key targets in Odessa including the headquarters of a Ukrainian naval facility as well as being used against frontline positions such as artillery batteries. The assets have provided a much lower cost alternative to strikes using Russia’s indigenous ballistic or cruise missiles. Shahed 136s use their explosive laden bodies as payloads, hence gaining them the name ‘kamikaze’ or ‘suicide’ aircraft, and are conceptually a hybrid between an unmanned aircraft and a cruise missile. Strikes on Ukrainian cities follow an attempted drone strike on Moscow targeting the residence President Vladimir Putin on the night of May 2, but are far from unprecedented. Previous Russian strikes on key infrastructure have placed a greater burden on Kiev’s Western backers in terms of provision of relief supplies, and raised the real possibly that major cities could become unliveable and need to be abandoned.

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