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Q. Jake, the President’s concern from the beginning had been that F-16s could be used to help escalate this war, to make it a wider conflict. What assurances, if any, has Ukraine given the United States that they would not use these F-16s or fighter jets in offensive fashion that would target Russian soil?

MR. SULLIVAN: So, all of the capabilities that the United States has proven to Ukraine come with the basic proposition that the United States is not enabling or supporting attacks on Russian territory. That will go for the support for the provision of F-16s by any party as well.

And the Ukrainians have consistently indicated that they are prepared to follow through on that. And, in fact, we have seen them follow through on that with the provision of Western equipment when we have given it to them.

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Basically, to get F-16 Ukraine will need to achieve some progress in the counteroffensive...
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UAE, Russia, China And India Create New Oil Solutions Amid Western Pressure – Purnima Anand

At the sidelines of the Kazan Economic Forum, RT spoke with the managing director of the BRICS International Consultancy, Purnima Anand, who told us the gathering is a great way for Russia to reintegrate its ties with the Muslim world – and develop common approaches to global challenges.

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Scott Ritter was struck by the prices of food in Russia. 

American military expert Scott Ritter continues to travel around Russia - he and his daughter went to Volgograd to visit the memorial to the "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamayev Kurgan. 
The prices of products in the store on the way pleasantly surprised Americans: “In terms of dollars, 6 bucks for everything… In the USA, such a set of products would cost all of $30.” 


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Air defence systems of the Russian Federation intercepted a guided American bomb GBU-3212

Moscow, May 20 — AiF-Moscow.
Russian air defence systems intercepted a guide American GBU-3212 bomb in the special operation zone, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

According to the agency, 12 Anglo-French long-range cruise missiles Storm Shadow and missiles of the American HIMARS system were also shot down in a day.

The other day it was reported that the Russian air defence systems intercepted seven Storm Shadow missiles and seven HIMARS shells in a day.

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We publish the statement of E. Prigozhina about the capture of the settlement of Bakhmut/Artemovsk by the forces of the PMCs "Wagner".

According to the head of the orchestra, the operation lasted 224 days. At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, the settlement was completely taken.

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Lavrov: Russia has entered a phase of acute confrontation with the US, EU and NATO

Russia has entered a phase of the most acute confrontation with the collective West represented by the United States, the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance. This statement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking on the sidelines of the XXXI Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy.

“Hopes for integration with the West as a sovereign power have not materialized. It is clear that the Western track that has been developing in our foreign policy until recently has completely exhausted itself. We have entered into a full-scale confrontation with an aggressive bloc consisting of the United States, the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance,” Lavrov said.

According to the head of Russian diplomacy, the Westerners have voiced a loud goal: to defeat Russia on the battlefield and eliminate Moscow as a geopolitical competitor. The bloc's plans go much further and today are already aimed at the double deterrence of Russia and China, the minister specified. A similar fate awaits any country that decides to take an independent place in world politics, Lavrov warned.

The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the more slander, sanctions and threats the collective West takes against our country, the greater the consolidation in society. Over the past five years, this figure has exceeded 94%, the Russian leader specified.

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The operation to take Bakhmut lasted 224 days. The "Bakhmut meat grinder" began on October 8, 2022, to enable the battered Russian army to recover.

For 224 days, the guys stormed this city: only the Wagner PMC fighters were here.

PMC "Wagner" came voluntarily to this war and began to liberate territories, protecting the interests of our Motherland.

Thanks to the Russian people who support us. Thank you to the guys who died in this war, from PMC and the Army. I am grateful to those, who are with us in the ranks, and to those whose contract has expired.

We fought not only with the AFU in Bakhmut, but also with the Russian bureaucracy. Shoigu and Gerasimov turned the war into entertainment, and because of their whims, five times more guys died than should have died.

From May 25, we will be taking units on vacation. We fought for 427 days. When our country needs us again, we will come back and protect our people."

Statement by the head of the Wagner Private Security Company Yevgeny Prigozhin after the liberation of Bakhmut.

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Putin congratulated the Wagner group and the army on the complete liberation of Artemovsk
"Vladimir Putin congratulates the Wagner assault detachments, as well as all the servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces units, who provided them with the necessary support and flank protection, on the completion of the operation to liberate Artemovsk," the Kremlin said.
“All those who distinguished themselves will be presented for state awards,” the statement emphasizes.

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Ready for any storm

Russia marks Pacific Fleet Day on 21 May

As at all times, Pacific Fleet stands vigilant on guarding Russian eastern borders.

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Zelenskiy says Bakhmut still in Ukraine's hands

HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Reuters) — Ukraine said on Sunday that it was still fighting for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said earlier that the city remained "only in our hearts."

Asked before a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Japan if the city was still in Ukraine's hands after the Russians said they had seized it in its entirety, Zelenskiy told reporters, "I think no."

He added: "For today, Bakhmut is only in our hearts."

Zelenskiy's press secretary later clarified that the leader was responding to a different part of the question.

"Reporter's question: Russians said they have taken Bakhmut," Sergii Nykyforov wrote on Facebook. "President's reply: I think no."

He added in Ukrainian: "In this way, the president denied the capture of Bakhmut."

Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city, which if true would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war.

"It is tragedy," Zelenskiy said. "There is nothing on this place."

The assault on the largely levelled city was led by troops from the Wagner Group of mercenaries, whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said earlier in the day that his troops had finally pushed the Ukrainians out of the last built-up area inside the city.

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That is the last multistorey building at the outskirts of Artemovsk, where not so long ago Ukrainian army was trying to hold on. Further — only fields. Our guys are setting Wagner's and Russian flags!

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What will follow the capture of Artemovsk: expert opinions

The battle for Bakhmut lasted eight months. Kiev threw reserves here, regardless of losses. According to some estimates, the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine here amounted to at least 40-50 thousand military personnel.

Because of Bakhmut, which Kiev did not allow to surrender, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to withdraw units from other sectors of the front and delay the long-planned offensive.

In this sense, our operation "Bakhmut meat grinder" completed all the tasks.

The victory in Artemovsk came in very handy. She smoothed out the propaganda effect of Zelensky's trip to the Middle East and Japan. There he told everyone about the strength of the Ukrainian army and its superiority over the Russian one. Now there will be fewer people willing to believe in this nonsense, including among Kiev's military sponsors.

However, it is not worth saying that Bakhmut can become a turning point. On the contrary, its surrender will push the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the long-promised "offensive". Kyiv will now need at least some kind of "victory".

Our task is to disrupt the plans of Kyiv and not give him a reason to succeed.

Thus, the commander of the “Vostok” battalion, the deputy head of the department of the National Guard for the DPR, Alexander Khodakovsky, recalls that by May 20, the preparation of the enemy for an offensive in the Zaporozhye direction was to be completed. Now, after the epic with Bakhmut, the enemy will inevitably go over to this offensive. “There are no visible reasons not to attack — we are starting the countdown,” Khodakovsky concluded.

Observers of the channel "Military Chronicle" warn: next to Bakhmut are the largest fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Druzhkovka, Toretsk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, where thousands of people are grouped. The situation remains tense in the south and north of Bakhmut, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing.

The Ukrainian "offensive", analysts warn, can be directed to the DPR and LPR.

“The equipment and people that we managed to accumulate and save (APU) are being pulled up to the front line. By all indications, activation may begin in the coming days,” the author sums up.

Military expert Alexei Sukonkin thinks the same. “With the fall of Bakhmut, the enemy no longer has any reason to postpone his counteroffensive. Wait for it...” he concludes.

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Volodin: Council of the Duma will consider measures against Poland

Moscow, May 21 — AiF-Moscow.
On Monday, the Duma Council will consider the issue of measures against Poland, including the transit of trucks through the territory of the Russian Federation, said State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.

“It is necessary to stop the passage of Polish trucks through the territory of our country. Let the goods be loaded onto Russian trucks. Our citizens will earn on transportation. Poland's costs will amount to about 8.5 billion euros," Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel.

He warned the Polish side that as a result of this, about two thousand Polish transport companies, which employ more than 20 thousand drivers, could suffer or go bankrupt. Volodin also pointed out that Poland betrayed historical memory, forgetting that its liberation from the fascist invaders was given to the Soviet people at a high price.

Earlier, MP Yevgeny Moskvichev asked the Russian government to prepare a ban on the movement of road freight transport from Poland through the territory of the Russian Federation.

Before that, it became known that the agreement on cooperation between Russia and Poland in the field of science and technology was stopped at the initiative of the Russian side. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also reported that Russia had blocked the accounts of the Polish Embassy in Moscow. She noted that this is a response to similar actions on the part of Warsaw.

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Watch "Aurora - It Happened Quiet (Live at The Current)" on YouTube 👈

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Andrei Rublev’s ‘Trinity’ (the most famous Russian icon) will be returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.

For many years it was exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, but soon it will be transfered to the place of its origin - the St. Sergius Trinity Lavra.
Before the transfer, the icon will be situated for a whole year in Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

Read more about the icon, and why it is so unique, here.

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Biden on the F-16

"They would not help Ukraine at all. They were not needed."

"As for the supply of everything else, air defense systems, modern tanks and everything that will determine the course of battles in the Donbass in the medium term, all this is already in Ukraine, and a little more will be delivered later."

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Journalist Peter Doucey: Do you think if there is a breach [of the debt ceiling], no one will blame you?

Joe Biden: "Of course, no one will blame me. I know you won't. You will say that Biden did a wonderful job."

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🙏🇧🇾 Thank you Belarus!

225 children from Syria, vacationing in the Zubrenok health center, thank the Belarusians for a peaceful vacation away from the war.

A new shift has also opened for more than 300 Donbass children from Makeevka, Yasinovataya, Mariupol.

All these children spend their time not under the roar of sirens and explosions of shells, but under the rolling roar of children's laughter.

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Bulgarians pelt EU building in Sofia with eggs and red paint in protest

Thus, the anti-war action "Bulgaria — a zone of peace" was held in the capital of the country. The police did not interfere in what was happening.

There were also Russian flags on the action.

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