Russian forces killed 6 people and wounded 24 in a ballistic missile strike on Merefa in Kharkiv region. The casualty toll rose again after earlier reports.

🇸🇰🇺🇦 Fico said after the meeting with the President of Ukraine that Zelensky had shown "flexibility", so they will try to organize negotiations between the governments of the two countries in Bratislava, since Fico does not want to "make cheap gestures".

According to him, Slovakia will continue to not support military loans and will not transfer weapons for free, because "if someone wants weapons, they can buy them".

He added that he has "diametrically opposed views" with the President of Ukraine, but stressed that the countries are neighbors and should develop logistics.

Пассажиропоток в ОАЭ растет быстрее, чем ожидалось, а у турагентов выросло число запросов на туры в эмираты, хотя их пока нельзя продавать, сообщил вице-президент АТОР, гендиректор туроператора Space Travel Артур Мурадян.

"Текущая загрузка рейсов в ОАЭ - это показатель того, что спрос на туры в Эмираты будет довольно высоким в случае снятия рекомендаций, с учетом ценовой политики отелей в регионе и тех преференций, которые готовы давать представители отрасли российскому рынку. Тем более, что многие туристы, чьи туры в ОАЭ должны были состояться весной, предпочли заморозить средства на депозитах туроператоров, чтобы приобрести тур в эту страну после возобновления программ", - написал Мурадян в своем телеграм-канале.

Он напомнил, что туроператоры пока лишены возможности формировать турпродукт на базе рейсов арабских перевозчиков, так как ограничения Минэкономразвития РФ на реализацию туров в страны Ближнего Востока еще действуют.

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Merefa, Kharkiv region

💔 6 killed and 24 wounded…

Минобороны России заявило, что инструкторы армейского спецназа из Украины и Франции обучали повстанцев-туарегов в Мали в ходе подготовки к государственному перевороту. Этим объясняются причины утраты контроля над стратегическими базами в Кидале и Тессалите.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been on heightened alert since early March amid fears of a potential coup attempt and drone-based assassination threats from inside the country, according to an investigation by Vazhnye Istorii on May 4, citing European intelligence assessments and sources within Russian security services.

The report states that Putin has significantly altered his security routine, suspending visits to his regular residences in the Moscow region and Valdai. Instead, he is said to be operating primarily from fortified, modernized bunker facilities in Russia’s Krasnodar region.

In response to mounting risks, the Federal Protective Service (FSO) has expanded its list of high-priority protection targets to include at least ten senior military officials. Among them are Igor Kostyukov, Chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, and Nikolai Bogdanovsky, irst Deputy Chief of the General Staff. The move follows the killing of Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov in Moscow and what officials reportedly view as systemic failures to prevent attacks on military leadership within Russian territory.

Details: https://united24media.com/anti-fake/putin-retreats-to-bunkers-as-coup-fears-and-drone-threats-shake-moscow-18443

🇸🇦🇷🇺 OPEC+ adds 188,000 bpd to June quota after UAE withdrawal

Seven OPEC+ members — Algeria, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Russia and Saudi Arabia — agreed on 3 May to raise their collective oil output quota by 188,000 barrels per day for June, following the United Arab Emirates' departure from the group on 2 May. The UAE, which announced its withdrawal on 28 April citing dissatisfaction with production quotas, was not mentioned in the post-meeting statement. The June increase is comparable to the 206,000-barrel daily additions announced in both March and April, minus the UAE's former share.

Analysts note the quota rise may have limited effect on actual supply, as untapped Gulf reserves remain constrained by Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, in place since the start of the US-Israeli war on 28 February.

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‼️Russia attacked five Naftogaz facilities in Sumy and Kharkiv regions in a day

Equipment was damaged, fires broke out, production processes were temporarily stopped.

Specialists from the State Emergency Service and Naftogaz Group are working on the ground.

Сбиты еще два БПЛА, летевшие на Москву

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💔🤬 Russia tortured 375 Ukrainians in captivity. Their bodies were returned with signs of torture, exhaustion and lack of medical care, — Coordination Headquarters for Treatment of Prisoners of War

146 were confirmed by the ICRC as prisoners of war, and the captivity of 229 people was confirmed by other sources, including testimonies of those released from captivity that they were alive.

Ukraine’s National Guard says its fighters struck Russian positions, equipment and logistics across the front in April, destroying 395 artillery equipment, 906 vehicles, 70 armored vehicles, 21 tanks, 52 electronic warfare systems and 107 ammo and fuel depots.

"What’s up there?" – A Russian occupier filmed the moment an FPV drone struck another soldier in the Donetsk region.

❗️Russian State Duma defense committee member Andrey Kolesnik threatened retaliation if Ukrainian forces stage provocations during the May 9 Victory Parade in Moscow. He said the response would be inevitable, serious and multiplied.