🇺🇦 Zelensky: The 17th EU sanctions package is a step forward—Russia must feel the full price of war. Sanctions must target oil, tankers, banks, and weapons industry. Grateful to the UK; working with the U.S. too. We’re building strength daily for lasting peace.

🇷🇴 Eurosceptic George Simion, who lost to Nicușor Dan by 7.2%, is asking Romania’s Constitutional Court to annul the election.

Sore loser vibes? Definitely.

Russian agent charged in Poland for plotting to assassinate Zelensky – Reuters Pavlo K. was arrested in April for spying. He gathered intel on Rzeszów-Jasionka airport to help plan the attack. He faces up to 8 years in prison.

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Russian losses per 21/05/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff.

+980 men
+1 tank
+2 AFVs
+23 artillery
+71 UAVs

Last night, Russia launched 76 Shahed & other drones from Kursk, Orel, and Bryansk. Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 63 — 22 destroyed by firepower, 41 jammed by EW systems.

Heroic and skilfull drift on three wheels. A GUR defender pulled off an evac under fire near Kupyansk after a Russian strike hit their MaxxPro MRAP — saving lives in the process.

Ukraine launched a massive drone strike on Russia last night—damaging a factory in Bolkhov (Oryol Oblast) producing electronics for the Russian army, incl. microchips, semiconductors & batteries. Russia claims 127 drones were downed across 6 regions.

Partisan group ATESH—an underground resistance movement operating in occupied territories—has destroyed a Russian EW vehicle in Kherson’s Henichesk district.

The 28th Brigade's Drone Battalion spots a Russian T-80 tank in cover — and takes it out with a fiber-optic guided FPV drone. One precise hit, total destruction. The tank burns.

🇺🇸 The U.S. is pushing back on G7 plans to include “further support” for Ukraine in a joint statement by finance ministers in Canada — and is also resisting calls to label Russia’s invasion “illegal,” Politico reports.

A Ukrainian MiG-29 strikes at Russian positions with pinpoint AASM Hammer bomb strikes. Lately we have seen lots of footage from Ukrainian aviation, striking at Russian positions.

Troops from Ukraine’s 13th Brigade "Khartia" used a ground-based robotic system to evacuate a wounded Ukrainian soldier over 12 km from the front line. He made it out safely—riding smooth, relaxed, and even enjoying a smoke.

🇺🇸 Trump on potential new sanctions against Russia:
“It will be my decision, not anyone else’s. We’re at a critical moment. I spoke with President Putin for two and a half hours.”

The narrative of “possible sanctions against Russia”? A smokescreen—nothing more than a political fable.

🇪🇺 Next direct Ukraine-Russia talks may include the U.S. and EU, per European Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho, Ukrinform reports.

After a Trump–Putin call, the U.S. briefed European leaders, agreeing on the need for talks with Ukraine, involving Europe and America.

“Not my problem” — that’s Trump’s new stance on the war in Ukraine, per NYT, following his call with Putin.

He told Zelensky & EU leaders that Russia and Ukraine must find a solution on their own. Trump also backed out of supporting new tough sanctions on Russia according to six officials who were familiar with the discussion.