🇺🇸⚡️- Motion to vacate fails.

🇷🇺⚡- Victory Day (79th) celebrations have begun in Russia.

🇷🇺⚡- President Putin's Victory Day speech summary:

– "The West is trying to distort the truth of World War II, because it interferes with their colonial policies".

– "The Russian Federation does not allow it to be threatened by anyone, its strategic forces are always ready."

– "Russia will do everything to prevent a global clash."

– "The West is trying to incite conflicts in the world, and restrain sovereign nations from development."

🇷🇺⚡- "All participants in the Special Military Operation are our heroes. All of Russia is with these heroes." – Russian President, Vladimir Putin.

Speech ended with the observing of a minute silence.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Soviet banner raised over central Umanske (Avdiivka direction), indicating Russian forces control, at the least, half of the highly strategic city.

Reported fighting in the area was very minimal prior, indicating if Russia made the advances, they did so very recently, overnight and morning – and advance 2,000 meters!

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Both sides have confirmed Russian forces have breached a Ukrainian defensive position – half of Umanske is under Russian control.

🇮🇱⚡- "Hamas ❤️ Biden" – Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security of Israel.

🇺🇸🦁⚡️- The Republican Party of Florida has selected Barron Trump, son of President Trump, as one of the state's delegates to the Republican National Convention.

🇬🇪⚡- "The ruling Party of Georgia has decided to create a database of protesters against the bill of "Foreign Agents," – Georgian Parliament Speaker, Shalva Papuashvili.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- Violent clashes in Rafah

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has silently removed Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, and former President, Petro Poroshenko, from Russia's Wanted List. Reasons unknown.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Large rocket salvo towards Kiryat Shmona

🇷🇺🇦🇲⚡- Russian President, Putin, and Armenian Prime Minister, Pashinyan, met and agreed on the withdrawal of Russian military and border guards from a number of regions of Armenia, at Armenia's request.

🇦🇲⚡- Archbishop, Bagrat Galstanyan, of the Armenian Apostolic Church demanded the resignation of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- "The Russians will attack the Kharkov region in mid-May. About 50,000 new Russian troops are gathering across the border. The Russian army will not be able to reach the city, since the defense is now much stronger." – Konstantin Nemichev, Commander of the Far-Right Spetsnaz Battalion of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) "Kraken".

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️- Many explosions reported along the border zone of the Kharkov region from Russian airstrikes.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian media reports the "North Group" continues to grow, recently acquiring 'offensive' weapons, that are otherwise not needed for border forces. Ukraine estimates the current force (made of units in Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod) are at approximately 50,000+. With over half of that force in Belgorod alone – the region bordering Kharkov. They estimate the unit holds 400 tanks +, 1,000+ artillery systems amongst other equipment.

🇪🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Over 76 universities across Spain which have endured pro-Palestine protests have all decided to divest and cut financial ties with Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The House of Representatives, led by the GOP, is considering introducing articles of impeachment against Biden due to his prohibition of 2 weeks worth of military aid to Israel as well as threats to cut aid to Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 - According to FOX News, the House GOP is in the process of drafting the articles at this time.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡️- Pro-Palestine protesters are returning to George Washington University and setting up encampments after being removed by police.