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Ukraine launches over 140 UAVs, fires 69 ammunition rounds at Belgorod Region overnight

Drones attacked settlements 19 times in the Belgorod Region

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Russian Defense Ministry says Ukraine loses 1,330 soldiers over day

Over the past day, Ukraine lost a tank and 31 armored combat vehicles

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Frustration grows amid increasing signs US could wash hands of Ukraine — Guardian

On May 19, Putin and Trump talked over the telephone for more than two hours, during which they discussed, first of all, ways to overcome the conflict in Ukraine

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Turkish foreign minister to visit Russia on May 26-27 — Turkish Foreign Ministry sources

The sources said there are plans to exchange views on regional and international issues, including Syria, Gaza and the South Caucasus

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Russia gets back 307 soldiers from captivity under Istanbul agreements

At the moment, the Russian soldiers are in Belarus, where they receive the necessary psychological and medical assistance

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Israel attacks 100 radical military targets in Gaza Strip over day

The ministry added that Israeli troops "destroyed a number of terrorists" in the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Gideon's Chariots

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Slovak party to demand compensation from Ukraine for assistance — agency

Granting Washington exclusive rights to Ukrainian minerals is contrary to logic and ethics, Zuzana Shkoptsova, head of the secretariat of the chairman of the Slovak National Party, told TASR

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Ovechkin arrives in Russia — source

"Alexander arrived at Domodedovo Airport," the source said

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Japan shells west of Kunashir island without warning

Japan has not received any notices or protests from Russia after the incident

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Russia to send draft memorandum on Ukraine to Kiev in coming days — senator

As Russian President Vladimir Putin said following a telephone conversation with US Leader Donald Trump, Moscow is ready to work with Kiev on a memorandum on a future peace treaty, which may include a ceasefire and principles for resolving the conflict

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Russian MFA says French authorities arrested Telegram’s Durov to influence Romanian vote

French President Emmanuel Macron had Pavel Durov arrested, "as he understood that the candidate from liberal dictatorship was unable to win under any legitimate setups," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

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Russia’s move to propose POW swap with Ukraine disproves idea it doesn’t want talks — MFA

The exchange is happening due to Russia’s initiative and without delay, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed

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Major power outage disrupts Cannes Film Festival in France

The blackout was caused by a series of accidents, power grid operator RTE said

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French authorities blame Cannes blackout on sabotage attack — report

According to France 3, one of the two malicious acts that led to the blackout was arson committed at the high-voltage substation in the Tanneron commune

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Hungary wants to prevent total EU ban on Russian oil, gas supplies — Orban

Brussels intends to cut off gas and oil supplies from Russia, "this means additional costs of 800 billion forints for Hungary," the minister said

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Trump says won’t cut US defense budget

"We can cut plenty of other things," the president said

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Trump says US makes lots of hypersonic missiles

He also reiterated the assertion that Russia was able to build its own hypersonic missiles after getting certain data from the US during President Barak Obama administration

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Musk announces renewed focus on business following X outages

Major operational improvements need to be made, he noted

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Russia says its Iskander missile hit container ship carrying drones to Ukraine

"As a result of the fire impact on these targets there was a secondary detonation of the ammunition and containers that were stored on the pier, as well as a heavy fire," the Russian Defense Ministry said

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Erdogan says important to maintain Syria’s territorial integrity

The visit of the Syrian president to Turkey was unannounced