YouTube has begun blocking opposition content at the request of the Russian authorities (www.agents.media)
Russian sources confirm Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile ship was sunk by US-supplied ATACMS missiles (www.armyrecognition.com)
In Moscow, a man who was assaulted and robbed tried to file a police report, but was fined 50,000 RUB and given a military summons because of his multicolored hair. (sopuli.xyz)
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Russian forces dropped 4 FAB aerial bombs on the Russian town of Shebekino, instead of Ukrainian Volchansk, according to the head of the district. (sopuli.xyz)
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SCALP-EG cruise missile strike reported in occupied Luhansk. (sopuli.xyz)
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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 20.05.24 (lemmy.world)
Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 20.05.24 (орієнтовно )...
Russian soldier puts a washing machine drum on his head when he sees an FPV drone. (streamable.com)
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Prime Minister of Estonia: NATO troops training in Ukraine will not lead to an escalation of war (westobserver.com)
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Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' (www.bbc.com)
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald...
The Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed. (sopuli.xyz)
Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports (www.nytimes.com)
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, according to Iran’s state media and the country’s mission to the United Nations, but has yet to be found by search-and-rescue workers because of heavy fog.
Russian court seizes assets from European banks UniCredit, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank (www.morningstar.com)
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Nato’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: what on earth is it for? (www.theguardian.com)
Russia's Kharkiv offensive – what is the plan? (www.youtube.com)
Russia has launched an offensive into the Kharkiv region, and it has created a lot of alarmist news reports. In reality it is difficult to see what Russia’s plan is, and it is not self-evident that it is a smart use of resources. In this video I discuss whether we might be seeing a return to the fragmented command structures...
Air defence report - 19.05.2024 (sopuli.xyz)
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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 19.05.24 (lemmy.world)
Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 19.05.24 (орієнтовно)...
80th Anniversary of Deportation of Crimean Tatars Commemorated (www.kyivpost.com)
Destruction of a Russian T-80 tank by the Strike Drone Company of the 47th Mechanized (streamable.com)
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Ukraine’s Usyk beats Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion (sports.yahoo.com)
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Estonia ‘seriously’ discussing sending troops to ‘rear’ jobs in Ukraine, official says (breakingdefense.com)
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The 110th Mechanized shot down a Su-25 over the Donetsk region. (lemmy.world)
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"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat...
Canadian-made Roshel Senator MRAP that hit an anti-tank mine. All Ukrainian soldiers on board survived without injuries. (sopuli.xyz)
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Mavic takes a Russian prisoner in Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region. (streamable.com)
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China-Russia relations: Putin and Xi no longer have a partnership of equals (www.bbc.com)
TLDR:****- China’s president Xi wants to maintain an alliance with Putin’s Russia, while also knowing that close ties with a pariah puts at risk his stable ties with the West which he needs to help his ailing economy....
