Russian President Vladimir Putin's appointment of a new defense minister, Andrey Belousov, is seen as an attempt to streamline Russia's economy and mobilize it for the war effort.
Russia's military has faced numerous supply and logistics problems that thwarted its all-out war against Ukraine from the get-go. Two years later, the problems of poor logistics and lack of strategic planning persist. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin
NEW: A Boeing 747-400 taking 468 people from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia makes an emergency landing due to an engine fire, the Garuda Indonesia airline said #AureFreePress
NATO top commander says Russia has insufficient numbers for breakthrough in Kharkiv Oblast.
Russian forces in Kharkiv Oblast do not have enough numbers to make a "strategic breakthrough" of Ukrainian defenses there, said General Christopher Cavoli, NATO's top commander in Europe, at a press conference on May 16.
G7 will support using frozen Russian assets revenue to fund Ukraine.
The finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries (G7) will support an EU plan to use the revenue from frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, Reuters reported on May 16, citing an unnamed Italian treasury official. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin
Was Taxpayer Money Used to Fly MAGA lemmings to NY?
Sen. J.D. Vance’s explanation for visiting Donald Trump during the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s hush money trial in New York drew mockery on social media.
MAGA Lemmings Shirk Their Duties to Attend Trump Trial
The move could jeopardize GOP attendance at a key vote later in the day.
Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Mike Waltz (Fla.) and Eli Crane (Ariz.) were spotted in the courtroom, while Reps. Andy Ogles (Tenn.) Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), Ralph Norman (S.C.) and House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (Va.) were also spotted at the Manhattan courthouse. #AureFreePress#News#press
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday to a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#breaking#breakingnews#Texas
President Zelensky and Poland's Prime Minister Tusk agreed to immediately start preparing a security agreement.
The conversation focused on the situation in the Kharkiv region, where Russian forces have launched a new offensive, and Ukraine's air defense needs "to protect Kharkiv and other regions."
According to the president, he and the Polish prime minister also discussed the threat posed by Russia to gas infrastructure in western Ukraine and ways to counter it. #AureFreePress#Poland
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine congratulated Ukrainians on Vyshyvanka Day.
"Vysyvanka is not only a cultural heritage and a talisman, it is also a symbol of the indomitability and revival of Ukraine," the Air Force emphasized. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine
"In the northern part of VOVCHANSK, Russian invaders are taking civilians captive and executing them"
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko
Russian military, which tried to gain a foothold in the city, did not allow the residents to evacuate: people began to be kidnapped and herded into basements
He noted that one of the residents of Vovchansk tried to escape on foot, refused to obey the orders of the Russians - and was shot in the back #AureFreePress
"We analyzed in detail the prospects of the combat situation, the threats in the coming days and weeks, and our, Ukrainian, opportunities to counter Russian offensive plans.
As of today, the situation in Kharkiv Oblast is generally under control, our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupier. But the direction remains extremely difficult - we are strengthening our units."
PM Fico's surgery went well, he is stable and will live - Slovak media
Wishing the Prime Minister a full, speedy recovery
Meanwhile, a writer who attempted to assassinate the Slovak prime minister has turned out to be linked to a pro-Russian paramilitary group
Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Pányi discovered that 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, who attacked Prime Minister Robert Fico, was previously linked to the pro-Russian group Slovenskí Branci ("Slovak Conscripts") #AureFreePress
According to reports by Crimean media, last night there was a direct hit to the main Russian warehouse of missile and artillery weapons where most of the missiles for the Su-27, Su-30 and MiG-31 aircraft were stored in occupied Crimea.