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Moscow unaware of Vatican’s specific plans for settling Ukraine conflict — Kremlin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Earlier, Pope Francis said that the Vatican was carrying out a “peace mission” with the aim of resolving the conflict in Ukraine https://tass.com/politics/1613493

Zelenskyy in The Hague criticises idea of “hybrid” tribunal for Russian crime of aggression

Pravda Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, called for the creation of a full-fledged international tribunal to prosecute the Russian crime of aggression and criticised one of the suggested formats, the so-called hybrid tribunal during his speech in the Hague. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400643/

Russian naval ships strike sea, air targets in White Sea drills

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The naval sailors practiced a battle with an enemy ship and struck coastal targets from various distances https://tass.com/defense/1613491

Israeli Air Force detects technical issue with Iron Dome

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-742067

US senate body condemns ‘destruction’ of Hong Kong’s democracy; Beijing fires back at ‘political fabricators’

Hong Kong Free Press A Beijing office has criticised a US Senate committee, calling them “political fabricators” after it passed a resolution on Wednesday to condemn “Beijing’s destruction of Hong Kong’s democracy and rule of law.” The US Senate’s side of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. File photo: Wikicommons. The newly passed resolution by…

Putin’s address to Victory Parade on May 9 to go as planned, Kremlin confirms

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “The president will give an address, as usual,” Dmitry Peskov stressed https://tass.com/society/1613489

America’s New Drug Policy

New York Times Bipartisan support now exists for a once-radical approach to drugs. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/briefing/us-drug-policy-reducing-harm.html

Kremlin Blames U.S. for Attempted Drone Strike on Putin Residence

Moscow Times The Kremlin vowed a “well-thought-out” response to the alleged drone strike. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/04/kremlin-blames-us-for-attempted-drone-strike-on-putin-residence-a81036

“Rest in peace, our blue-eyed girl”: stories of six children killed by Russia in Uman

Pravda Ukraine Russia launched a missile attack on a residential building in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, on 28 April. The missile hit the apartment building, killing 23 people, including 6 children. The Memorial platform commemorates the innocent children who were killed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400638/

Arsenal plant in Kiev shelled, loud blast heard, eyewitnesses say

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to another eyewitness, it is difficult to even imagine the force of the explosion https://tass.com/politics/1613487