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Russia, Belarus strengthen common defense space — Shoigu

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The militaries of the two countries conduct combat coordination of military units that are part of the regional grouping of troops https://tass.com/defense/1622745

Counteroffensive now underway, Ukrainian presidential office adviser tells Italian press

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Focusing on arms deliveries by the West, Mikhail Podolyak repeated claims that Ukraine intends to use such weaponry only on those territories that it continues to consider its own https://tass.com/world/1622743

Nikki Haley, 2024 Republican candidate, vows to sign federal abortion ban if elected president

Fox News Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is seeking a Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election, has pledged to sign a federal ban on abortion. On Wednesday, Haley spoke at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she committed to banning the procedure, should a bill doing so clear a Republican-controlled…

Ukrainians trying to convert to Judaism in Israel face Kafkaesque trials

Jerusalem Post Yael and Aaron Agpov from Ukraine had tried to convert to Judaism in 2022, but then the war broke out. This, plus Israel’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy, thrust them into uncertainty. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-743985

Russia Arrests Ukrainians Planning Nuke Power Plant Strikes – FSB

Moscow Times The aim was to cause “serious economic harm to Russia and damage its reputation,” the FSB said. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/25/russia-arrests-ukrainians-planning-nuke-power-plant-strikes-fsb-a81278

Russian Deputy PM Novak expects Brent price above $80 by yearend, demand rise in summer

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “One of the factors that we see is that all consider the huge Asian-Pacific market. And when China withdrew from COVID-19 there were projections that its economic recovery would be higher,” Alexander Novak stressed https://tass.com/economy/1622741

Crimean Tatar activist Liumanov disappears in occupied Crimea

Pravda Ukraine Crimean Tatar activist Ruslan Liumanov has disappeared in the occupied Crimea, and nothing has been known about him since yesterday (24 May – ed.). Source: journalist Elvina Seitbulaieva on Facebook; Rustem Umierov, Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, on Facebook Quote from Seitbulaieva: “Activist Ruslan Liumanov has been abducted in occupied…

NATO uses crisis in Ukraine to build up combat capabilities in Europe — Shoigu

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Sergey Shoigu noted that this year’s largest exercises would be Defender Europe 2023, which would involve countries outside the bloc https://tass.com/politics/1622739

Turkey, China, Spain get bulk of shipments sent via Black Sea grain corridor — coordinator

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that most of the products have been shipped to China, or 23% of the total volume https://tass.com/economy/1622735

Security Service of Ukraine detains FSB agent who wanted to blow up railway track near Avdiivka

Pravda Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a saboteur working for the Russian FSB as he was preparing to blow up a railway track near Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast. Source: the Security Service of Ukraine Quote: “During a multi-stage special operation, an FSB agent who was preparing to blow up a section of…