⚡NASA chief says Russia is not pulling out of ISS program, calls headlines to the contrary 'misleading'

⚡NATO “barking” at Russia’s door may have led to the conflict in Ukraine, Pope Francis said

Pope Francis has given an interview to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera:

▪The situation in Ukraine is a giant opportunity for a “trade in arms”, he says;

▪The Pope doesn't know "whether it is right to supply the Ukrainians";

▪He is ready to meet Putin in Moscow: "We need the leader of the Kremlin to allocate a window of time"

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"You, b*tches, where are you going?": Mariupol resident Elena on the reaction of Azov neo-Nazis and the Ukrainian military when she and her family were leaving the city

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⚡Scholz: Germany standing ready to back Sweden, Finland in joining NATO

❗Greece poised to replace Russian gas in 20 months, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says

⚡⚡Russian forces find torture chamber near Kherson, legless body in Russian uniform rigged to explode

Torture chamber near Kherson: besides a legless body, syringes, drugs, and cases for Javelins were also found nearby.

"You see, the house is destroyed": A Donetsk resident shows her dwelling, which was shelled by Ukrainian forces. The woman and her husband were miraculously not at home at the time of the strike

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🎥A resident of Mariupol has revealed who robbed the stores in his city and how, as well as where the stolen "electronics, gold, silver" are now

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12/8/2019 Joe Biden: "If I get elected president of the United States and the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, I'm going send legislation to the United States Congress to pass it and codify it."

Monument to Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov destroyed in city of Rovno

Nikolai Kuznetsov, who was awarded the noscript of Hero of the Soviet Union, was an intelligence officer who eliminated 11 generals and high-ranking officials of the Nazi German occupation administration in Ukraine

Joe Biden nominates US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli to be next commander of NATO forces in Europe

In a statement, NATO has agreed with Biden's decision to appoint Cavoli, noting that the commander oversees 100,000 US troops and 40,000 allied forces deployed throughout Europe. Cavoli speaks Italian, Russian, and French, and holds a master's degree in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University

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❗UN Humanitarian Coordinator: No indications of forced evacuation from Mariupol to Russia

Russian MoD on the course of the special military operation:

▪Russian Aerospace Forces hit 39 military facilities in Ukraine;

▪Russian air defence systems shot down a Ukrainian Tochka-U missile and intercepted nine shells from Smerch multiple rocket launcher systems;

▪Russian high-precision missiles destroyed three Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile radars, one Tochka-U complex, one Osa-AKM missile system, and three BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket systems in a day;

▪During the day, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed six warehouses containing ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons, as well as a US-made radar station;

▪Russian artillery destroyed up to 190 neo-Nazis and 31 units of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

▪The Russian Armed Forces have evacuated more than 11.500 people to Russia from dangerous areas of the DPR, LPR, and Ukraine;

▪75 ships from 17 countries are blocked in seven Ukrainian ports

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❗Public support of Germany's heavy weapons deliveries to Ukraine has shrunk to 46% from 55% two weeks ago and 60% in early April, with the number of critics doubling, a poll out Tuesday showed.

An April 29-May 2 Forsa survey commissioned for RTL and n-tv news channels found that 44% of Germans disproved of the government's decision to send tanks and other military hardware to conflict-torn Ukraine, up from 22% in mid-April

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⚖️ Lawmakers in 19 states want legal refuge for trans youth

Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California’s lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families. The coordinated effort being announced Tuesday by the LGBTQ Victory Institute and other advocates comes in response to recent actions taken in conservative states.

Lawmakers in both Minnesota and New York recently filed refuge state legislation modeled after the bill proposed in March by state Sen. Scott Wiener in California. Democrats in 16 other states plan to follow suit, though about half of their legislatures are out of session or not currently accepting new bills.

Wiener said it is despicable that any family would have to consider moving to a new state to protect a child, but if that happens, he hopes as many states as possible will welcome them.

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‼️ Biden urges congress to pass funding to aid Ukraine, replenish allied weapons stocks ➡️ LIVE UPDATES

💵 Trump appeal: $10,000 fine in record search ‘unconscionable’

In a court appeal, a lawyer for former US President Donald Trump said Monday it is “unconscionable and indefensible” for the ex-commander in chief to be held in contempt and fined $10,000 a day for failing to turn over documents he doesn’t possess.

The arguments were submitted a week after State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron in Manhattan said Trump and his lawyers had failed to show they conducted a proper search for records sought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, in a civil probe of his business dealings. Trump, a Republican, has been fighting James in court over her investigation, which he has called a politically motivated “witch hunt.”

James said her investigation has found evidence that Trump may have misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses on financial statements for over a decade.

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💉 Pfizer hopes to submit little-kid vaccine data by early June

Pfizer now hopes to tell US regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June.
Pfizer is testing three extra-small doses of its vaccine in children under 5 after two shots didn’t prove quite strong enough. Initial results had been expected last month but the company laid out the latest timeline Tuesday during its discussion of quarterly financial results.

Currently in the US, only children ages 5 or older can be vaccinated, using Pfizer’s vaccine, leaving 18 million younger tots unprotected. Rival Moderna hopes to be the first to offer vaccinations for the youngest children. Last week, it filed with the Food and Drug Administration data it hopes will prove two of its low-dose shots work in children younger than 5. 

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