Briefing of Russian Ministry of Defence on the operation in Ukraine:

▪Russian aviation hit 74 Ukrainian objects during the day, including 2 command posts, 20 areas of concentration of enemy forces and equipment, and 2 depots of rocket and artillery weapons

▪Missile troops and artillery hit 223 areas of concentration of forces and equipment, destroyed 3 command posts, 2 ammunition depots, and more than 100 neo-Nazis

▪Russian air defence systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the area of Shirokoe (Dnepropetrovsk region) and an Mi-8 helicopter in the area of Novodmitrovka (Kherson region)

▪4 Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the LPR, the Dnepropetrovsk region, and the Kharkov region

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❗Pentagon: US sees 'no indication' that Russia uses hypersonic weapons in Odessa

🇺🇸 US military mistakenly shells 11 houses in Iraqi Kurdistan during exercise, authorities say

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❗Pentagon says Russia has used between 10-12 hypersonic weapons

⚡The attack on Snake Island was planned by the UK; Zelensky personally ordered it, a result was demanded by 9 May, but the General Staff of Ukraine was against it - security source

⚡A joint statement by Johnson and Zelensky was expected after the attack on Snake Island - source

🇺🇸 It will likely take over a year to replenish US stocks of Javelin missiles that the country has sent to Ukraine, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth has told the Senate

It will also “take a little more time” to replenish Stingers, she says: the US has not had an open production line for these missiles for some time

⚡⚡Elon Musk says Twitter's ban on former President Donald Trump was a mistake and he is ready to unban the former president’s account

“Permanent bans should be extremely rare and really reserved for accounts that are bots, or scam, spam accounts… I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,” Musk said.

Retired Donetsk miner recalls how Ukrainian military ravaged his neighbourhood and pigeon house

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❗️Celebrity chef Mario Batali acquitted of sexual misconduct in Boston trial decided by judge, not jury

Sputnik drone footage of the Azovstal plant territory in Mariupol, where Ukrainian neo-Nazis are blocked

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Russian MoD briefing:

▪3 schools are being used as bases by Ukrainian forces in areas controlled by Kiev;

▪Almost 9,000 people were evacuated from Ukraine and Donbass to Russia during the day, amounting to 1.2 million in total since the beginning of the operation;

▪Ukrainian forces destroyed 6 civilian vehicles with white flags in the Kharkov region;

▪More than 18,700 tons of humanitarian aid have been delivered by Russia since 2 March;

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🖼 Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ auction nabs $195M

Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a US artist ever sold at auction.

It’s also the most expensive piece from the 20th century ever auctioned, according to Christie’s auction house in New York, where the sale took place.

The proceeds of the sale will go to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich, which put the painting up for auction. The foundation aims to help children with health care and educational programs.

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🗣 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped in line with Musk's remarks, remarking on the social media platform that he "agreed" Twitter users should not be banned from the site.

⚖️ No charges against Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was filmed punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said it has closed the case and decided against pursuing charges based on “the circumstances surrounding the confrontation.” Representatives for Tyson previously said the boxer was on a flight with “an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat.”

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🦠 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has tested positive for COVID-19 after having been vaccinated and boosted against the virus. According to Gates, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation planned to come together for the first time in two years Tuesday; however, he noted he will be attending virtually.

Gates, 66, first warned about the possibility of a COVID-type outbreak years ago, and he spent much of 2020 speaking to anyone who would listen about the precautions people needed to take to stem the spread of the disease after it arrived in the US early that year. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for COVID-19 initiatives, including vaccine development and distribution.

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