⚡️ Lavrov slams Kiev's demands for foreign MLRS as 'direct provocation'

📹 The clergyman demonstrates that the fragments that destroyed the Donetsk school and led to the death of civilians have NATO markings.

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🎥 "They have been shelling them [residential areas] forever": A resident of Svetlodarsk reveals how the Ukrainian Army bombed the city.

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❗️Blinken says Ukraine assured it would not use US-provided rockets to hit Russian territory

🎥 "We have been waiting for you for eight years!" A resident of Severodonetsk greets Russian soldiers. He also speaks about the atrocities of the Ukrainian Army in the region.

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⚖️ John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 has been granted unconditional release, a US federal judge has confirmed.

Judge Paul Friedman announced that the 67-year-old will be released on 15 June, adding that "if he hadn’t tried to kill a president he would have been released unconditionally a long time ago".

❗️ Biden officially announces new Ukraine military assistance package

🎥 "They instil ideas that Russia is an aggressor, while Ukraine is an angel"

The Ukrainian military organised a militaristic Greek Catholic chapel in the suburbs of Severodonetsk, where it gathered local children and taught them "to hate 'moskals' and that Russia is evil".

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❗️ US pre-positioned HIMARS for Ukraine in Europe to rapidly deliver them - Pentagon

⚖️ Jury has reached verdicts in Johnny Depp's libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, along with her counterclaim.

The verdicts are expected to be read inside the Virginia court at 3 p.m. Wednesday. To reach a verdict, the seven-person civil jury has to come to a unanimous decision.

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🎥 "They destroyed everything they could": Residents of the liberated Severodonetsk talk about the crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

⚡️ Russian MoD on the situation in Ukraine:

▪️ Kiev regime plans to attack Russia using US rocket systems from Shostka, Sumy region;

▪️ Ukraine seeks to use foreign journalists in Shostka provocations to prepare fakes about Russians killing civilians;

▪️ MoD confirms that during their retreat, the Ukrainian military blew up a tank with nitric acid in Severodonetsk;

▪️After the tank with nitric acid was blown up by Ukrainian Neo-Nazis, a toxic cloud moved to Kremennaya and Rubezhnoye. Some civilians were reported to have been injured.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Jury awards Johnny Depp $10 million compensatory, $5 million punitive damages

🏙 After mass shooting, NYC explores gun detectors in subways

The technology to scan for weapons does exist, and is used now to screen people at places like sports stadiums and theme parks, but security experts say installing such a system in the city’s sprawling, porous subway system in a way that would make a difference would be difficult, if not impossible.

The problem wouldn’t necessarily be the technology — but rather the reality that scanners need to be accompanied by human operators to confront people carrying firearms illegally.

In the New York City subway, the screening wouldn’t resemble airport checkpoints, an untenable solution for a system with 472 stations, all with multiple entrances. Instead, Adams referenced a technology that uses sensors to detect metal but also can determine the shape of an object, such as a gun, while people pass by uninterrupted.

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❌ Shootings prompt debate on purchase age for AR-style rifles The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their massacres after they turned 18. That’s prompting Congress and some governors and state lawmakers to revisit the question of whether to raise the minimum age for purchasing such high-powered weapons. Only six states require someone to be at least 21 years old to buy rifles and shotguns. Federal law already prohibits federally licensed dealers from selling handguns to anyone under age 21, but people age 18 to 20 can still buy handguns from unlicensed dealers in their state. Lawmakers in New York and Utah have proposed legislation that would raise the minimum age to buy AR-15 style rifles to 21. A similar restriction is expected to move as soon as next week in the US House, where it has some bipartisan support, but the legislation faces uncertainty in the closely divided Senate.

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🍼 Biden cites strain on families from infant formula shortage

President Joe Biden on Wednesday acknowledged during a meeting with manufacturers the nationwide infant formula shortage that has been straining American families.

To date, the Biden administration has tried to address the situation by importing foreign supplies and using the Defense Production Act to speed domestic production.

The White House said a third round of formula shipments from overseas will begin next week, from producer Kendamil in Britain. Shipments from Bubs Australia are also expected to be delivered next week.

The push on imports will help but will not immediately bring an end to supply shortages that have left families dependent on formula facing empty shelves or limits on purchases. US regulators and Abbott announced an agreement last month that would help pave the way for reopening a shuttered plant, though production has not restarted.

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