📹 A Ukrainian soldier who voluntarily surrendered relays that the Ukrainian Armed Forces does not tolerate any criticism, as Ukrainian soldiers do not even know the names of their commanders.

According to the man, senior officers throw soldiers into the thick of the fire and threatened to shoot them in the back if they move too far away from their positions.

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❗️ The Russian army repelled a Ukrainian attack on Snake Island, Russia’s MoD reports.

▪️ The ministry noted that 13 Armed Forces of Ukraine UAVs have been shot down in the air.

▪️ In addition, according to the Russian MoD, a US Air Force strategic reconnaissance drone was spotted in the airspace near Snake Island.

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⚡⚡Putin: Russian military to receive first Sarmat ICBM in late 2022

❗Germany officially confirms plans to send Ukraine 30 Gepard anti-aircraft guns

How the Ukrainian army bombarded Donetsk’s School No. 2: sixteen people were inside the building at the time; two were killed

⚡US Attorney General making unannounced visit to Ukraine, reports say

❗️Twitter's board of directors has unanimously recommended to shareholders that they approve Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to buy the company

⚡EU countries reach full consensus on granting Ukraine candidate status, French diplomat says

⚡⚡The State Department confirmed the death of US citizen Steven Zabelski in Ukraine, and urged Americans to refrain from traveling there

❗️Texas police commander says officers could have stopped the gunman in Uvalde school shooting within three minutes

Locals of the village of Shchurovo, in the DPR welcome the Donbass liberators with joy after all the humiliation they suffered under the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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⚡📹How Russian reconnaissance and artillery work (Russian MoD video)

Artillery reconnaissance and UAVs have established the location of the 155mm M-777 howitzers, which were provided to Ukrainian neo-Nazis by the US and European countries. As a result of an accurate artillery hit, two howitzer platoons have been destroyed.

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❗London's appeal to Moscow on behalf of the UK citizens who have been sentenced to death in the DPR, was an "arrogant" note, according to Russia's Ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin. "I can say that there was an appeal from the Britons to us," Kelin said, adding: "They sent a note, but a note drawn up in exceptionally arrogant, instructive terms. It does not make us want to cooperate on these issues".

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‘Zelensky and Biden need to be driven into this pit. Let them sit’. This was the reaction of a family when they returned to the ruins of their home in an area near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

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❗Ukraine's entire oil refining industry out of operation - Yuriy Vitrenko, CEO of Ukraine's largest oil and gas company Naftogaz

💭Russia's victory over Ukraine will spell the end of the US-led NATO alliance, says Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and a former UN weapons inspector.

NATO's decision to stake its credibility on backing Kiev in a proxy war against Moscow - in the wake of its "humiliation" in Afghanistan - would prove unwise and fateful, he added.

"NATO was struggling after that: 'who are we? what are we doing?'," he said. "And now they've stood up to Russia, to be brave against her, and they're going to lose against Russia without even fighting."

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❗Joe Biden is working with allies around the world to find overland routes of exporting grain from Ukraine - White House

💭Elon Musk’s ex-wife says ‘very proud’ of trans daughter coming out

⚡US in direct contact with Russian authorities about Americans detained in Ukraine - State Department