⚡ Moscow sees little reason to be optimistic about the grain deal

According to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russia is interested in fulfilling all the agreements within the framework of the deal and continues contacts in the expectation that the previously agreed conditions will be met.

💬 “For the time being, it is impossible to say more, because there are very modest reasons for optimism, if not to say the opposite,” Dmitry Peskov added.

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📹 Iran's IRGC has stopped the Panama-flagged Niovi oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

US Navy Command has reported today that the tanker left the port in Dubai and was heading for the UAE when it was surrounded by a dozen IRGC ships and forced to change course towards Iranian territorial waters.

The Naval Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the information but emphasized that Panama-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz wasn't captured, but "arrested".

Last Thursday, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf of Oman by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. Later, with reference to the Iranian army, information was circulated that the Iranian Navy had detained an unknown intruder vessel in the Gulf of Oman, which is an oil tanker, apparently owned by the United States.

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🇰🇬🇺🇸 Kyrgyzstan called on the US not to interfere in its internal affairs

🗣 Earlier, US Congressman Michael McCall called a court decision in Bishkek to shut down the local branch of Radio Liberty for spreading allegedly false information "a flagrant attack on free media."

💬 "The judiciary in our country is independent and makes decisions independently. No one has the right to interfere in its work... Kyrgyzstan is an open and free country where there are no restrictions on freedom of speech and the media. The only condition for everyone is to conduct activities in strict accordance with the law," said the press secretary of the President of Kyrgyzstan.

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A man won a women’s poker tournament at a Florida casino, sparking a heated debate on social media

David Hughes turned out to be a winner of the $250 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold’em event during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Hughes got $5,555 for the victory after defeating Dayanna Ciabaton heads-up.

Hughes, a poker player from Florida, took advantage of local state laws. In accordance with anti-discrimination laws, Florida casinos are not permitted to ban men from entering a women’s event.

This is not the first time a man has finished first in a tournament intended only for women. 

Do you approve of this man's actions?

Yeah, the law is the law! — 👍
No, this is mean! — 👎

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❗️ Kiev tried to strike on Kremlin residence of Russian president with UAV; as a result of a terrorist attack Russian President Vladimir Putin was not injured, Kremlin says

❗️ What is known so far about Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's Kremlin residence:

- The Kiev regime attempted to launch a drone strike on Putin's Kremlin residence at night

- Two drones were aimed at the Kremlin

- As a result of the actions of the military and special services, the devices were disabled

- There are no casualties or material damage from fragments that fell in the Kremlin

- The Kremlin regarded these actions as a planned terrorist act and an assassination attempt on the president on the eve of Victory Day

- As a result of the terrorist attack, the president was not injured; his work schedule has not changed, and continues as usual

- Putin was not in Kremlin at time of attempted drone attack

Footage allegedly shows the aftermath of the attack on the territory of the Kremlin

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❗️Plans to hold a parade on Red Square on May 9 aren't changed, Kremiln tells Sputnik

🇺🇳 Guterres said he made a proposal to improve the grain deal to Moscow, Kiev and Ankara, and expects a response from Russia

❗️📹 Footage allegedly showing the exact moment of a drone attack on the Kremlin is circulating on social media

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🇸🇾🇮🇷 Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have signed a memorandum of understanding on a long-term strategic comprehensive cooperation plan between Damascus and Tehran

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Brazil aims to discuss assistance to Argentina with BRICS, IMF

Brasilia is planning to discuss the issue of sending assistance to Argentina, which is experiencing a severe economic crisis, with the BRICS group of states and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday.

The Brazilian president added he was also planning "through my Finance Minister [Fernando Haddad] to turn to the IMF to remove this knife [debt obligations] from Argentina's throat."

"The IMF cannot continue to put pressure on a country that just wants to grow, create jobs, and improve the lives of its citizens," Lula said.

Argentina faces a $44 billion debt to the IMF.

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📹 Watch the footage allegedly depicting the moment when the second drone hit the Kremlin (video published by TVC channel)

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Ongoing US banking crisis evokes strong memories of 2008

While there are some similarities between the collapse of three US banks and the beginning of the 2008 global financial crisis, there is one serious problem, said Sergio Rossi, professor of macroeconomics and monetary economics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland: "Neither governments nor central banks are to date in a position as favorable to intervene as these institutions were in 2007-2008, when neither governments’ debt nor central banks’ balance sheets were burdened as they have been since 2008 to date."

Read the expert analysis on Sputnik's website

‼️Air raid warning issued in Kiev

❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ Units of the Airborne Forces of Russia tied down the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the flanks during the battles for the city of Artemovsk;

▪️ Russian assault squads continue to fight in the western part of Artemovsk;

▪️ More than 385 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries were destroyed in the DPR this day;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region;

▪️ Russian troops destroyed more than 50 soldiers and two howitzers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Krasny Liman in a day;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed over 70 Ukrainian troops and the Giacint-B howitzer in the south of the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces hit units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka and Bogdanovka in the DPR.

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📹🇬🇧 Police have opened an investigation after a driver collided with a Just Stop Oil protester in north London

The incident happened at the latest slow march by the group, which has been happening every day for two weeks across London.

Footage emerged online showing an activist holding a Just Stop Oil banner and wearing an orange high-vis jacket in Holloway Road in Islington, north London, in front of a grey Renault, before falling down on to the street.

Just Stop Oil confirmed it would continue with the slow marches it has held across London over the past week “because that’s what people have always done to protect their rights, lives and livelihoods.”

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In this episode of our fresh New Rules podcast we are joined by Pepe Escobar, Brazilian journalist, geopolitical analyst and author. Find out in the video:

🔹 how a multipolar world is established
🔹 if US hegemony is over
🔹 how the global trend of de-dollarization is going... and even more

🎥 Enjoy our new show!

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White House officials have already made internal projections that migrant arrivals to the US southern border could spike to between 10,000 and 13,000 per day after the expiration of Title 42.

So what is Title 42? What may happen after Title 42 expires?

European Commission to earmark over $1.6bln for ammo production for Ukraine

The European Commission will set aside another €1.5 billion ($1.66 billion) for the production of ammunition for Ukraine, its President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.

The EU body has proposed allocating €500 million to expand the manufacturing of ammunition in Europe. In addition, EU members will supply Ukraine with more ammo from their existing stockpiles with the support of the European Peace Facility to the tune of €1 billion.

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📹 On World Press Freedom Day, demonstrators interrupted a conversation with US Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and called for the release of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange.

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EU Commission says ammunition to fully support Kiev 'lacking' due to intensity of conflict

The European Union and its allies are "lacking" the capability to fully support Ukraine with ammunition due to the high intensity of the conflict, EU Commissioner for Internal Markets Thierry Breton said on Wednesday.

"We are lacking of this kind of ammunition to support Ukraine, but everywhere, not only in Europe between our allies, the US is lacking, everyone is lacking," Breton told reporters.

Earlier in the day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU would allocate a total of €1.5 billion ($1.66 billion) for the production and supplies of ammunition for Ukraine, with EU member states sending to Kiev additional ammunition from their existing stocks worth €1 billion with the support of the European Peace Facility. Another €500 million have been allocated for the expansion of ammunition production in Europe.

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