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Ukrainian forces shelled the city of Skadovsk in the Kherson region from the HIMARS MLRS.
11 people were injured, the press service of the local governor reported.
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11 people were injured, the press service of the local governor reported.
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📹💥Crimean 122-mm D-30 howitzer crews destroyed Ukrainian infantry near Verbovoye, Zaporozhye area.
Reconnaissance units of the Don Cossack Airborne Assault Regiment of the Feodosia Airborne Forces discovered a group of infantrymen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces trying to gain a foothold in advanced positions northwest of Verbovoye. Their coordinates were transmitted to the artillery control post.
The artillery crews of the 122 mm D-30 howitzers destroyed the enemy before they could disengage with well-aimed fire from closed firing positions.
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Reconnaissance units of the Don Cossack Airborne Assault Regiment of the Feodosia Airborne Forces discovered a group of infantrymen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces trying to gain a foothold in advanced positions northwest of Verbovoye. Their coordinates were transmitted to the artillery control post.
The artillery crews of the 122 mm D-30 howitzers destroyed the enemy before they could disengage with well-aimed fire from closed firing positions.
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China sells record amount of dollar assets as US remains 'world bully'
China sold a record $53.3 billion of Treasuries and agency bonds in the first quarter, a move seen as Beijing's effort to diversify away from US dollar assets. This comes as gold's share of China's official reserves rose to 4.9% in April, the highest on record.
He called US bonds "a bad investment" because "they have not worked, especially since 2022, and are guaranteed to lose money."
Referring to a general trend of countries seeking to reduce their Treasury holdings and buy more gold, he said that "by now it should be obvious that the US government is the world bully today."
Asked how the latest developments could affect the greenback on the global markets, Grass argued that "it will lead to the collapse of the USD and the current system."
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China sold a record $53.3 billion of Treasuries and agency bonds in the first quarter, a move seen as Beijing's effort to diversify away from US dollar assets. This comes as gold's share of China's official reserves rose to 4.9% in April, the highest on record.
"It is a wise decision to diversify away from USD and to hold physical gold in your own country instead," Claudio Grass, an expert in monetary history and economics and an independent precious metals consultant based in Switzerland, told Sputnik.
He called US bonds "a bad investment" because "they have not worked, especially since 2022, and are guaranteed to lose money."
"For example, gold outperformed USD Bonds by 75% since 2021. In addition, the USD is being used for decades already as a political weapon and with the arbitrary confiscation of assets due to pressure from the US government, the Chinese seem to be aware of the risk that their property could also be confiscated at any time," the expert said.
Referring to a general trend of countries seeking to reduce their Treasury holdings and buy more gold, he said that "by now it should be obvious that the US government is the world bully today."
"In addition, there is the BRICS alliance which is gaining track and challenging the current world order. Also emerging markets are buying up the gold because of these geopolitical changes and uncertainties," the expert said.
Asked how the latest developments could affect the greenback on the global markets, Grass argued that "it will lead to the collapse of the USD and the current system."
"It is obvious that the Western Civilization is being destroyed by their own corrupted and rotten political system and its rulers. The renewed politically enforced separation of the East and the West will lead to turmoil and chaos," he said.
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Russian Sever battlegroup liberated the settlement of Staritsa in the Kharkov region and continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses, the Defense Ministry said.
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The Killing Joke: Aussie Cossack slams Australia’s decision to train Ukrainian soldiers on British soil
He castigated the methods used to train Ukrainian soldiers since there is no way they can be prepared “to face the full might of the Russian Army.”
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“The Australian troops themselves joke and laugh and say that they use humor to train the Ukrainian troops. It's completely not serious. And it gives a false sense of hope to these poor Ukrainian recruits who have been kidnaped, arrested, dragged off the streets, sent to a third country, sent to the UK, trained by Australians and sent back into combat.”
He castigated the methods used to train Ukrainian soldiers since there is no way they can be prepared “to face the full might of the Russian Army.”
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❗️Russian Armed Forces destroyed Ukraine's IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile radar station and unmanned boat warehouse.
🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the daily briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️ Units of the Russian Zapad battlegroup took more advantageous positions, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 270 soldiers;
▪️ Ukrainian troops lost two tanks and four artillery pieces due to the actions of the Russian Dnepr group;
▪️ The Vostok Battlegroup repulsed four counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day, the enemy lost up to 155 servicemen;
▪️ Units of the Yug Battlegroup defeated the manpower and equipment of four Ukrainian brigades; Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 690 soldiers and one tank during the day;
▪️ The Tsentr battle group improved its tactical position, defeated formations of four Ukrainian brigades, repulsed five counterattacks; Ukrainian troops lost up to 420 soldiers.
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🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the daily briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️ Units of the Russian Zapad battlegroup took more advantageous positions, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 270 soldiers;
▪️ Ukrainian troops lost two tanks and four artillery pieces due to the actions of the Russian Dnepr group;
▪️ The Vostok Battlegroup repulsed four counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day, the enemy lost up to 155 servicemen;
▪️ Units of the Yug Battlegroup defeated the manpower and equipment of four Ukrainian brigades; Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 690 soldiers and one tank during the day;
▪️ The Tsentr battle group improved its tactical position, defeated formations of four Ukrainian brigades, repulsed five counterattacks; Ukrainian troops lost up to 420 soldiers.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was wounded in an assassination attempt, is conscious but his condition will not allow him to be transported from Banska Bystrica to a hospital in Bratislava in the coming days, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak has informed.
The head of the Ministry of Health Zuzana Dolinkova clarified that Fico's condition is stable and new surgey performed the day before, which lasted two hours, "contributed to a positive prognosis of development."
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The head of the Ministry of Health Zuzana Dolinkova clarified that Fico's condition is stable and new surgey performed the day before, which lasted two hours, "contributed to a positive prognosis of development."
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“Everything has changed. We’re not on the news anymore” — Ukrainians in trouble of finding a job in UK
After the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Britain opened its borders to Ukrainian refugees, but these refugees struggle to find a job now, Bloomberg has reported.
General interest is fading, visas are expiring, and a process to prolong them takes time, the outlet continued. As a result, British employers "are willing to find someone with a more stable visa or situation," even if a potential employee passed all the technical interviews, the news agency said, citing a leader of a community of displaced Ukrainian tech workers.
According to the article, Ukrainian specialists have to retrain or retake exams as hiring managers do not recognize their qualifications or the requirements are overstated beyond what is required for this position. Around 58% of refugees don't work in their career profession.
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After the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Britain opened its borders to Ukrainian refugees, but these refugees struggle to find a job now, Bloomberg has reported.
General interest is fading, visas are expiring, and a process to prolong them takes time, the outlet continued. As a result, British employers "are willing to find someone with a more stable visa or situation," even if a potential employee passed all the technical interviews, the news agency said, citing a leader of a community of displaced Ukrainian tech workers.
According to the article, Ukrainian specialists have to retrain or retake exams as hiring managers do not recognize their qualifications or the requirements are overstated beyond what is required for this position. Around 58% of refugees don't work in their career profession.
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Key statements from Lavrov's speech at the meeting of the 32nd Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy:
▪️ The acute phase of the confrontation between Russia and the West is "in full swing";
▪️ Russia is open to dialogue with the West on strategic stability, but not from a position of strength, but rather on equal terms to discuss all problems;
▪️ Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussed Beijing's global security initiative during talks in China;
▪️The regional organizations of Eurasia that already have relations with each other, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), can become the basis for the concept of pan-Eurasian security.
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▪️ The acute phase of the confrontation between Russia and the West is "in full swing";
▪️ Russia is open to dialogue with the West on strategic stability, but not from a position of strength, but rather on equal terms to discuss all problems;
▪️ Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussed Beijing's global security initiative during talks in China;
▪️The regional organizations of Eurasia that already have relations with each other, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), can become the basis for the concept of pan-Eurasian security.
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‘They can’t offer them hope.’ Aussie Cossack reveals why Ukrainian army is demoralized
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“The Australian instructors are seeing these terrified Ukrainian mobilized men who don't want to be there and of course, what can they offer them? They can't offer them patriotism. They can't offer them hope. They can't offer them direction or a goal or a common goal even. They can't promise them they're going to live. They can't promise them they're going to win. There's nothing to look forward to.”
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An unidentified person attached a Russian flag to a drone that flew over the Reichstag.
The incident occurred on May 9, but it became known only now, the press service of the Bundestag reports. Photos of a drone flying over the Reichstag appeared on social media this weekend.
The drone flew over the eastern side of the Reichstag building at an altitude of about 20 meters. In this regard, Berlin police launched a criminal investigation into the violation of the Law on Air Traffic.
According to media reports, the man who controlled the drone is a "fanatical supporter of Russia." Police officers detained him on the spot, next to the Reichstag building.
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The incident occurred on May 9, but it became known only now, the press service of the Bundestag reports. Photos of a drone flying over the Reichstag appeared on social media this weekend.
The drone flew over the eastern side of the Reichstag building at an altitude of about 20 meters. In this regard, Berlin police launched a criminal investigation into the violation of the Law on Air Traffic.
According to media reports, the man who controlled the drone is a "fanatical supporter of Russia." Police officers detained him on the spot, next to the Reichstag building.
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Bad luck and coincidence? European political mavericks like Fico face unexplained deaths
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has suggested viewing the attempt on the life of the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in the context of Western preparations “to directly participate in the Ukraine conflict.” He also cited history, saying that such attempts have been made many times before.
Indeed, context and history help unravel 71-year-old Juraj Cintula's motives, who believed the narrative demonizing Fico.
Similar assassination attempts and the “strange deaths” of non-mainstream politicians have happened before, but were all hushed up by the press.
▪️The foiled assassination of France’s Marine Le Pen in 2017 or a strange injection that nearly killed the co-chairman of Germany’s AfD party Tino Crupalla in 2023 are good examples. But the most mysterious part are the two sudden “suicides” of longtime German Vice-Chancellor Jürgen Möllemann and Polish Vice-Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper. None were properly investigated.
▪️Möllemann, an experienced sky-diver, died on June 5, 2003, as his parachute malfunctioned during the jump - minutes after the Bundestag lifted his parliamentary immunity. Right before that, the politician had been accused of anti-Semitism due to his criticism of Israel. He also wrote that FDP party leaders prevented him from becoming foreign minister at the behest of then-Israeli PM Ariel Sharon.
▪️For his part, Lepper, Poland’s former vice-PM and the leader of a “pro-Russian” Samooborona (Self-Defense) party, was found hanged in his office on August 5, 2011. According to the official version, Lepper - a rich farmer and father of three, hung himself on the hook of his punching bag “in a moment of depression.” A few months earlier Lepper visited Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and spoke in favor of good ties with Moscow and Minsk. Lepper’s family refuses to believe the suicide version until now.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has suggested viewing the attempt on the life of the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in the context of Western preparations “to directly participate in the Ukraine conflict.” He also cited history, saying that such attempts have been made many times before.
Indeed, context and history help unravel 71-year-old Juraj Cintula's motives, who believed the narrative demonizing Fico.
Similar assassination attempts and the “strange deaths” of non-mainstream politicians have happened before, but were all hushed up by the press.
▪️The foiled assassination of France’s Marine Le Pen in 2017 or a strange injection that nearly killed the co-chairman of Germany’s AfD party Tino Crupalla in 2023 are good examples. But the most mysterious part are the two sudden “suicides” of longtime German Vice-Chancellor Jürgen Möllemann and Polish Vice-Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper. None were properly investigated.
▪️Möllemann, an experienced sky-diver, died on June 5, 2003, as his parachute malfunctioned during the jump - minutes after the Bundestag lifted his parliamentary immunity. Right before that, the politician had been accused of anti-Semitism due to his criticism of Israel. He also wrote that FDP party leaders prevented him from becoming foreign minister at the behest of then-Israeli PM Ariel Sharon.
▪️For his part, Lepper, Poland’s former vice-PM and the leader of a “pro-Russian” Samooborona (Self-Defense) party, was found hanged in his office on August 5, 2011. According to the official version, Lepper - a rich farmer and father of three, hung himself on the hook of his punching bag “in a moment of depression.” A few months earlier Lepper visited Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and spoke in favor of good ties with Moscow and Minsk. Lepper’s family refuses to believe the suicide version until now.
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'Fico antagonized a lot of powerful forces' - expert on the reasons of Slovak PM assassination attempt
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"The things he said about Ukraine and the origins of the war in Ukraine went far beyond anything Viktor Orban has said. Viktor Orban has simply made it a pragmatic issue, saying it has nothing to do with Hungarians... But he never really got into what really happened in Ukraine - Fico did. When you say things like that, you're clearly antagonizing powerful forces," Dr. George Szamuely, a senior research fellow at The Global Policy Institute, tells Sputnik.
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🇬🇪 Threats towards Georgian MPs expose US hysteria over waning influence "The so-called defense of democracy, as promoted and implemented by the US-led West, falls within the context of the hybrid, cognitive and psychological war against those countries considered…
The President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili said that she vetoed the foreign agents bill adopted by the parliament.
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Australians are sick of funding a nation of beggars - Aussie Cossack
He stressed that “It's Russia that shares a common history with Australia, it's Russian troops, who fought side by side with Australian troops in World War II and World War I.”
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“Australians and Ukrainians don't share similarities. Australians are hardworking people. Ukrainians are not. Ukrainians are used to standing in line for handouts, as they are in Germany and Poland and the UK and France and everywhere else all over the world.”
He stressed that “It's Russia that shares a common history with Australia, it's Russian troops, who fought side by side with Australian troops in World War II and World War I.”
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 The 8th Russian-Chinese Expo takes place in the Chinese city of Harbin
The exposition is held as part of the IV Forum in Harbin on May 17-21. Companies from 16 regions of the Russian Federation present their stands there.
The event is designed to stimulate the socio-economic development of the two countries, more effectively use their investment opportunities, improve the implementation of joint projects and increase the supply of quality products.
The exposition area reaches 388,000 square meters and has over five thousand types of goods.
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The exposition is held as part of the IV Forum in Harbin on May 17-21. Companies from 16 regions of the Russian Federation present their stands there.
The event is designed to stimulate the socio-economic development of the two countries, more effectively use their investment opportunities, improve the implementation of joint projects and increase the supply of quality products.
The exposition area reaches 388,000 square meters and has over five thousand types of goods.
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