❗️Key statements of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service:

▪️The West is extremely concerned about the decline in the ratings of Ukrainian leaders, especially after the adoption of the law on mobilization.

▪️Zelensky feels the vulnerability of his positions, on the eve of the expiration of his term he is trying to get rid of the "unreliable".

▪️To this end, Zelensky launched a widespread media campaign exposing a far-fetched conspiracy by the leadership of the State Security Department of Ukraine to assassinate the head of state.

▪️Support for Zelensky has dropped to 17%, according to American and European polls, and continues to decline.

▪️The United States and its allies strongly advise Zelensky not to relax his grip on the country's population and to continue to create an atmosphere of fear.

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The Russian Embassy in Iran expressed condolences over the death of President Raisi

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❗️Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed condolences over the deaths of Iran's president and foreign minister.

"We will always remember these outstanding political figures as true patriots of the Islamic Republic who firmly defended the interests of their state and gave their lives in selfless service to their motherland," Lavrov said.

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed condolences to Iran's supreme leader over the deaths of President Raisi and the foreign minister.

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"President Raisi will remain in history as a wise leader who devoted his whole life to serving the Iranian people," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed condolences to Iran

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Footage of transportation of victims bodies

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❗️Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to Iran over the death of President Raisi:

"Seyed Ebrahim Raisi was an outstanding politician whose whole life was devoted to serving the Motherland. He rightfully enjoyed the high respect of his compatriots and considerable prestige abroad. As a true friend of Russia, he made an invaluable personal contribution to the development of good-neighborly relations between our countries, and made great efforts to bring them to the level of strategic partnership," Putin said.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping sent his condolences over death of Iranian president

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🇵🇰Pakistan declared May 20 a day of mourning for the death of Iranian President Raisi.

🇱🇧Lebanon declared three days of mourning.

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👉LIVE: Broadcast from London's High Court, where Julian Assange extradition appeal is being heard.

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The Russian military attacked hangars in Ochakov, where Ukrainian forces were hiding HIMARS MLRS systems and long-range ATACMS, Nikolayev's underground coordinator Sergei Lebedev told Sputnik, citing his colleagues.

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❗️The funeral ceremony of the Iranian president and his delegation will be held in Tabriz on May 21.

Iran declares five days of mourning for late President Raisi, Supreme Leader Khamenei announced.

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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has been appointed acting foreign minister following the death of former minister Hosein Amir Abdollahian in a helicopter crash.

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📹💥The Russian artillery crew of the Giatsint-B howitzer destroyed a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer and a field ammunition depot on the right bank of the Dnepr in the Kherson region.

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A crowd in front of the house of the late Imam of the Friday Mosque in Tabriz, Iran.

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The strike on the outskirts of Lugansk was carried out using a French-made missile, security forces told Sputnik.

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📹 Kharkov border guards prepared engineering structures, dugouts, and trenches using improvised means, captured border guard Andrei Sholanki told Sputnik.

"The defense of the Kharkov region is null, it just doesn't exist. The conditions were subpar, there were no firing points, there were no shelters, there was nothing."

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"No signals have been received from Tehran," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said about the possibility of Russian special services participating in the investigation of the disaster in which the Iranian president died.

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