Poland reintroduces buffer zone on border with Belarus

Poland will reintroduce the buffer zone on its border with Belarus as of Tuesday, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced.

"Starting June 4, the buffer zone on the border with Belarus will be restored. It will cover the Gainovsky and Bialystok regions," the minister said. He added that citizens will be prohibited from approaching the buffer zone closer than 200 meters.

Earlier, media reported that an illegal migrant who tried to cross the Polish-Belarusian border stabbed Polish soldier. After the incident, additional troops were deployed near the border.

In 2021, thousands of migrants headed for the EU gathered at the Polish-Belarusian border. Warsaw blamed Minsk for the migration crisis, but Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko denied the accusations, stressing that Poland itself was fueling the refugee crisis by expelling migrants from its territory. Nevertheless, the buffer zone was introduced, but abolished after last year's parliamentary elections.

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In pursuit of cash, distance is no obstacle: Zelensky flies over 9,000 km to beg Philippines for money

After attending the Singapore Security Forum, Zelensky flew to the Philippines, where he met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whom he plans to invite to the Swiss "peace" summit.

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🔹 Ukraine prepares provocation in Kherson with staging death of civilians

🔹 Watch Russian foreign minister Lavrov starts his tour of Africa with Guinea

🔹 Сlaudia Sheinbaum leads the Mexican presidential election with 58.4% of the vote

🔹 What’s behind US Air Force’s snap Minuteman III test launch plans?

🔹 Why the EU can't admit their strategy on Ukraine has failed?

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told visiting Zelensky that the solution to the conflict in Ukraine should suit not only Kiev, but also the rest of the world.

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South Korea will fully suspend military agreement with North Korea

South Korea's National Security Council has decided that it is necessary to fully suspend the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement until trust is restored between Seoul and Pyongyang, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean presidential office.

Last year, in response to the DPRK's launch of its first military reconnaissance satellite, South Korea suspended a number of points of the inter-Korean military agreement, in particular the resumption of intelligence activities in the area of the Military Demarcation Line.

In response, North Korea announced that it would resume all measures suspended under the 2018 Military Agreement with South Korea, including the deployment of soldiers and weapons in the zone of the Military Demarcation Line.

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🇲🇽The candidate of the Morena party, Claudia Sheinbaum, wins the Mexican presidential election with 58.3% to 60.7% of the vote.

Sheinbaum, 61, was the longtime mayor of Mexico City and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

The current head of state has already congratulated Sheinbaum on her victory.

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⚡️Georgia’s Parliament Speaker signed the much-talked-about and adopted law on foreign agents thereby overturning the president’s veto.

Now, the Georgian Ministry of Justice and the national Public Registry Agency must create a list of organizations acting in foreign interests within 60 days.

After the register is introduced, all non-governmental organizations and media outlets that receive more than 20% of their income from other states will be required to register in it.

The law was adopted amid street protests that have persisted for several weeks, as well as statements from Western leaders warning of a reevaluation of relations with Tbilisi.

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Ukrainian field commanders 'waste a lot of time' on basic training of recruits

Ukrainian field commanders are bracing for an influx of poorly trained recruits to be drafted under a new connoscription law, the Washington Post reported.

The commanders complained that they used to spend weeks teaching new recruits basic skills, such as how to shoot, because most of them were poorly trained.

"We had guys who didn't even know how to take a rifle apart and put it back together," an assistant battalion commander with the call sign Schmidt told WaPo.

He added that commanders are "wasting a lot of time here [at the front] on basic training" of "new infantry" to avoid the looming scenario of connoscripts being sent to the battlefield "just to die."

In April, Volodymyr Zelensky signed a new mobilization law that lowered the draft age from 27 to 25, expanded the powers of draft officials, and introduced penalties for draft dodgers, including fines of up to $640.

Tens of thousands of Ukrainian men are expected to be drafted under the document, which has been in effect since May 18.

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Claudia Sheinbaum, winner of the Mexican presidential election, spoke to supporters at her headquarters.

She thanked the Mexicans who came out to vote and her rivals who have already acknowledged and congratulated her on her victory.

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❗️Russia warns the United States against miscalculations that could have fatal consequences, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, commenting on the permission given to Ukraine to carry out attacks with American weapons deep into Russian territory.

Moreover, Moscow urges the United States to treat Russian warnings with the utmost seriousness.

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❗️"Ukrainian attempts to attack missile warning systems will be stopped, the response may be asymmetrical," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

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Russian forces to get upgraded, beefed-up protective Obereg body armor

The Russian Armed Forces are set to receive upgraded Obereg (lit. "Amulet") body armor with an increased protection area of over 50%, as announced by the Rostec press service on Monday.

This new body armor has a BR-4 protection class capable of stopping armor-piercing bullets with heat-strengthened cores from cartridges used in automatic weapons, specifically 7.62mm x 39mm and 5.45mm x 39mm calibers.

The basis of the protective elements are bulletproof ceramic armor plates. The equipment also contains packages of aramid fiber that protect against shrapnel.

The armor is designed to remain functional even under extreme external conditions, including exposure to water and drastic temperature fluctuations ranging from -40°C to +40°C.

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President of the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik in an interview with Sputnik:

🔸 Milorad Dodik will participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) to support Russia in the face of sanctions.

🔸 The President of the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina hopes to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the SPIEF.

🔸 The advantage of individual US sanctions is that they free you from the need to communicate with American politicians, Dodik said.

🔸 The division of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) into the Muslim-Croat Federation of BiH and the Republika Srpska should be an exceptionally peaceful, possibly lengthy process, President Dodik said.

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Ukraine has repeatedly staged the deaths of civilians, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"This is an issue for our special services, for our servicemen who are directly conducting a special military operation," Peskov told reporters when asked if the Kremlin was aware of Ukraine's intention and if there was a way to prevent a provocation followed by accusations against Russia.

"The Kiev regime has done this many times before," he added.

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The attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Western weapons deep into Russia will not affect the outcome of the special military operation, said the commander of the Akhmat special forces detachment, Apty Alaudinov.

In his opinion, the special operation is already "at the stage of a decisive battle" and will end with Russia's victory.

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❗️The total losses of Ukrainian troops per day amounted to 1,745 soldiers, as follows from the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Units of the Tsentr Battlegroup improved their tactical situation. Ukrainian losses amounted to 585 troops;

▪️Units of the Sever Battlegroup defeated three Ukrainian brigades and repelled five attacks. Ukrainian losses amounted to 215 soldiers;

▪️Units of the Vostok Battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions within 24 hours and destroyed up to 140 Ukrainian soldiers;

▪️Units of the Zapad Battlegroup occupied more advantageous positions. Ukrainian losses amounted to 435 soldiers in its area of responsibility;

▪️The southern group of troops improved its situation along the front line, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to more than 310 military personnel in its area of responsibility;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down 67 drones, a Neptune missile, a Patriot missile, and four Hammer bombs in one day.

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Netherlands allows Ukraine to attack Russia with F-16s

Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren claimed that the 24 F-16 fighter jets the Netherlands plans to donate to Ukraine could be used to strike targets inside Russia, Politico reported.

"Unlike the Belgian prime minister, who warned Kiev against flying F-16 fighter jets in Russian airspace, the Netherlands will not impose such restrictions," Ollongren was quoted as saying.

Russia has warned NATO countries that it will consider any modification of F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine as carrying nuclear weapons. The use of F-16 fighters on the territory of Ukraine will be considered by Russia as a deliberate provocation by NATO.

According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Kuleba, Ukraine will receive the first F-16 fighters in the middle of the summer.

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Russian prosecutors say they have sent more requests to the US, Germany and France over Nord Stream attacks

"The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia sent additional requests to the competent authorities of the United States, Germany, France and Cyprus in connection with terrorist acts and related criminal acts committed on the territory of Russia against the interests of Russia and its citizens, including in connection with an act of international terrorism — by undermining the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines," spokesman Andrey Ivanov told reporters.

Despite the existing facts, the United States, France and Cyprus did not investigate the circumstances of financing and other assistance to terrorist attacks. In Germany, they are avoiding fulfilling their obligations to cooperate with Russia on this issue. At the same time, these four countries are parties to the International Conventions for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the Financing of Terrorism, according to Ivanov.

The new requests call on these states to begin fulfilling international obligations to counter terrorism, organize an investigation into illegal activities and bring those responsible to justice.

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❗️The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has uncovered a network of agents of the Ukrainian special services in Sevastopol, Crimea, created for sabotage against military and infrastructure facilities, the agency reported.

Five people recruited in the Zaporozhye region were detained. During searches, three ready-made bombs and several kilos of explosives, including British-made, were found.

Trials have been opened on charges of treason and a terrorist act.

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George Clooney denies he ever planned to arrest and deport Russian journalists

After the George Clooney Foundation announced that it would support the persecution of the Russian press in Europe, the actor himself released a statement saying that no one was going to persecute anyone.

Anna Neistat, legal director of the Docket project, said last week that the foundation would seek the issuance of closed warrants for the arrest of representatives of the Russian media.

According to Clooney, she misspoke, and in general the organization does not go after journalists, even if it disagrees with them.

The Clooney Foundation's plans to obtain arrest warrants for Russian journalists caused a major backlash, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denouncing it as "harassment for political reasons.

While persecuting Russian journalists for their professional activities, Western countries pay no attention to their murders and threats by Vladimir Zelensky's regime.

As the First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky noted, Kiev openly flaunts its involvement in such crimes.

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